diff --git a/util/patricia_trie/Cargo.toml b/util/patricia_trie/Cargo.toml
index ee9d472a0..ae0027cf4 100644
--- a/util/patricia_trie/Cargo.toml
+++ b/util/patricia_trie/Cargo.toml
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 name = "patricia-trie"
 version = "0.1.0"
 authors = ["Parity Technologies <admin@parity.io>"]
+description = "Merkle-Patricia Trie (Ethereum Style)"
+license = "GPL-3.0"
 
 [dependencies]
 elastic-array = "0.9"