diff --git a/package/gtk2-themes/gtk2-theme-hicolor/gtk2-theme-hicolor.mk b/package/gtk2-themes/gtk2-theme-hicolor/gtk2-theme-hicolor.mk
index ae677f74ed..24c59593b7 100644
--- a/package/gtk2-themes/gtk2-theme-hicolor/gtk2-theme-hicolor.mk
+++ b/package/gtk2-themes/gtk2-theme-hicolor/gtk2-theme-hicolor.mk
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@
 GTK2_THEME_HICOLOR_VERSION = 0.10
 GTK2_THEME_HICOLOR_SOURCE = hicolor-icon-theme-$(GTK2_THEME_HICOLOR_VERSION).tar.gz
 GTK2_THEME_HICOLOR_SITE = http://icon-theme.freedesktop.org/releases/
-
 GTK2_THEME_HICOLOR_DEPENDENCIES = libgtk2
+GTK2_THEME_HICOLOR_LICENSE = GPLv2
+GTK2_THEME_HICOLOR_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 
 $(eval $(autotools-package))