diff --git a/package/directfb/directfb.mk b/package/directfb/directfb.mk
index 071cdf4fc..ecea7df9e 100644
--- a/package/directfb/directfb.mk
+++ b/package/directfb/directfb.mk
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ DIRECTFB_VERSION_MAJOR = 1.4
 DIRECTFB_VERSION = $(DIRECTFB_VERSION_MAJOR).16
 DIRECTFB_SITE = http://www.directfb.org/downloads/Core/DirectFB-$(DIRECTFB_VERSION_MAJOR)
 DIRECTFB_SOURCE = DirectFB-$(DIRECTFB_VERSION).tar.gz
+DIRECTFB_LICENSE = LGPLv2.1+
+DIRECTFB_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 DIRECTFB_AUTORECONF = YES
 DIRECTFB_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 DIRECTFB_CONF_OPT = \