diff --git a/package/kexec/kexec.mk b/package/kexec/kexec.mk
index 9787038270..609825a5f9 100644
--- a/package/kexec/kexec.mk
+++ b/package/kexec/kexec.mk
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 KEXEC_VERSION = 2.0.7
 KEXEC_SOURCE = kexec-tools-$(KEXEC_VERSION).tar.xz
 KEXEC_SITE = $(BR2_KERNEL_MIRROR)/linux/utils/kernel/kexec
+KEXEC_LICENSE = GPLv2
+KEXEC_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_KEXEC_ZLIB),y)
 KEXEC_CONF_OPT += --with-zlib