diff --git a/package/fakeroot/fakeroot.mk b/package/fakeroot/fakeroot.mk
index 64203b8db5..a9074cba4d 100644
--- a/package/fakeroot/fakeroot.mk
+++ b/package/fakeroot/fakeroot.mk
@@ -6,5 +6,7 @@
 FAKEROOT_VERSION = 1.18.2
 FAKEROOT_SOURCE = fakeroot_$(FAKEROOT_VERSION).orig.tar.bz2
 FAKEROOT_SITE = http://snapshot.debian.org/archive/debian/20111201T093630Z/pool/main/f/fakeroot/
+FAKEROOT_LICENSE = GPLv3+
+FAKEROOT_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 
 $(eval $(call AUTOTARGETS,host))