diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 9f371b0d8b..635068f164 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -798,8 +798,8 @@ legal-info-clean:
 legal-info-prepare: $(LEGAL_INFO_DIR)
 	@$(call MESSAGE,"Buildroot $(BR2_VERSION_FULL) Collecting legal info")
 	@$(call legal-license-file,buildroot,buildroot,support/legal-info/buildroot.hash,COPYING,COPYING,HOST)
-	@$(call legal-manifest,TARGET,PACKAGE,VERSION,LICENSE,LICENSE FILES,SOURCE ARCHIVE,SOURCE SITE)
-	@$(call legal-manifest,HOST,PACKAGE,VERSION,LICENSE,LICENSE FILES,SOURCE ARCHIVE,SOURCE SITE)
+	@$(call legal-manifest,TARGET,PACKAGE,VERSION,LICENSE,LICENSE FILES,SOURCE ARCHIVE,SOURCE SITE,DEPENDENCIES WITH LICENSES)
+	@$(call legal-manifest,HOST,PACKAGE,VERSION,LICENSE,LICENSE FILES,SOURCE ARCHIVE,SOURCE SITE,DEPENDENCIES WITH LICENSES)
 	@$(call legal-manifest,HOST,buildroot,$(BR2_VERSION_FULL),GPL-2.0+,COPYING,not saved,not saved)
 	@$(call legal-warning,the Buildroot source code has not been saved)
 	@cp $(BR2_CONFIG) $(LEGAL_INFO_DIR)/buildroot.config
diff --git a/package/pkg-generic.mk b/package/pkg-generic.mk
index aee22795c0..39174edf6a 100644
--- a/package/pkg-generic.mk
+++ b/package/pkg-generic.mk
@@ -615,6 +615,14 @@ $(2)_FINAL_ALL_DEPENDENCIES = \
 		$$($(2)_FINAL_DEPENDENCIES) \
 		$$($(2)_FINAL_EXTRACT_DEPENDENCIES) \
 		$$($(2)_FINAL_PATCH_DEPENDENCIES))
+$(2)_FINAL_RECURSIVE_DEPENDENCIES = \
+	$$(sort \
+		$$(foreach p,\
+			$$($(2)_FINAL_ALL_DEPENDENCIES),\
+			$$(p)\
+			$$($$(call UPPERCASE,$$(p))_FINAL_RECURSIVE_DEPENDENCIES)\
+		)\
+	)
 
 $(2)_INSTALL_STAGING		?= NO
 $(2)_INSTALL_IMAGES		?= NO
@@ -942,7 +950,7 @@ ifeq ($$($(2)_REDISTRIBUTE),YES)
 endif # redistribute
 
 endif # other packages
-	@$$(call legal-manifest,$$(call UPPERCASE,$(4)),$$($(2)_RAWNAME),$$($(2)_VERSION),$$($(2)_LICENSE),$$($(2)_MANIFEST_LICENSE_FILES),$$($(2)_ACTUAL_SOURCE_TARBALL),$$($(2)_ACTUAL_SOURCE_SITE))
+	@$$(call legal-manifest,$$(call UPPERCASE,$(4)),$$($(2)_RAWNAME),$$($(2)_VERSION),$$($(2)_LICENSE),$$($(2)_MANIFEST_LICENSE_FILES),$$($(2)_ACTUAL_SOURCE_TARBALL),$$($(2)_ACTUAL_SOURCE_SITE),$$(call legal-deps,$(1)))
 endif # ifneq ($$(call qstrip,$$($(2)_SOURCE)),)
 	$$(foreach hook,$$($(2)_POST_LEGAL_INFO_HOOKS),$$(call $$(hook))$$(sep))
 
diff --git a/package/pkg-utils.mk b/package/pkg-utils.mk
index 992ce0b941..bffd79dfb0 100644
--- a/package/pkg-utils.mk
+++ b/package/pkg-utils.mk
@@ -79,8 +79,8 @@ define legal-warning-nosource # pkg, {local|override}
 	$(call legal-warning-pkg,$(1),sources not saved ($(2) packages not handled))
 endef
 
-define legal-manifest # {HOST|TARGET}, pkg, version, license, license-files, source, url
-	echo '"$(2)","$(3)","$(4)","$(5)","$(6)","$(7)"' >>$(LEGAL_MANIFEST_CSV_$(1))
+define legal-manifest # {HOST|TARGET}, pkg, version, license, license-files, source, url, dependencies
+	echo '"$(2)","$(3)","$(4)","$(5)","$(6)","$(7)","$(8)"' >>$(LEGAL_MANIFEST_CSV_$(1))
 endef
 
 define legal-license-file # pkgname, pkgname-pkgver, pkg-hashfile, filename, file-fullpath, {HOST|TARGET}
@@ -91,3 +91,14 @@ define legal-license-file # pkgname, pkgname-pkgver, pkg-hashfile, filename, fil
 	} && \
 	cp $(5) $(LICENSE_FILES_DIR_$(6))/$(2)/$(4)
 endef
+
+non-virtual-deps = $(foreach p,$(1),$(if $($(call UPPERCASE,$(p))_IS_VIRTUAL),,$(p)))
+
+# Returns the list of recursive dependencies and their licensing terms
+# for the package specified in parameter (in lowercase). If that
+# package is a target package, remove host packages from the list.
+legal-deps = \
+    $(foreach p,\
+        $(filter-out $(if $(1:host-%=),host-%),\
+            $(call non-virtual-deps,\
+                $($(call UPPERCASE,$(1))_FINAL_RECURSIVE_DEPENDENCIES))),$(p) [$($(call UPPERCASE,$(p))_LICENSE)])