diff --git a/confluent_client/setup.py.tmpl b/confluent_client/setup.py.tmpl
index 9a12fc58..a3e4e122 100644
--- a/confluent_client/setup.py.tmpl
+++ b/confluent_client/setup.py.tmpl
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 from setuptools import setup
 import os
 
-data_files = [('/etc/profile.d', ['confluent_env.sh', 'confluent_env.csh'])]
+data_files = [('/etc/profile.d', ['confluent_env.sh', 'confluent_env.csh']),
+              ('/opt/confluent/share/licenses/confluent_client/', ['LICENSE'])
+              ]
 try:
     scriptlist = ['bin/{0}'.format(d) for d in os.listdir('bin/')]
     data_files.append(('/opt/confluent/share/man/man1', ['man/man1/' + x for x in os.listdir('man/man1')]))
@@ -17,7 +19,6 @@ setup(
     author_email='jjohnson2@lenovo.com',
     url='http://xcat.sf.net/',
     packages=['confluent'],
-    license_files=['LICENSE'],
     scripts=scriptlist,
-    data_files=data_files,
+    data_files=data_files + ['LICENSE'],
 )