diff --git a/_data/meta.yml b/_data/meta.yml
index 61d7160ee..9957474b9 100644
--- a/_data/meta.yml
+++ b/_data/meta.yml
@@ -54,3 +54,7 @@
 - name: redirect_from
   description: Relative path(s) to redirect to the license from, to prevent breaking old URLs
   required: false
+
+- name: annotations
+  description: Map of rule tags to excerpt strings that appear in the license body (enables in-text rule highlighting)
+  required: false
diff --git a/_includes/footer.html b/_includes/footer.html
index a4a549107..b22668ef3 100644
--- a/_includes/footer.html
+++ b/_includes/footer.html
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@
           }{% unless forloop.last %},{% endunless %}
         {% endfor %}
       ];
+      {% if page.annotations %}
+      window.ruleAnnotations = {{ page.annotations | jsonify }};
+      {% endif %}
       {% endif %}
     </script>
     <script src="{{ 'assets/js/app.js' | relative_url }}"></script>
diff --git a/_layouts/license.html b/_layouts/license.html
index 602089dd3..69f3cf8f1 100644
--- a/_layouts/license.html
+++ b/_layouts/license.html
@@ -45,6 +45,14 @@
 
             </div>
 
+            {% if page.annotations %}
+            <p class="license-annotations-toggle">
+              <button type="button" id="toggle-rule-annotations" class="button" aria-pressed="false">
+                Highlight license rules in text
+              </button>
+            </p>
+            {% endif %}
+
             <pre id="license-text">{{ content | replace:"<", "&lt;" | replace:">", "&gt;" }}</pre>
 
         </div> <!-- /license-body -->
diff --git a/_licenses/mit.txt b/_licenses/mit.txt
index 1ad0488f9..5eb19bd98 100644
--- a/_licenses/mit.txt
+++ b/_licenses/mit.txt
@@ -26,6 +26,14 @@ limitations:
   - liability
   - warranty
 
+annotations:
+  include-copyright:
+    - "The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software."
+  liability:
+    - "IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE"
+  warranty:
+    - "THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED \"AS IS\", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND"
+
 ---
 
 MIT License
diff --git a/assets/css/application.scss b/assets/css/application.scss
index 11df9809e..5b48d2c22 100644
--- a/assets/css/application.scss
+++ b/assets/css/application.scss
@@ -568,6 +568,21 @@ strong {
 
 .with-love { float: right; clear: right; }
 
+.rule-annotation {
+  background: rgba(20, 154, 212, 0.2);
+  border-radius: 2px;
+}
+
+.rule-annotation.is-focused {
+  background: rgba(61, 198, 55, 0.35);
+  outline: 1px solid #3dc637;
+}
+
+.license-annotations-toggle .button {
+  font-size: 0.85rem;
+  margin-bottom: 0.75rem;
+}
+
 @media only screen and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 2.0),
  only screen and (min--moz-device-pixel-ratio: 2.0),
  only screen and (-o-min-device-pixel-ratio: 200/100),
diff --git a/assets/js/app.js b/assets/js/app.js
index e8706dde1..36a587528 100644
--- a/assets/js/app.js
+++ b/assets/js/app.js
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ class Choosealicense {
     this.initTooltips();
     this.initClipboard();
     this.initLicenseSuggestion();
+    this.initRuleAnnotations();
   }
 
   // Selects the content of a given element
@@ -138,6 +139,50 @@ class Choosealicense {
     const licenseId = inputEl.getAttribute('data-license-id');
     new LicenseSuggestion(inputEl, licenseId, statusIndicator);
   }
+
+  initRuleAnnotations() {
+    const mapping = window.ruleAnnotations;
+    const pre = document.querySelector('#license-text');
+    const toggle = document.querySelector('#toggle-rule-annotations');
+    if (!mapping || !pre || !toggle) return;
+
+    const original = pre.textContent;
+    let active = false;
+
+    const applyHighlights = () => {
+      let html = original.replace(/&/g, '&amp;').replace(/</g, '&lt;').replace(/>/g, '&gt;');
+      Object.entries(mapping).forEach(([tag, excerpts]) => {
+        excerpts.forEach((excerpt) => {
+          const escaped = excerpt.replace(/&/g, '&amp;').replace(/</g, '&lt;').replace(/>/g, '&gt;');
+          const mark = `<mark class="rule-annotation rule-annotation-${tag}" data-rule="${tag}">${escaped}</mark>`;
+          html = html.replace(escaped, mark);
+        });
+      });
+      pre.innerHTML = html;
+    };
+
+    const clearHighlights = () => {
+      pre.textContent = original;
+    };
+
+    toggle.addEventListener('click', () => {
+      active = !active;
+      toggle.setAttribute('aria-pressed', String(active));
+      toggle.textContent = active ? 'Hide rule highlights' : 'Highlight license rules in text';
+      if (active) applyHighlights();
+      else clearHighlights();
+    });
+
+    document.querySelectorAll('.license-rules li').forEach((item) => {
+      item.addEventListener('mouseenter', () => {
+        if (!active) return;
+        const tag = Array.from(item.classList).find((className) => mapping[className]);
+        if (!tag) return;
+        pre.querySelectorAll('.rule-annotation').forEach((el) => el.classList.remove('is-focused'));
+        pre.querySelectorAll(`.rule-annotation-${tag}`).forEach((el) => el.classList.add('is-focused'));
+      });
+    });
+  }
 }
 
 class LicenseSuggestion {
diff --git a/spec/license_annotations_spec.rb b/spec/license_annotations_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..417267054
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/license_annotations_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require 'spec_helper'
+
+describe 'license rule annotations' do
+  licenses.each do |license|
+    next unless license['annotations']
+
+    context license['spdx-id'] do
+      it 'maps annotation keys to tags declared on the license' do
+        declared = (license['permissions'] + license['conditions'] + license['limitations']).uniq
+        extra = license['annotations'].keys - declared
+        expect(extra).to be_empty, "unknown annotation tags: #{extra.join(', ')}"
+      end
+
+      it 'references text that appears in the license body' do
+        body = license['content']
+        license['annotations'].each_value do |excerpts|
+          excerpts.each do |excerpt|
+            expect(body).to include(excerpt), "excerpt not found: #{excerpt[0, 60]}..."
+          end
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end