diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7daa0674bc..553f648f2c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ rust/perspective-server/cmake
 .pyodide-*/
 rust/perspective-python/*.data
 rust/perspective-python/PKG-INFO
-# rust/perspective-python/perspective.data/data/share/jupyter/labextensions/@finos/perspective-jupyterlab/package.json
+rust/perspective-python/LICENSE.md
 rust/perspective-viewer/docs/exprtk.md
 rust/perspective-server/docs/lib_gen.md
 rust/perspective-client/docs/expression_gen.md
diff --git a/rust/perspective-python/build.mjs b/rust/perspective-python/build.mjs
index 637ee41836..2644def0f4 100644
--- a/rust/perspective-python/build.mjs
+++ b/rust/perspective-python/build.mjs
@@ -134,10 +134,12 @@ if (build_sdist) {
         );
     }
     const readme_md = fs.readFileSync("./README.md");
+    fs.copyFileSync("../../LICENSE.md", "./LICENSE.md");
     const pkg_info = generatePkgInfo(pyproject, cargo, readme_md);
     fs.writeFileSync("./PKG-INFO", pkg_info);
     const include_paths = Array.from(cargo["package"]["include"]).concat([
         data_dir,
+        "./LICENSE.md",
         "./PKG-INFO",
     ]);
     const files = glob.globSync(include_paths);