diff --git a/package/qt5/qt5base/qt5base.mk b/package/qt5/qt5base/qt5base.mk
index 45ba4e661d..bbbaf0f456 100644
--- a/package/qt5/qt5base/qt5base.mk
+++ b/package/qt5/qt5base/qt5base.mk
@@ -47,6 +47,10 @@ ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_QT5BASE_LICENSE_APPROVED),y)
 QT5BASE_CONFIGURE_OPTS += -opensource -confirm-license
 QT5BASE_LICENSE = GPLv3 or LGPLv2.1 with exception or LGPLv3, GFDLv1.3 (docs)
 QT5BASE_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE.GPLv3 LICENSE.LGPLv21 LGPL_EXCEPTION.txt LICENSE.LGPLv3 LICENSE.FDL
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_QT5BASE_EXAMPLES),y)
+QT5BASE_LICENSE := $(QT5BASE_LICENSE), BSD-3c (examples)
+QT5BASE_LICENSE_FILES += header.BSD
+endif
 else
 QT5BASE_LICENSE = Commercial license
 QT5BASE_REDISTRIBUTE = NO