diff --git a/package/dialog/dialog.mk b/package/dialog/dialog.mk
index 8d87b771af..6d46299f2a 100644
--- a/package/dialog/dialog.mk
+++ b/package/dialog/dialog.mk
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ DIALOG_SITE = ftp://invisible-island.net/dialog
 DIALOG_CONF_OPT = --with-ncurses
 DIALOG_CONF_ENV = ac_cv_path_NCURSES_CONFIG=true LIBS=-lncurses
 DIALOG_DEPENDENCIES = ncurses
+DIALOG_LICENSE = LGPLv2.1
+DIALOG_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 
 ifneq ($(BR2_ENABLE_LOCALE),y)
 DIALOG_DEPENDENCIES+=libiconv