diff --git a/package/can-utils/can-utils.mk b/package/can-utils/can-utils.mk
index 6be41a62b0..45d5e29fec 100644
--- a/package/can-utils/can-utils.mk
+++ b/package/can-utils/can-utils.mk
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 CAN_UTILS_VERSION = c3305fdd515464153d20199db232b6124bc962c0
 CAN_UTILS_SITE = $(call github,linux-can,can-utils,$(CAN_UTILS_VERSION))
+CAN_UTILS_LICENSE = BSD-3-Clause or GPL-2.0, GPL-2.0+
 CAN_UTILS_AUTORECONF = YES
 
 $(eval $(autotools-package))