diff --git a/lib/rake/doc/MIT-LICENSE b/lib/rake/doc/MIT-LICENSE
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7273475396
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/rake/doc/MIT-LICENSE
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+Copyright (c) 2003, 2004 Jim Weirich
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
+a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
+"Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
+without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
+distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
+permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
+the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
+included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
+EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
+MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND
+NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE
+LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION
+OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION
+WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+
diff --git a/lib/rake/doc/README.rdoc b/lib/rake/doc/README.rdoc
index 3879ad4a31..b97958d706 100644
--- a/lib/rake/doc/README.rdoc
+++ b/lib/rake/doc/README.rdoc
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ other projects with similar (and not so similar) goals.
 
 Rake is available under an MIT-style license.
 
-:include: MIT-LICENSE
+See {MIT-LICENSE}[rdoc-ref:lib/rake/doc/MIT-LICENSE] for permissions.
 
 == Support
 
diff --git a/lib/rake/version.rb b/lib/rake/version.rb
index 11f2f15493..b865b9d59a 100644
--- a/lib/rake/version.rb
+++ b/lib/rake/version.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+# :include: lib/rake/doc/README.rdoc
 module Rake
   VERSION = '0.9.6'