diff --git a/package/iw/iw.mk b/package/iw/iw.mk
index 651a2ca1ca..19ede3afaa 100644
--- a/package/iw/iw.mk
+++ b/package/iw/iw.mk
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 IW_VERSION = 3.7
 IW_SOURCE = iw-$(IW_VERSION).tar.bz2
 IW_SITE = http://wireless.kernel.org/download/iw
+IW_LICENSE = iw license
+IW_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 IW_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf libnl
 IW_CONFIG = $(IW_DIR)/.config
 IW_MAKE_ENV = PKG_CONFIG="$(HOST_DIR)/usr/bin/pkg-config" \