diff --git a/package/xavante/xavante.mk b/package/xavante/xavante.mk
index f885fbd1c0..0c1c6f1ac3 100644
--- a/package/xavante/xavante.mk
+++ b/package/xavante/xavante.mk
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 XAVANTE_VERSION = 2.2.1
 XAVANTE_SITE = http://github.com/downloads/keplerproject/xavante
 XAVANTE_DEPENDENCIES = cgilua copas coxpcall lua luafilesystem luasocket wsapi
+XAVANTE_LICENSE = MIT
 
 define XAVANTE_INSTALL_TARGET_CMDS
 	$(MAKE) -C $(@D) PREFIX=/usr \