diff --git a/package/lshw/lshw.mk b/package/lshw/lshw.mk
index cc003473ea..ee153505e9 100644
--- a/package/lshw/lshw.mk
+++ b/package/lshw/lshw.mk
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 
 LSHW_VERSION = B.02.16
 LSHW_SITE = http://ezix.org/software/files
+LSHW_LICENSE = GPLv2
+LSHW_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 
 LSHW_CFLAGS = $(TARGET_CFLAGS)
 ifeq ($(BR2_ENABLE_LOCALE),)