diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/expat/expat_2.0.1.bb b/meta/recipes-core/expat/expat_2.0.1.bb
index 9983fe5838..d6101acd81 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/expat/expat_2.0.1.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/expat/expat_2.0.1.bb
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 require expat.inc
-
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=1b71f681713d1256e1c23b0890920874"
 PR = "r0"