diff --git a/package/lxc/lxc.hash b/package/lxc/lxc.hash
index faaa17dde0..411947f165 100644
--- a/package/lxc/lxc.hash
+++ b/package/lxc/lxc.hash
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 # Locally calculated
 sha256  d56d91d772449c57e9a67b770dab8967e412051d8d6246ce56c63264671672e5  lxc-4.0.3.tar.gz
-sha256  dc626520dcd53a22f727af3ee42c770e56c97a64fe3adb063799d8ab032fe551  COPYING
+sha256  ab15fd526bd8dd18a9e77ebc139656bf4d33e97fc7238cd11bf60e2b9b8666c6  LICENSE.GPL2
+sha256  dc626520dcd53a22f727af3ee42c770e56c97a64fe3adb063799d8ab032fe551  LICENSE.LGPL2.1
diff --git a/package/lxc/lxc.mk b/package/lxc/lxc.mk
index 0d88cd6c8c..ad26580980 100644
--- a/package/lxc/lxc.mk
+++ b/package/lxc/lxc.mk
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
 
 LXC_VERSION = 4.0.3
 LXC_SITE = https://linuxcontainers.org/downloads/lxc
-LXC_LICENSE = LGPL-2.1+
-LXC_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
+LXC_LICENSE = GPL-2.0 (some tools), LGPL-2.1+
+LXC_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE.GPL2 LICENSE.LGPL2.1
 LXC_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf
 LXC_INSTALL_STAGING = YES