diff --git a/package/ffmpeg/ffmpeg.mk b/package/ffmpeg/ffmpeg.mk
index b4b2e568e3..5b7fa20029 100644
--- a/package/ffmpeg/ffmpeg.mk
+++ b/package/ffmpeg/ffmpeg.mk
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ FFMPEG_SITE = http://ffmpeg.org/releases
 FFMPEG_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 
 FFMPEG_LICENSE = LGPLv2.1+, libjpeg license
-FFMPEG_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE COPYING.LGPLv2.1
+FFMPEG_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE.md COPYING.LGPLv2.1
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_FFMPEG_GPL),y)
 FFMPEG_LICENSE += and GPLv2+
 FFMPEG_LICENSE_FILES += COPYING.GPLv2