diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 80d8cff5..cb5345a0 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -182,6 +182,7 @@ external_link_new_tab = false # Open external links in new tabs
 file_edit_url = "" # Example: "https://github.com/account/project/edit/master/content/%s"
 file_history_url = "" # Example: "https://github.com/account/project/commits/master/content/%s"
 keyword_style = "text" # Must be "text" or "pills"
+license = "" # Example: "CC BY 4.0 License", "CC BY-NC 4.0 License", "MIT License"
 math = false # Enable math typesetting
 menu_style = "links" # Must be "links", "pills", "tabs", or "underline"
 site_title = "" # Appears above the menu, above the site description, if set
@@ -1024,6 +1025,8 @@ Page identifiers:
     <dd>The header.</dd>
     <dt><code>#paige-keywords</code></dt>
     <dd>The keywords.</dd>
+    <dt><code>#paige-license</code></dt>
+    <dd>The license.</dd>
     <dt><code>#paige-main</code></dt>
     <dd>The main.</dd>
     <dt><code>#paige-menu</code></dt>
diff --git a/layouts/partials/paige/footer.html b/layouts/partials/paige/footer.html
index 3f090c5f..e74ffaea 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/paige/footer.html
+++ b/layouts/partials/paige/footer.html
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 {{ $theme := "https://github.com/willfaught/paige" }}
 {{ $fileediturl := $page.Param "paige.file_edit_url" }}
 {{ $filehistoryurl := $page.Param "paige.file_history_url" }}
+{{ $license := $page.Param "paige.license" | markdownify }}
 
 {{ $target := partial "paige/target.html" (dict "page" $page "url" $theme) }}
 
@@ -65,6 +66,10 @@
         <p class="mb-0" id="paige-copyright">{{ . }}</p>
     {{ end }}
 
+    {{ with $license }}
+        <p class="mb-0" id="paige-license">{{ . }}</p>
+    {{ end }}
+
     {{ with $credit }}
         <p class="mb-0" id="paige-credit">{{ . }}</p>
     {{ end }}