diff --git a/package/inotify-tools/inotify-tools.mk b/package/inotify-tools/inotify-tools.mk
index 52a170140..b53efaddc 100644
--- a/package/inotify-tools/inotify-tools.mk
+++ b/package/inotify-tools/inotify-tools.mk
@@ -5,4 +5,7 @@
 #############################################################
 INOTIFY_TOOLS_VERSION = 3.14
 INOTIFY_TOOLS_SITE = http://github.com/downloads/rvoicilas/inotify-tools/
+INOTIFY_TOOLS_LICENSE = GPLv2+
+INOTIFY_TOOLS_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
+
 $(eval $(autotools-package))