diff --git a/doc/LICENSE b/LICENSE
similarity index 100%
rename from doc/LICENSE
rename to LICENSE
diff --git a/doc/CMakeLists.txt b/doc/CMakeLists.txt
index e5331fdcfb9f..ceb82a1a9e37 100644
--- a/doc/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/doc/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # Install Doc files
 #
-set(DOC_FILES README AUTHORS TRANSLATORS LICENSE)
+set(DOC_FILES README AUTHORS TRANSLATORS ../LICENSE)
 install(FILES ${DOC_FILES} DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_DOCDIR})
 
 # create config docs