diff --git a/package/gptfdisk/gptfdisk.mk b/package/gptfdisk/gptfdisk.mk
index 22bf180a3c..6835f4010e 100644
--- a/package/gptfdisk/gptfdisk.mk
+++ b/package/gptfdisk/gptfdisk.mk
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 
 GPTFDISK_VERSION = 0.8.6
 GPTFDISK_SITE = http://downloads.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/gptfdisk
+GPTFDISK_LICENSE = GPLv2+
+GPTFDISK_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 
 GPTFDISK_TARGETS_$(BR2_PACKAGE_GPTFDISK_GDISK) += gdisk
 GPTFDISK_TARGETS_$(BR2_PACKAGE_GPTFDISK_SGDISK) += sgdisk