diff --git a/package/bridge-utils/bridge-utils.mk b/package/bridge-utils/bridge-utils.mk
index b1744a4e6..6c1975f8c 100644
--- a/package/bridge-utils/bridge-utils.mk
+++ b/package/bridge-utils/bridge-utils.mk
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ BRIDGE_UTILS_SOURCE = bridge-utils-$(BRIDGE_UTILS_VERSION).tar.gz
 BRIDGE_UTILS_SITE = http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/bridge/bridge
 BRIDGE_UTILS_AUTORECONF = YES
 BRIDGE_UTILS_CONF_OPT = --with-linux-headers=$(LINUX_HEADERS_DIR)
+BRIDGE_UTILS_LICENSE = GPLv2+
+BRIDGE_UTILS_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 
 define BRIDGE_UTILS_UNINSTALL_TARGET_CMDS
 	rm -f $(addprefix $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/,lib/libbridge.a \