diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 88b438c..e932ddb 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -2,6 +2,15 @@
 name = "merkleized-metadata"
 version = "0.1.0"
 edition = "2021"
+authors = ["Bastian Köcher <git@kchr.de>"]
+documentation = "https://docs.rs/merkleized-metadata"
+repository = "https://github.com/bkchr/merkleized-metadata"
+keywords = ["FRAME", "metadata", "polkadot"]
+license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
+description = """
+FRAME metadata merkleiziation
+"""
+readme = "./README.md"
 
 [dependencies]
 array-bytes = { version = "6.2.2", default-features = false }
diff --git a/README b/README
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b66c442
--- /dev/null
+++ b/README
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# Merkleized metadata
+
+[![](https://docs.rs/merkleized-metadata/badge.svg)](https://docs.rs/merkleized-metadata/) [![](https://img.shields.io/crates/v/merkleized-metadata.svg)](https://crates.io/crates/merkleized-metadata) [![](https://img.shields.io/crates/d/merkleized-metadata.png)](https://crates.io/crates/merkleized-metadata)
+
+This crate provides the merkleization of [`frame_metadata`](https://docs.rs/frame-metadata/latest/frame_metadata/) as described in
+[RFC78](https://polkadot-fellows.github.io/RFCs/approved/0078-merkleized-metadata.html).