diff --git a/package/luafilesystem/luafilesystem.mk b/package/luafilesystem/luafilesystem.mk
index 17f2bd6f0a..8553212984 100644
--- a/package/luafilesystem/luafilesystem.mk
+++ b/package/luafilesystem/luafilesystem.mk
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 LUAFILESYSTEM_VERSION = 1.5.0
 LUAFILESYSTEM_SITE = http://github.com/downloads/keplerproject/luafilesystem
 LUAFILESYSTEM_DEPENDENCIES = lua
+LUAFILESYSTEM_LICENSE = MIT
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_LARGEFILE),y)
 LFS_CFLAGS = -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE