diff --git a/package/mtd/mtd.mk b/package/mtd/mtd.mk
index 9b60ac8718..7e3a9b8866 100644
--- a/package/mtd/mtd.mk
+++ b/package/mtd/mtd.mk
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@
 MTD_VERSION = 1.5.0
 MTD_SOURCE = mtd-utils-$(MTD_VERSION).tar.bz2
 MTD_SITE = ftp://ftp.infradead.org/pub/mtd-utils
+MTD_LICENSE = GPLv2
+MTD_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
+
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_MTD_MKFSJFFS2),y)
 MTD_DEPENDENCIES = zlib lzo
 endif