diff --git a/package/tcpdump/tcpdump.mk b/package/tcpdump/tcpdump.mk
index c232dc9de2..96414ef242 100644
--- a/package/tcpdump/tcpdump.mk
+++ b/package/tcpdump/tcpdump.mk
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@
 
 TCPDUMP_VERSION = 4.3.0
 TCPDUMP_SITE = http://www.tcpdump.org/release
+TCPDUMP_LICENSE = BSD-3c
+TCPDUMP_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE
+
 TCPDUMP_CONF_ENV = ac_cv_linux_vers=2 td_cv_buggygetaddrinfo=no
 TCPDUMP_CONF_OPT = --without-crypto \
 		$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_TCPDUMP_SMB),--enable-smb,--disable-smb)