diff --git a/package/tvheadend/tvheadend.mk b/package/tvheadend/tvheadend.mk
index 244e12999a..f0bb834ff8 100644
--- a/package/tvheadend/tvheadend.mk
+++ b/package/tvheadend/tvheadend.mk
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 TVHEADEND_VERSION = 0ebca1b3dbb6a18d8adcf66a32b5922ce769b9b5
 TVHEADEND_SITE = $(call github,tvheadend,tvheadend,$(TVHEADEND_VERSION))
 TVHEADEND_LICENSE = GPLv3+
-TVHEADEND_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE
+TVHEADEND_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE.md
 TVHEADEND_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf host-python openssl
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_AVAHI),y)