diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/guile/guile-native.inc b/meta-oe/recipes-support/guile/guile-native.inc
index 831e088134..20ff5415c3 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/guile/guile-native.inc
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/guile/guile-native.inc
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 SECTION = "unknown"
-LICENSE = "GPL"
 DEPENDS = "gettext-native gmp-native"
 
+LICENSE = "LGPLv2.1"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENSE;md5=c9ba0d76ca3ef2a1d15a2ac839ef01fa"
+
 inherit autotools native
 
 S="${WORKDIR}/guile-${PV}"
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/guile/guile.inc b/meta-oe/recipes-support/guile/guile.inc
index f015965902..918ce33bf2 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/guile/guile.inc
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/guile/guile.inc
@@ -3,11 +3,13 @@ packaged as a library which can be incorporated into your programs."
 HOMEPAGE = "http://www.gnu.org/software/guile/guile.html"
 SECTION = "devel/scheme"
 DEPENDS = "guile-native gmp libtool"
-LICENSE = "GPL"
 PACKAGES =+ "${PN}-el"
 FILES_${PN}-el = "${datadir}/emacs"
 DESCRIPTION_${PN}-el = "Emacs lisp files for Guile"
 
+LICENSE = "LGPLv2.1"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENSE;md5=c9ba0d76ca3ef2a1d15a2ac839ef01fa"
+
 inherit autotools
 
 acpaths = "-I ${S}/guile-config"