diff --git a/libs/libgpg-error/Makefile b/libs/libgpg-error/Makefile
index 2f1d53e187..6e93effeb5 100644
--- a/libs/libgpg-error/Makefile
+++ b/libs/libgpg-error/Makefile
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ PKG_RELEASE:=1
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.bz2
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/libgpg-error
 PKG_HASH:=cafc9ed6a87c53a35175d5a1220a96ca386696eef2fa059cc0306211f246e55f
+PKG_LICENSE:=LGPL-2.1+
+PKG_LICENSE_FILES:=COPYING
 
 PKG_BUILD_PARALLEL:=1
 PKG_INSTALL:=1