diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/dpkg/dpkg_1.15.8.5.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/dpkg/dpkg_1.15.8.5.bb
index c8069fe18b..43ab8f6714 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/dpkg/dpkg_1.15.8.5.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/dpkg/dpkg_1.15.8.5.bb
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 require dpkg.inc
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=751419260aa954499f7abaabaa882bbe"
 
 SRC_URI += "file://noman.patch;patch=1 \
             file://check_snprintf.patch \