diff --git a/package/perl-libwww/perl-libwww.mk b/package/perl-libwww/perl-libwww.mk
index 0ee1e04079..8157be2e26 100644
--- a/package/perl-libwww/perl-libwww.mk
+++ b/package/perl-libwww/perl-libwww.mk
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 PERL_LIBWWW_VERSION = 6.13
 PERL_LIBWWW_SITE = $(call github,libwww-perl,libwww-perl,$(PERL_LIBWWW_VERSION))
 PERL_LIBWWW_LICENSE = Artistic or GPLv1+
-PERL_LIBWWW_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE
+PERL_LIBWWW_LICENSE_FILES = README
 PERL_LIBWWW_DEPENDENCIES = \
 	perl-encode-locale \
 	perl-file-listing \