diff --git a/package/gstreamer/gst-plugins-base/gst-plugins-base.mk b/package/gstreamer/gst-plugins-base/gst-plugins-base.mk
index 08733d172b..e1374ed801 100644
--- a/package/gstreamer/gst-plugins-base/gst-plugins-base.mk
+++ b/package/gstreamer/gst-plugins-base/gst-plugins-base.mk
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ GST_PLUGINS_BASE_VERSION = 0.10.36
 GST_PLUGINS_BASE_SOURCE = gst-plugins-base-$(GST_PLUGINS_BASE_VERSION).tar.xz
 GST_PLUGINS_BASE_SITE = http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/src/gst-plugins-base
 GST_PLUGINS_BASE_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
+GST_PLUGINS_BASE_LICENSE = GPLv2+, LGPLv2+
+GST_PLUGINS_BASE_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING COPYING.LIB
 
 # freetype is only used by examples, but if it is not found
 # and the host has a freetype-config script, then the host