diff --git a/package/irda-utils/irda-utils.mk b/package/irda-utils/irda-utils.mk
index 4be80d7864..e4958e50f1 100644
--- a/package/irda-utils/irda-utils.mk
+++ b/package/irda-utils/irda-utils.mk
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 
 IRDA_UTILS_VERSION = 0.9.18
 IRDA_UTILS_SITE = http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/irda/irda-utils/$(IRDA_UTILS_VERSION)
+IRDA_UTILS_LICENSE = GPLv2+
+IRDA_UTILS_LICENSE_FILES = man/COPYING
 
 IRDA_UTILS_CFLAGS = $(TARGET_CFLAGS) -I.
 ifeq ($(BR2_USE_MMU),)