diff --git a/package/lua/lua.mk b/package/lua/lua.mk
index 26c157654..de60c57e8 100644
--- a/package/lua/lua.mk
+++ b/package/lua/lua.mk
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 LUA_VERSION = 5.1.5
 LUA_SITE = http://www.lua.org/ftp
 LUA_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
+LUA_LICENSE = MIT
+LUA_LICENSE_FILES = COPYRIGHT
 
 LUA_CFLAGS = -Wall
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LUA_SHARED_LIBRARY),y)