diff --git a/package/empty/empty.mk b/package/empty/empty.mk
index 97b1e7eec6..005f880779 100644
--- a/package/empty/empty.mk
+++ b/package/empty/empty.mk
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 EMPTY_VERSION = 0.6.18b
 EMPTY_SOURCE = empty-$(EMPTY_VERSION).tgz
 EMPTY_SITE = http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/empty/empty/empty-$(EMPTY_VERSION)
+EMPTY_LICENSE = BSD-3c
+EMPTY_LICENSE_FILES = COPYRIGHT
 
 define EMPTY_BUILD_CMDS
 	$(MAKE) $(TARGET_CONFIGURE_OPTS) -C $(@D) all