diff --git a/package/qt5/qt5websockets/qt5websockets.mk b/package/qt5/qt5websockets/qt5websockets.mk
index 609b68e4e7..9771556002 100644
--- a/package/qt5/qt5websockets/qt5websockets.mk
+++ b/package/qt5/qt5websockets/qt5websockets.mk
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ QT5WEBSOCKETS_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_QT5BASE_LICENSE_APPROVED),y)
 QT5WEBSOCKETS_LICENSE = GPLv3 or LGPLv2.1 with exception or LGPLv3
 QT5WEBSOCKETS_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE.GPLv3 LICENSE.LGPLv21 LGPL_EXCEPTION.txt LICENSE.LGPLv3
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_QT5BASE_EXAMPLES),y)
+QT5WEBSOCKETS_LICENSE := $(QT5WEBSOCKETS_LICENSE), BSD-3c (examples)
+endif
 else
 QT5WEBSOCKETS_LICENSE = Commercial license
 QT5WEBSOCKETS_REDISTRIBUTE = NO