diff --git a/LICENSE.md b/LICENSE.md
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+# The MIT License (MIT)
+
+Copyright (c) 2016 Barry vd. Heuvel <barryvdh@gmail.com>
+
+> Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+> of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+> in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+> to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+> copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+> furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+>
+> The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+> all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+>
+> THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+> IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+> FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+> AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+> LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+> OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
+> THE SOFTWARE.
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 ## Laravel 5 IDE Helper Generator
 [![Latest Stable Version](https://poser.pugx.org/barryvdh/laravel-ide-helper/version.png)](https://packagist.org/packages/barryvdh/laravel-ide-helper) [![Total Downloads](https://poser.pugx.org/barryvdh/laravel-ide-helper/d/total.png)](https://packagist.org/packages/barryvdh/laravel-ide-helper)
 
+[![Latest Version on Packagist][ico-version]][link-packagist]
+[![Software License][ico-license]](LICENSE.md)
+[![Build Status][ico-travis]][link-travis]
+[![Total Downloads][ico-downloads]][link-downloads]
+
 __For Laravel 4.x, check [version 1.11](https://github.com/barryvdh/laravel-ide-helper/tree/1.11)__
 
 ### Complete phpDocs, directly from the source
@@ -154,3 +159,19 @@ Pre-generated example: https://gist.github.com/barryvdh/bb6ffc5d11e0a75dba67
 ### License
 
 The Laravel IDE Helper Generator is open-sourced software licensed under the [MIT license](http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)
+
+
+[ico-version]: https://img.shields.io/packagist/v/barryvdh/laravel-ide-helper.svg?style=flat-square
+[ico-license]: https://img.shields.io/badge/license-MIT-brightgreen.svg?style=flat-square
+[ico-travis]: https://img.shields.io/travis/barryvdh/laravel-ide-helper/master.svg?style=flat-square
+[ico-scrutinizer]: https://img.shields.io/scrutinizer/coverage/g/barryvdh/laravel-ide-helper.svg?style=flat-square
+[ico-code-quality]: https://img.shields.io/scrutinizer/g/barryvdh/laravel-ide-helper.svg?style=flat-square
+[ico-downloads]: https://img.shields.io/packagist/dt/barryvdh/laravel-ide-helper.svg?style=flat-square
+
+[link-packagist]: https://packagist.org/packages/barryvdh/laravel-ide-helper
+[link-travis]: https://travis-ci.org/barryvdh/laravel-ide-helper
+[link-scrutinizer]: https://scrutinizer-ci.com/g/barryvdh/laravel-ide-helper/code-structure
+[link-code-quality]: https://scrutinizer-ci.com/g/barryvdh/laravel-ide-helper
+[link-downloads]: https://packagist.org/packages/barryvdh/laravel-ide-helper
+[link-author]: https://github.com/barryvdh
+[link-contributors]: ../../contributors