diff --git a/bin/bower b/bin/bower
index bd7ef12e..a1ecd296 100755
--- a/bin/bower
+++ b/bin/bower
@@ -1,10 +1,17 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env node
 
-var fs = require("fs");
+var fs = require("fs"),
+    pkg = require("../package.json");
 
 console.log(JSON.stringify({
   "name": "d3",
-  "version": require("../package.json").version,
+  "version": pkg.version,
+  "description": pkg.description,
+  "keywords": pkg.keywords,
+  "homepage": pkg.homepage,
+  "author": pkg.author,
+  "contributors": pkg.contributors,
+  "repository": pkg.repository,
   "main": "d3.js",
   "scripts": [
     "d3.js"
diff --git a/bower.json b/bower.json
index db3e4c0f..4ee5d580 100644
--- a/bower.json
+++ b/bower.json
@@ -1,6 +1,30 @@
 {
   "name": "d3",
   "version": "3.4.1",
+  "description": "A small, free JavaScript library for manipulating documents based on data.",
+  "keywords": [
+    "dom",
+    "w3c",
+    "visualization",
+    "svg",
+    "animation",
+    "canvas"
+  ],
+  "homepage": "http://d3js.org",
+  "author": {
+    "name": "Mike Bostock",
+    "url": "http://bost.ocks.org/mike"
+  },
+  "contributors": [
+    {
+      "name": "Jason Davies",
+      "url": "http://jasondavies.com"
+    }
+  ],
+  "repository": {
+    "type": "git",
+    "url": "https://github.com/mbostock/d3.git"
+  },
   "main": "d3.js",
   "scripts": [
     "d3.js"