diff --git a/package/proxychains-ng/proxychains-ng.mk b/package/proxychains-ng/proxychains-ng.mk
index 7c2ffbfb90..ca2664ef8c 100644
--- a/package/proxychains-ng/proxychains-ng.mk
+++ b/package/proxychains-ng/proxychains-ng.mk
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 PROXYCHAINS_NG_VERSION = 4.6
 PROXYCHAINS_NG_SOURCE = proxychains-$(PROXYCHAINS_NG_VERSION).tar.bz2
 PROXYCHAINS_NG_SITE = http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/proxychains-ng
+PROXYCHAINS_NG_LICENSE = GPLv2+
+PROXYCHAINS_NG_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 
 define PROXYCHAINS_NG_CONFIGURE_CMDS
 	cd $(@D) && \