diff --git a/package/stress/stress.mk b/package/stress/stress.mk
index 6e82b500f1..63efb66f5b 100644
--- a/package/stress/stress.mk
+++ b/package/stress/stress.mk
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 
 STRESS_VERSION = 1.0.4
 STRESS_SITE = http://people.seas.harvard.edu/~apw/stress
+STRESS_LICENSE = GPLv2+
+STRESS_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 STRESS_AUTORECONF = YES
 
 # Stress is linked statically if the --enable-static is specified.