diff --git a/package/gstreamer1/gst1-libav/gst1-libav.mk b/package/gstreamer1/gst1-libav/gst1-libav.mk
index 02ac394b45..d878ec8f71 100644
--- a/package/gstreamer1/gst1-libav/gst1-libav.mk
+++ b/package/gstreamer1/gst1-libav/gst1-libav.mk
@@ -12,5 +12,7 @@ GST1_LIBAV_DEPENDENCIES = \
 	host-pkgconf ffmpeg gstreamer1 gst1-plugins-base \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_BZIP2),bzip2) \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_XZ),xz)
+GST1_LIBAV_LICENSE = GPLv2+
+GST1_LIBAV_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 
 $(eval $(autotools-package))