diff --git a/package/openocd/openocd.mk b/package/openocd/openocd.mk
index ac3cd77c1e..24ac0caa1f 100644
--- a/package/openocd/openocd.mk
+++ b/package/openocd/openocd.mk
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 OPENOCD_VERSION = 0.5.0
 OPENOCD_SOURCE = openocd-$(OPENOCD_VERSION).tar.bz2
 OPENOCD_SITE = http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/openocd/openocd/$(OPENOCD_VERSION)
+OPENOCD_LICENSE = GPLv2+
+OPENOCD_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 
 OPENOCD_AUTORECONF = YES
 OPENOCD_CONF_OPT = \