diff --git a/package/kmod/kmod.mk b/package/kmod/kmod.mk
index 1753b1d5eb..7492b926f0 100644
--- a/package/kmod/kmod.mk
+++ b/package/kmod/kmod.mk
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ KMOD_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf
 HOST_KMOD_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf
 
 # license info for libkmod only, conditionally add more below
-KMOD_LICENSE = LGPLv2.1+
+KMOD_LICENSE = LGPLv2.1+ (library)
 KMOD_LICENSE_FILES = libkmod/COPYING
 
 # static linking not supported, see
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ endif
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_KMOD_TOOLS),y)
 
 # add license info for kmod tools
-KMOD_LICENSE += GPLv2+
+KMOD_LICENSE := $(KMOD_LICENSE), GPLv2+ (tools)
 KMOD_LICENSE_FILES += COPYING
 
 # take precedence over busybox implementation