diff --git a/package/libnfnetlink/libnfnetlink.mk b/package/libnfnetlink/libnfnetlink.mk
index de5a9d8a6..6f69a81a9 100644
--- a/package/libnfnetlink/libnfnetlink.mk
+++ b/package/libnfnetlink/libnfnetlink.mk
@@ -9,5 +9,7 @@ LIBNFNETLINK_SOURCE = libnfnetlink-$(LIBNFNETLINK_VERSION).tar.bz2
 LIBNFNETLINK_SITE = http://www.netfilter.org/projects/libnfnetlink/files
 LIBNFNETLINK_AUTORECONF = YES
 LIBNFNETLINK_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
+LIBNFNETLINK_LICENSE = GPLv2
+LIBNFNETLINK_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 
 $(eval $(autotools-package))