diff --git a/package/lua-resty-http/lua-resty-http.mk b/package/lua-resty-http/lua-resty-http.mk
index 927fdae46f..7ab8b0e222 100644
--- a/package/lua-resty-http/lua-resty-http.mk
+++ b/package/lua-resty-http/lua-resty-http.mk
@@ -7,6 +7,6 @@
 LUA_RESTY_HTTP_VERSION = 0.10-0
 LUA_RESTY_HTTP_SUBDIR = lua-resty-http
 LUA_RESTY_HTTP_LICENSE = BSD-2-Clause
-LUA_RESTY_HTTP_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE
+LUA_RESTY_HTTP_LICENSE_FILES = $(LUA_RESTY_HTTP_SUBDIR)/LICENSE
 
 $(eval $(luarocks-package))