diff --git a/package/bootutils/bootutils.mk b/package/bootutils/bootutils.mk
index caee2fd950..95d9e50b02 100644
--- a/package/bootutils/bootutils.mk
+++ b/package/bootutils/bootutils.mk
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@
 
 BOOTUTILS_VERSION = 1.0.0
 BOOTUTILS_SITE = http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/bootutils/Stable/v$(BOOTUTILS_VERSION)
-
 BOOTUTILS_CONF_OPT = --prefix=/ --exec-prefix=/
+BOOTUTILS_LICENSE = GPLv2+
+BOOTUTILS_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 
 $(eval $(autotools-package))