diff --git a/package/ethtool/ethtool.mk b/package/ethtool/ethtool.mk
index 63a8d54810..30d0a47649 100644
--- a/package/ethtool/ethtool.mk
+++ b/package/ethtool/ethtool.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@
 #
 #############################################################
 
-ETHTOOL_VERSION = 3.4.1
+ETHTOOL_VERSION = 3.5
 ETHTOOL_SITE = $(BR2_KERNEL_MIRROR)/software/network/ethtool
+ETHTOOL_LICENSE = GPLv2
+ETHTOOL_LICENSE_FILE = COPYING
 
 $(eval $(autotools-package))