diff --git a/COPYING b/COPYING
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..64a81d222
--- /dev/null
+++ b/COPYING
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+drgn is provided under:
+
+	SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later
+
+Some source files are provided under different licenses as noted in each file.
+See the LICENSES directory for the full list of licenses used.
diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index e60e5b15d..606dee48e 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@ include tests/linux_kernel/kmod/Makefile tests/linux_kernel/kmod/drgn_test.c
 recursive-include tools *.py
 recursive-include vmtest *.c *.py *.rst
 recursive-include LICENSES
-include .flake8 CONTRIBUTING.rst pytest.ini util.py
+include .flake8 CONTRIBUTING.rst COPYING pytest.ini util.py