diff --git a/package/socketcand/socketcand.mk b/package/socketcand/socketcand.mk
index fdba96e914..0d5b65b3c9 100644
--- a/package/socketcand/socketcand.mk
+++ b/package/socketcand/socketcand.mk
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 SOCKETCAND_VERSION = 274e4e44107f6138a29bbc4e20f9fbd2a7d4dab1
 SOCKETCAND_SITE = $(call github,dschanoeh,socketcand,$(SOCKETCAND_VERSION))
 SOCKETCAND_AUTORECONF = YES
+SOCKETCAND_LICENSE = BSD-3c or GPLv2
+SOCKETCAND_LICENSE_FILES = socketcand.c
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBCONFIG),y)
 SOCKETCAND_DEPENDENCIES = libconfig