diff --git a/package/squashfs/squashfs.mk b/package/squashfs/squashfs.mk
index aaf568cb6f..58dcb62224 100644
--- a/package/squashfs/squashfs.mk
+++ b/package/squashfs/squashfs.mk
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 SQUASHFS_VERSION = 4.3
 SQUASHFS_SOURCE = squashfs$(SQUASHFS_VERSION).tar.gz
 SQUASHFS_SITE = http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/squashfs/squashfs/squashfs$(SQUASHFS_VERSION)
+SQUASHFS_LICENSE = GPLv2+
+SQUASHFS_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 
 # no libattr in BR
 SQUASHFS_MAKE_ARGS = XATTR_SUPPORT=0