diff --git a/package/rsync/rsync.mk b/package/rsync/rsync.mk
index f2df256004..3963547db2 100644
--- a/package/rsync/rsync.mk
+++ b/package/rsync/rsync.mk
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 RSYNC_VERSION = 3.0.9
 RSYNC_SOURCE = rsync-$(RSYNC_VERSION).tar.gz
 RSYNC_SITE = http://rsync.samba.org/ftp/rsync/src
+RSYNC_LICENSE = GPLv3+
+RSYNC_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 RSYNC_CONF_OPT = $(if $(BR2_ENABLE_DEBUG),--enable-debug,--disable-debug)
 RSYNC_CONF_OPT = --with-included-popt