diff --git a/package/skeleton-init-common/skeleton-init-common.mk b/package/skeleton-init-common/skeleton-init-common.mk
index 4a67f51c19..299f2643b4 100644
--- a/package/skeleton-init-common/skeleton-init-common.mk
+++ b/package/skeleton-init-common/skeleton-init-common.mk
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
+SKELETON_INIT_COMMON_LICENSE = GPL-2.0-or-later
+
 # The skeleton can't depend on the toolchain, since all packages depends on the
 # skeleton and the toolchain is a target package, as is skeleton.
 # Hence, skeleton would depends on the toolchain and the toolchain would depend
diff --git a/package/skeleton-init-none/skeleton-init-none.mk b/package/skeleton-init-none/skeleton-init-none.mk
index 8181aa0354..d96af89e19 100644
--- a/package/skeleton-init-none/skeleton-init-none.mk
+++ b/package/skeleton-init-none/skeleton-init-none.mk
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
+SKELETON_INIT_NONE_LICENSE = GPL-2.0-or-later
+
 # The skeleton can't depend on the toolchain, since all packages depends on the
 # skeleton and the toolchain is a target package, as is skeleton.
 # Hence, skeleton would depends on the toolchain and the toolchain would depend
diff --git a/package/skeleton-init-openrc/skeleton-init-openrc.mk b/package/skeleton-init-openrc/skeleton-init-openrc.mk
index b0538ad03f..b6b97a4e3e 100644
--- a/package/skeleton-init-openrc/skeleton-init-openrc.mk
+++ b/package/skeleton-init-openrc/skeleton-init-openrc.mk
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
+SKELETON_INIT_OPENRC_LICENSE = GPL-2.0-or-later
+
 # The skeleton can't depend on the toolchain, since all packages depends on the
 # skeleton and the toolchain is a target package, as is skeleton.
 # Hence, skeleton would depends on the toolchain and the toolchain would depend
diff --git a/package/skeleton-init-systemd/skeleton-init-systemd.mk b/package/skeleton-init-systemd/skeleton-init-systemd.mk
index b312fe33e4..601285de28 100644
--- a/package/skeleton-init-systemd/skeleton-init-systemd.mk
+++ b/package/skeleton-init-systemd/skeleton-init-systemd.mk
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
+SKELETON_INIT_SYSTEMD_LICENSE = GPL-2.0-or-later, LGPL-2.1-or-later (factory/var.mount)
+
 # The skeleton can't depend on the toolchain, since all packages depends on the
 # skeleton and the toolchain is a target package, as is skeleton.
 # Hence, skeleton would depends on the toolchain and the toolchain would depend
diff --git a/package/skeleton-init-sysv/skeleton-init-sysv.mk b/package/skeleton-init-sysv/skeleton-init-sysv.mk
index 009dc100ea..dc9793d44f 100644
--- a/package/skeleton-init-sysv/skeleton-init-sysv.mk
+++ b/package/skeleton-init-sysv/skeleton-init-sysv.mk
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
+SKELETON_INIT_SYSV_LICENSE = GPL-2.0-or-later
+
 # The skeleton can't depend on the toolchain, since all packages depends on the
 # skeleton and the toolchain is a target package, as is skeleton.
 # Hence, skeleton would depends on the toolchain and the toolchain would depend
diff --git a/package/skeleton/skeleton.mk b/package/skeleton/skeleton.mk
index dc754f1244..fd606c8085 100644
--- a/package/skeleton/skeleton.mk
+++ b/package/skeleton/skeleton.mk
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
+SKELETON_LICENSE = GPL-2.0-or-later
+
 # The skeleton can't depend on the toolchain, since all packages depends on the
 # skeleton and the toolchain is a target package, as is skeleton.
 # Hence, skeleton would depends on the toolchain and the toolchain would depend