diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index b617d5a4a..3dabf17c5 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -514,12 +514,10 @@ set (CPACK_PACKAGE_VENDOR ${PROJECT_AUTHORS})
 set (CPACK_PACKAGE_DESCRIPTION_SUMMARY "OpenShadingLanguage is...")
 set (CPACK_PACKAGE_DESCRIPTION_FILE "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/doc/Description.txt")
 set (CPACK_PACKAGE_FILE_NAME ${PROJECT_NAME}-${PROJECT_VERSION_MAJOR}.${PROJECT_VERSION_MINOR}.${PROJECT_VERSION_PATCH}-${platform})
-file (COPY "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/LICENSE" DESTINATION "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}")
-file (RENAME "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/LICENSE" "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/License.txt")
-set (CPACK_RESOURCE_FILE_LICENSE "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/License.txt")
+file (COPY "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/LICENSE.md" DESTINATION "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}")
+set (CPACK_RESOURCE_FILE_LICENSE "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/LICENSE.md")
 file (COPY "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/README.md" DESTINATION "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}")
-file (RENAME "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/README.md" "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/Readme.txt")
-set (CPACK_RESOURCE_FILE_README "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/Readme.txt")
+set (CPACK_RESOURCE_FILE_README "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/README.md")
 set (CPACK_RESOURCE_FILE_WELCOME "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/doc/Welcome.txt")
 #set (CPACK_PACKAGE_EXECUTABLES I'm not sure what this is for)
 #set (CPACK_STRIP_FILES Do we need this?)
diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE.md
similarity index 100%
rename from LICENSE
rename to LICENSE.md
diff --git a/LICENSE-THIRD-PARTY.md b/THIRD-PARTY.md
similarity index 100%
rename from LICENSE-THIRD-PARTY.md
rename to THIRD-PARTY.md
diff --git a/src/doc/CMakeLists.txt b/src/doc/CMakeLists.txt
index 5f2f3e0b3..d79c7b6b3 100644
--- a/src/doc/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/doc/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ set (public_docs osl-languagespec.pdf
 
 install (FILES ${public_docs} DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_DOCDIR} COMPONENT documentation)
 
-install ( FILES "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/LICENSE"
+install ( FILES "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/LICENSE.md"
                 "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/INSTALL.md"
                 "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/CHANGES.md"
                 "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/README.md"