diff --git a/package/libplayer/libplayer.mk b/package/libplayer/libplayer.mk
index 061c87ab09..b4ff500704 100644
--- a/package/libplayer/libplayer.mk
+++ b/package/libplayer/libplayer.mk
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 LIBPLAYER_VERSION = 2.0.1
 LIBPLAYER_SITE = http://libplayer.geexbox.org/releases/
 LIBPLAYER_SOURCE = libplayer-$(LIBPLAYER_VERSION).tar.bz2
+LIBPLAYER_LICENSE = LGPLv2.1+
+LIBPLAYER_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 
 # When passing the standard buildroot configure arguments, the configure script
 # breaks on --target and --host options. Thus we need to define a configure cmd