diff --git a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/fileTypes/impl/PlatformFileTypeFactory.java b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/fileTypes/impl/PlatformFileTypeFactory.java
index 8052e2bcc4e7..d44703f925fc 100644
--- a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/fileTypes/impl/PlatformFileTypeFactory.java
+++ b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/fileTypes/impl/PlatformFileTypeFactory.java
@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@ public class PlatformFileTypeFactory extends FileTypeFactory {
                      new ExtensionFileNameMatcher("jad"),
                      new ExtensionFileNameMatcher("jam"),
                      new ExtensionFileNameMatcher("htaccess"),
-                     new ExactFileNameMatcher("readme", true));
+                     new ExactFileNameMatcher("readme", true),
+                     new ExactFileNameMatcher("LICENSE", true));
     consumer.consume(NativeFileType.INSTANCE, "doc;xls;ppt;mdb;vsd;pdf;hlp;chm;odt");
     consumer.consume(UnknownFileType.INSTANCE);
   }