diff --git a/R-package/DESCRIPTION b/R-package/DESCRIPTION
index 6bdc16534067..27a81e75861e 100644
--- a/R-package/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/R-package/DESCRIPTION
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ Date: 2015-10-02
 Author: Tianqi Chen, Qiang Kou, Tong He
 Maintainer: Qiang Kou <qkou@umail.iu.edu>
 Description: MXNet is a deep learning framework designed for both efficiency and flexibility. It allows you to mix the flavours of deep learning programs together to maximize the efficiency and your productivity.
-License: Apache-2.0
-URL: https://github.com/dmlc/mxnet
+License: BSD
+URL: https://github.com/dmlc/mxnet/R-package
 BugReports: https://github.com/dmlc/mxnet/issues
 Imports: methods, Rcpp (>= 0.11.1)
 Suggests: testthat
diff --git a/R-package/LICENSE b/R-package/LICENSE
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..de64a67e5a5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/R-package/LICENSE
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+Copyright (c) 2015 by Contributors
+All rights reserved.
+
+Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
+
+* Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this
+  list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+
+* Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice,
+  this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation
+  and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
+
+* Neither the name of rabit nor the names of its
+  contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from
+  this software without specific prior written permission.
+
+THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS"
+AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
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+OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+
diff --git a/R-package/README.md b/R-package/README.md
index 309a7874340f..fdc581014b19 100644
--- a/R-package/README.md
+++ b/R-package/README.md
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-MXNet R-Package
-===============
+MXNetR: Deep learning for R
+===========================
 
 You have find MXNet R Package! The MXNet R packages brings flexible and efficient GPU
 computing and state-of-art deep learning to R.
@@ -15,9 +15,11 @@ Resources
 * [MXNet R Package Document](http://mxnet.readthedocs.org/en/latest/R-package/index.html)
   - Check this out for detailed documents, examples, installation guides.
 
-
 Installation
 ------------
 Follow [Installation Guide](http://mxnet.readthedocs.org/en/latest/build.html)
 
+License
+-------
+MXNet R-package is licensed under [BSD](https://github.com/dmlc/mxnet/blob/master/R-Package/LICENSE) license.