diff --git a/package/perl-net-telnet/perl-net-telnet.mk b/package/perl-net-telnet/perl-net-telnet.mk
index 04d170d10a..28568871e2 100644
--- a/package/perl-net-telnet/perl-net-telnet.mk
+++ b/package/perl-net-telnet/perl-net-telnet.mk
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 PERL_NET_TELNET_VERSION = 3.04
 PERL_NET_TELNET_SOURCE = Net-Telnet-$(PERL_NET_TELNET_VERSION).tar.gz
 PERL_NET_TELNET_SITE = $(BR2_CPAN_MIRROR)/authors/id/J/JR/JROGERS
+PERL_NET_TELNET_LICENSE = Artistic or GPL-1.0+
 PERL_NET_TELNET_LICENSE_FILES = README
 
 $(eval $(perl-package))