diff --git a/.hgignore b/.hgignore
index c95b446c4625bf8e2146107e38666bad57388de5..d309826d28443fa9e6b277594e08110c0925ace0 100644
--- a/.hgignore
+++ b/.hgignore
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ install-sh
 missing
 mkinstalldirs
 ABOUT-NLS
-COPYING
 build-stamp
 configure-stamp
 dovecot.spec
diff --git a/COPYING b/COPYING
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..1f784d1978f948417e8b3cbc881a229157cfb13a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/COPYING
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+See AUTHORS file for list of copyright holders.
+
+Everything is licenced under LGPLv2.1 (see COPYING.LGPL) unless otherwise 
+mentioned at the beginning of the file.