diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/automake/automake_1.11.1.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/automake/automake_1.11.1.bb
index a78b6901f1..209772cac5 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/automake/automake_1.11.1.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/automake/automake_1.11.1.bb
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 require automake.inc
-
+LICENSE="GPLv2"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=751419260aa954499f7abaabaa882bbe" 
 DEPENDS_virtclass-native = "autoconf-native"
 
 RDEPENDS_automake += "\