diff --git a/package/ebtables/ebtables.mk b/package/ebtables/ebtables.mk
index b3068f43e5..7676e9abd8 100644
--- a/package/ebtables/ebtables.mk
+++ b/package/ebtables/ebtables.mk
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 EBTABLES_VERSION = 2.0.10-4
 EBTABLES_SOURCE = ebtables-v$(EBTABLES_VERSION).tar.gz
 EBTABLES_SITE = http://$(BR2_SOURCEFORGE_MIRROR).dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/ebtables
+EBTABLES_LICENSE = GPLv2
+EBTABLES_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 
 define EBTABLES_BUILD_CMDS
 	$(MAKE) $(TARGET_CONFIGURE_OPTS) LIBDIR=/lib/ebtables -C $(@D)