diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 3631d4226..12cc36da8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -280,6 +280,12 @@ jobs:
       - name: Run lib tests without default features
         run: cargo test -p rmcp --lib --no-default-features
 
+      - name: Check published crates ship LICENSE
+        run: |
+          for crate in rmcp rmcp-macros; do
+            cargo package --list -p "$crate" | grep -qx LICENSE
+          done
+
   test-no-local:
     name: Run Tests (no local feature)
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
diff --git a/crates/rmcp-macros/LICENSE b/crates/rmcp-macros/LICENSE
new file mode 120000
index 000000000..30cff7403
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/rmcp-macros/LICENSE
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../../LICENSE
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/crates/rmcp/Cargo.toml b/crates/rmcp/Cargo.toml
index 772844d86..064a64fcd 100644
--- a/crates/rmcp/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/rmcp/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "rmcp"
+exclude = ["tests/test_package_license.rs"]
 license = { workspace = true }
 version = { workspace = true }
 edition = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/crates/rmcp/LICENSE b/crates/rmcp/LICENSE
new file mode 120000
index 000000000..30cff7403
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/rmcp/LICENSE
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../../LICENSE
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/crates/rmcp/tests/test_package_license.rs b/crates/rmcp/tests/test_package_license.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cbb6b8459
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/rmcp/tests/test_package_license.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+//! The published crates must ship the repository LICENSE (see #1335).
+//! `cargo package` only picks up files inside the crate directory, so each
+//! crate keeps a LICENSE symlink to the workspace root file.
+
+use std::path::Path;
+
+fn assert_crate_license(crate_dir: &Path) {
+    let root = Path::new(env!("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR")).join("../..");
+    let expected = std::fs::read_to_string(root.join("LICENSE")).expect("root LICENSE");
+    let actual = std::fs::read_to_string(crate_dir.join("LICENSE"))
+        .unwrap_or_else(|e| panic!("{} has no LICENSE: {e}", crate_dir.display()));
+    assert_eq!(
+        actual,
+        expected,
+        "{}/LICENSE differs from root",
+        crate_dir.display()
+    );
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn rmcp_crate_ships_license() {
+    assert_crate_license(Path::new(env!("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR")));
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn rmcp_macros_crate_ships_license() {
+    assert_crate_license(&Path::new(env!("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR")).join("../rmcp-macros"));
+}