diff --git a/package/ncurses/ncurses.mk b/package/ncurses/ncurses.mk
index d82399621b..4c48e8d144 100644
--- a/package/ncurses/ncurses.mk
+++ b/package/ncurses/ncurses.mk
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ NCURSES_VERSION = 5.9
 NCURSES_SITE = $(BR2_GNU_MIRROR)/ncurses
 NCURSES_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 NCURSES_DEPENDENCIES = host-ncurses
+NCURSES_LICENSE = MIT with advertising clause
+NCURSES_LICENSE_FILES = README
 
 NCURSES_CONF_OPT = \
 	$(if $(BR2_PREFER_STATIC_LIB),--without-shared,--with-shared) \