diff --git a/package/gvfs/gvfs.mk b/package/gvfs/gvfs.mk
index dbf234eaf1..fbebb568cc 100644
--- a/package/gvfs/gvfs.mk
+++ b/package/gvfs/gvfs.mk
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ GVFS_SOURCE = gvfs-$(GVFS_VERSION).tar.xz
 GVFS_SITE = http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gvfs/$(GVFS_VERSION_MAJOR)
 GVFS_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 GVFS_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf host-libglib2 libglib2 dbus shared-mime-info
+GVFS_LICENSE = LGPLv2+
+GVFS_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 
 # Export ac_cv_path_LIBGCRYPT_CONFIG unconditionally to prevent
 # build system from searching the host paths.