diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 62dd8cf..30e5c2e 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ description = "A Rust wrapper for Facebook's RocksDB embeddable database."
 version = "0.1.1"
 authors = ["Tyler Neely <t@jujit.su>", "David Greenberg <dsg123456789@gmail.com>"]
 license = "Apache-2.0"
+keywords = ["database", "embedded", "LSM-tree", "persistence"]
 exclude = [
   ".gitignore",
   ".travis.yml",