diff --git a/package/beecrypt/beecrypt.mk b/package/beecrypt/beecrypt.mk
index d165aee99e..a9cf133e60 100644
--- a/package/beecrypt/beecrypt.mk
+++ b/package/beecrypt/beecrypt.mk
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ BEECRYPT_VERSION = 4.2.1
 BEECRYPT_SITE = http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/beecrypt/beecrypt/$(BEECRYPT_VERSION)
 BEECRYPT_AUTORECONF = YES
 BEECRYPT_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
+BEECRYPT_LICENSE = LGPLv2.1+
+BEECRYPT_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING.LIB
 
 # beecrypt contains C++ code that g++ 4.7 doesn't really
 # like. Upstream does not seem to be really active, so workaround this