diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 0827c4e901..a22e87f29e 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -744,8 +744,8 @@ legal-info-clean:
 
 .PHONY: legal-info-prepare
 legal-info-prepare: $(LEGAL_INFO_DIR)
-	@$(call MESSAGE,"Collecting legal info")
-	@$(call legal-license-file,buildroot,buildroot,.,COPYING,COPYING,HOST)
+	@$(call MESSAGE,"Buildroot $(BR2_VERSION_FULL) Collecting legal info")
+	@$(call legal-license-file,buildroot,buildroot,support/legal-info,COPYING,COPYING,HOST)
 	@$(call legal-manifest,PACKAGE,VERSION,LICENSE,LICENSE FILES,SOURCE ARCHIVE,SOURCE SITE,TARGET)
 	@$(call legal-manifest,PACKAGE,VERSION,LICENSE,LICENSE FILES,SOURCE ARCHIVE,SOURCE SITE,HOST)
 	@$(call legal-manifest,buildroot,$(BR2_VERSION_FULL),GPL-2.0+,COPYING,not saved,not saved,HOST)
diff --git a/support/legal-info/buildroot.hash b/support/legal-info/buildroot.hash
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1b62dbeef7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/legal-info/buildroot.hash
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# Locally computed
+sha256 9755181e27175cb3510b4da8629caa406fb355a19aa8e7d55f06bf8ab33323c4  COPYING