diff --git a/package/libgail/libgail.mk b/package/libgail/libgail.mk
index 3034b41ba1..02b2735a0d 100644
--- a/package/libgail/libgail.mk
+++ b/package/libgail/libgail.mk
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ LIBGAIL_SOURCE = gail-$(LIBGAIL_VERSION).tar.bz2
 LIBGAIL_SITE = http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/gail/$(LIBGAIL_VERSION_MAJOR)
 LIBGAIL_AUTORECONF = YES
 LIBGAIL_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
+LIBGAIL_LICENSE = LGPLv2+
+LIBGAIL_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 
 ifneq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_XLIB_LIBX11),y)
 LIBGAIL_CONF_OPT += --disable-x