diff --git a/package/libsocketcan/libsocketcan.hash b/package/libsocketcan/libsocketcan.hash
index 7cb5c8ebbf..7e40493fbf 100644
--- a/package/libsocketcan/libsocketcan.hash
+++ b/package/libsocketcan/libsocketcan.hash
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 # Locally calculated
 sha256	28923f47b3f3191ff966866aa45823325b6e3b4fce72f056e5d87d64e4d6699d	libsocketcan-0.0.11.tar.bz2
+sha256	dc626520dcd53a22f727af3ee42c770e56c97a64fe3adb063799d8ab032fe551	LICENSE
diff --git a/package/libsocketcan/libsocketcan.mk b/package/libsocketcan/libsocketcan.mk
index 7456e0b75b..dca8ede6e9 100644
--- a/package/libsocketcan/libsocketcan.mk
+++ b/package/libsocketcan/libsocketcan.mk
@@ -9,5 +9,6 @@ LIBSOCKETCAN_SITE = http://www.pengutronix.de/software/libsocketcan/download
 LIBSOCKETCAN_SOURCE = libsocketcan-$(LIBSOCKETCAN_VERSION).tar.bz2
 LIBSOCKETCAN_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 LIBSOCKETCAN_LICENSE = LGPL-2.1+
+LIBSOCKETCAN_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE
 
 $(eval $(autotools-package))