diff --git a/package/binutils/binutils.mk b/package/binutils/binutils.mk
index e1aac9bb13..6c51fc7868 100644
--- a/package/binutils/binutils.mk
+++ b/package/binutils/binutils.mk
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ endif
 BINUTILS_EXTRA_CONFIG_OPTIONS = $(call qstrip,$(BR2_BINUTILS_EXTRA_CONFIG_OPTIONS))
 BINUTILS_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 BINUTILS_DEPENDENCIES = $(if $(BR2_NEEDS_GETTEXT_IF_LOCALE),gettext)
+BINUTILS_LICENSE = GPLv3+, libiberty LGPLv2.1+
+BINUTILS_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING3 COPYING.LIB
 
 # We need to specify host & target to avoid breaking ARM EABI
 BINUTILS_CONF_OPT = --disable-multilib --disable-werror \