diff --git a/package/nfs-utils/nfs-utils.mk b/package/nfs-utils/nfs-utils.mk
index 76face5369..68772efc3a 100644
--- a/package/nfs-utils/nfs-utils.mk
+++ b/package/nfs-utils/nfs-utils.mk
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 NFS_UTILS_VERSION = 1.2.6
 NFS_UTILS_SOURCE = nfs-utils-$(NFS_UTILS_VERSION).tar.bz2
 NFS_UTILS_SITE = http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/nfs/nfs-utils/$(NFS_UTILS_VERSION)
+NFS_UTILS_LICENSE = GPLv2+
+NFS_UTILS_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 NFS_UTILS_AUTORECONF = YES
 NFS_UTILS_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf