diff --git a/package/multimedia/lame/lame.mk b/package/multimedia/lame/lame.mk
index a251f020b6..09705926ac 100644
--- a/package/multimedia/lame/lame.mk
+++ b/package/multimedia/lame/lame.mk
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ LAME_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf
 LAME_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 LAME_CONF_ENV = GTK_CONFIG=/bin/false
 LAME_CONF_OPT = --enable-dynamic-frontends
+LAME_LICENSE = LGPLv2+
+LAME_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBSNDFILE),y)
 LAME_DEPENDENCIES += libsndfile