diff --git a/package/network-manager/network-manager.hash b/package/network-manager/network-manager.hash
index c0692b594b..b2e7c749e4 100644
--- a/package/network-manager/network-manager.hash
+++ b/package/network-manager/network-manager.hash
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 sha256 b7e605055491ea8ef433bc149d55349111b9c789ad1cd0578f19ece39b1ac7c4  NetworkManager-1.20.0.tar.xz
 # Locally computed
 sha256 49d9659a4f9a09747c320d51d3cf9dfde210de67b70862acf849890f6477b00d  COPYING
-sha256 3a2968e3abb4fea464cd8dc1146d71996f9544af91a5f687bc4f3a2932df49b4  libnm-util/COPYING
+sha256 64a6d38d1b551a1bfd8509e732cdc9202d2681b61f5b39298f488674d3466fc9  CONTRIBUTING
diff --git a/package/network-manager/network-manager.mk b/package/network-manager/network-manager.mk
index 1b2321f9d2..e13042c7d4 100644
--- a/package/network-manager/network-manager.mk
+++ b/package/network-manager/network-manager.mk
@@ -11,8 +11,11 @@ NETWORK_MANAGER_SITE = https://download.gnome.org/sources/NetworkManager/$(NETWO
 NETWORK_MANAGER_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 NETWORK_MANAGER_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf udev dbus-glib libnl gnutls \
 	libgcrypt wireless_tools util-linux host-intltool readline libndp libgudev
-NETWORK_MANAGER_LICENSE = GPL-2.0+ (app), LGPL-2.0+ (libnm-util)
-NETWORK_MANAGER_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING libnm-util/COPYING
+# Even though the COPYING file only contains the GPL-2.0 text, many
+# parts of network-manager are under LGPL-2.0. See the "Legal" section
+# of the CONTRIBUTING file for details.
+NETWORK_MANAGER_LICENSE = GPL-2.0+ (app), LGPL-2.0+ (libnm)
+NETWORK_MANAGER_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING CONTRIBUTING
 
 NETWORK_MANAGER_CONF_ENV = \
 	ac_cv_path_LIBGCRYPT_CONFIG=$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/bin/libgcrypt-config \