diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 37eb95678..9de406e55 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
 ## 1.22.1 - 2023-11-10
 
+### Unreleased
+- Added License details in dataset object response
+
 ### Fixed
 - Fixed hearthbeat bug where if the owner was not set in extractors_info.json clowder would throw and error and the
   extractor would not get registered.
diff --git a/app/models/Dataset.scala b/app/models/Dataset.scala
index 4c682963c..066331a1a 100644
--- a/app/models/Dataset.scala
+++ b/app/models/Dataset.scala
@@ -110,7 +110,17 @@ object Dataset {
         "thumbnail" -> datasetThumbnail,
         "authorId" -> dataset.author.id,
         "spaces" -> dataset.spaces,
-        "resource_type" -> "dataset")
+        "resource_type" -> "dataset",
+        "license" -> Json.obj(
+          "license_type" -> dataset.licenseData.m_licenseType,
+          "license_url" -> dataset.licenseData.m_licenseUrl,
+          "license_text" -> dataset.licenseData.m_licenseText,
+          "holders" -> dataset.licenseData.m_rightsHolder,
+          "ccAllowCommercial" -> dataset.licenseData.m_ccAllowCommercial,
+          "ccAllowDerivative" -> dataset.licenseData.m_ccAllowDerivative,
+          "ccRequireShareAlike" -> dataset.licenseData.m_ccRequireShareAlike
+        )
+      )
     }
   }
 }