diff --git a/package/neon/neon.mk b/package/neon/neon.mk
index cec72f89bd..58e01e1ff4 100644
--- a/package/neon/neon.mk
+++ b/package/neon/neon.mk
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
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 NEON_VERSION = 0.29.6
 NEON_SITE = http://www.webdav.org/neon/
+NEON_LICENSE = LGPLv2+ (library), GPLv2+ (manual and tests)
+NEON_LICENSE_FILES = src/COPYING.LIB src/COPYING README
 NEON_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 NEON_CONF_OPT = --without-gssapi --disable-rpath
 NEON_CONFIG_SCRIPTS = neon-config