diff --git a/package/elfutils/elfutils.mk b/package/elfutils/elfutils.mk
index 6af12236e1..9485d3b292 100644
--- a/package/elfutils/elfutils.mk
+++ b/package/elfutils/elfutils.mk
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ ELFUTILS_VERSION = 0.166
 ELFUTILS_SOURCE = elfutils-$(ELFUTILS_VERSION).tar.bz2
 ELFUTILS_SITE = https://fedorahosted.org/releases/e/l/elfutils/$(ELFUTILS_VERSION)
 ELFUTILS_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
-ELFUTILS_LICENSE = GPLv3, GPLv2, LGPLv3
-ELFUTILS_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING COPYING-GPLV2 COPYING-LGPLV3
+ELFUTILS_LICENSE = GPLv2+ or LGPLv3+ (library)
+ELFUTILS_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING-GPLV2 COPYING-LGPLV3
 ELFUTILS_DEPENDENCIES = zlib
 
 # We patch configure.ac
@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@ endif
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_ELFUTILS_PROGS),y)
 ELFUTILS_CONF_OPTS += --enable-progs
+ELFUTILS_LICENSE := $(ELFUTILS_LICENSE), GPLv3+ (programs)
+ELFUTILS_LICENSE_FILES += COPYING
 else
 ELFUTILS_CONF_OPTS += --disable-progs
 endif