diff --git a/package/statserial/statserial.mk b/package/statserial/statserial.mk
index 25989bcb80..e59267ae72 100644
--- a/package/statserial/statserial.mk
+++ b/package/statserial/statserial.mk
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 STATSERIAL_VERSION = 1.1
 STATSERIAL_SITE = http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/system/serial/
 STATSERIAL_DEPENDENCIES = ncurses
+STATSERIAL_LICENSE = GPLv2+
+STATSERIAL_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 
 define STATSERIAL_BUILD_CMDS
 	$(MAKE) CC="$(TARGET_CC)" LD="$(TARGET_CC)" CFLAGS="$(TARGET_CFLAGS)" LDFLAGS="$(TARGET_LDFLAGS)" -C $(@D)