diff --git a/package/ifupdown-scripts/ifupdown-scripts.mk b/package/ifupdown-scripts/ifupdown-scripts.mk
index 5ef032142c..d7d5244ffc 100644
--- a/package/ifupdown-scripts/ifupdown-scripts.mk
+++ b/package/ifupdown-scripts/ifupdown-scripts.mk
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
+IFUPDOWN_SCRIPTS_LICENSE = GPL-2.0-or-later
+
 define IFUPDOWN_SCRIPTS_PREAMBLE
 	echo "# interface file auto-generated by buildroot" \
 		> $(TARGET_DIR)/etc/network/interfaces