diff --git a/doc/en/_templates/globaltoc.html b/doc/en/_templates/globaltoc.html
index f764729fd..af427198a 100644
--- a/doc/en/_templates/globaltoc.html
+++ b/doc/en/_templates/globaltoc.html
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
   <li><a href="{{ pathto('contact') }}">Contact</a></li>
   <li><a href="{{ pathto('talks') }}">Talks/Posts</a></li>
   <li><a href="{{ pathto('changelog') }}">Changelog</a></li>
+  <li><a href="{{ pathto('license') }}">License</a></li>
 </ul>
 
 {%- if display_toc %}
diff --git a/doc/en/license.rst b/doc/en/license.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..75b6c64f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/en/license.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+License
+-------
+
+Copyright Holger Krekel and others, 2004-2016.
+
+Distributed under the terms of the `MIT`_ license, pytest is free and open source software.
+
+.. _`MIT`: https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest/blob/master/LICENSE