diff --git a/package/sawman/sawman.mk b/package/sawman/sawman.mk
index 00516ca688..559235fe28 100644
--- a/package/sawman/sawman.mk
+++ b/package/sawman/sawman.mk
@@ -10,5 +10,7 @@ SAWMAN_SITE = http://www.directfb.org/downloads/Extras
 SAWMAN_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 SAWMAN_AUTORECONF = YES
 SAWMAN_DEPENDENCIES = directfb
+SAWMAN_LICENSE = LGPLv2.1+
+SAWMAN_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 
 $(eval $(autotools-package))