diff --git a/json-c.spec b/json-c.spec
index d918318..f6f406f 100644
--- a/json-c.spec
+++ b/json-c.spec
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 Name:		json-c
 Version:	0.11
-Release:	7%{?dist}
+Release:	8%{?dist}
 Summary:	A JSON implementation in C
 Group:		Development/Libraries
 License:	MIT
@@ -98,7 +98,9 @@ rm -rf %{buildroot}
 
 %files
 %defattr(-,root,root,-)
-%doc AUTHORS ChangeLog COPYING README README.html
+%doc AUTHORS ChangeLog README README.html
+%{!?_licensedir:%global license %%doc}
+%license COPYING
 %{_libdir}/libjson.so.*
 %{_libdir}/libjson-c.so.*
 
@@ -117,6 +119,9 @@ rm -rf %{buildroot}
 
 
 %changelog
+* Sat Jul 12 2014 Tom Callaway <spot@fedoraproject.org> - 0.11-8
+- fix license handling
+
 * Sun Jun 08 2014 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 0.11-7
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_21_Mass_Rebuild