diff --git a/package/texinfo/texinfo.mk b/package/texinfo/texinfo.mk
index 7064e12c1f..afb3bca279 100644
--- a/package/texinfo/texinfo.mk
+++ b/package/texinfo/texinfo.mk
@@ -10,5 +10,7 @@
 
 TEXINFO_VERSION = 4.13a
 TEXINFO_SITE = $(BR2_GNU_MIRROR)/texinfo
+TEXINFO_LICENSE = GPLv3+
+TEXINFO_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 
 $(eval $(host-autotools-package))