diff --git a/package/luafilesystem/luafilesystem.mk b/package/luafilesystem/luafilesystem.mk
index 5826e1efa3..a54ae236df 100644
--- a/package/luafilesystem/luafilesystem.mk
+++ b/package/luafilesystem/luafilesystem.mk
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 LUAFILESYSTEM_VERSION = 1.6.3-1
 LUAFILESYSTEM_LICENSE = MIT
+LUAFILESYSTEM_LICENSE_FILES = luafilesystem/LICENSE
 LUAFILESYSTEM_SUBDIR = luafilesystem
 
 $(eval $(luarocks-package))