diff --git a/package/libxml2/libxml2.mk b/package/libxml2/libxml2.mk
index 44d15e79b..b63200f9c 100644
--- a/package/libxml2/libxml2.mk
+++ b/package/libxml2/libxml2.mk
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ LIBXML2_VERSION = 2.8.0
 LIBXML2_SITE = ftp://xmlsoft.org/libxml2
 LIBXML2_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 LIBXML2_AUTORECONF = YES
+LIBXML2_LICENSE = MIT
+LIBXML2_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 
 ifneq ($(BR2_LARGEFILE),y)
 LIBXML2_CONF_ENV = CC="$(TARGET_CC) $(TARGET_CFLAGS) -DNO_LARGEFILE_SOURCE"