diff --git a/package/sane-backends/sane-backends.mk b/package/sane-backends/sane-backends.mk
index 52c5aa7a21..6a6fa0b419 100644
--- a/package/sane-backends/sane-backends.mk
+++ b/package/sane-backends/sane-backends.mk
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 SANE_BACKENDS_VERSION = 1.0.22
 SANE_BACKENDS_SITE = http://sources.buildroot.net/
 SANE_BACKENDS_CONFIG_SCRIPTS = sane-config
+SANE_BACKENDS_LICENSE = GPLv2+
+SANE_BACKENDS_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBUSB),y)
 SANE_BACKENDS_DEPENDENCIES += libusb