diff --git a/boot/at91bootstrap3/Config.in b/boot/at91bootstrap3/Config.in
index 35bdb28162..b2f3e4e9b1 100644
--- a/boot/at91bootstrap3/Config.in
+++ b/boot/at91bootstrap3/Config.in
@@ -66,6 +66,16 @@ config BR2_TARGET_AT91BOOTSTRAP3_VERSION
 		if BR2_TARGET_AT91BOOTSTRAP3_CUSTOM_GIT || BR2_TARGET_AT91BOOTSTRAP3_CUSTOM_SVN
 	default "custom"	if BR2_TARGET_AT91BOOTSTRAP3_CUSTOM_TARBALL
 
+config BR2_TARGET_AT91BOOTSTRAP3_LICENSE_FILES
+	string "AT91Bootstrap3 license files" if BR2_TARGET_AT91BOOTSTRAP3_CUSTOM_GIT || \
+		BR2_TARGET_AT91BOOTSTRAP3_CUSTOM_SVN || \
+		BR2_TARGET_AT91BOOTSTRAP3_CUSTOM_TARBALL
+	default "" if BR2_TARGET_AT91BOOTSTRAP3_LATEST_VERSION_3X
+	default "LICENSES/MIT.txt"
+	help
+	  A space-separated list of license files related to the
+	  AT91Bootstrap3 kernel package.
+
 config BR2_TARGET_AT91BOOTSTRAP3_CUSTOM_PATCH_DIR
 	string "custom patch dir"
 	help
diff --git a/boot/at91bootstrap3/at91bootstrap3.mk b/boot/at91bootstrap3/at91bootstrap3.mk
index 4bbe7cc718..2ed34f3de4 100644
--- a/boot/at91bootstrap3/at91bootstrap3.mk
+++ b/boot/at91bootstrap3/at91bootstrap3.mk
@@ -25,11 +25,12 @@ endif
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_TARGET_AT91BOOTSTRAP3_LATEST_VERSION),y)
 AT91BOOTSTRAP3_LICENSE = MIT
-AT91BOOTSTRAP3_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSES/MIT.txt
 else ifeq ($(BR2_TARGET_AT91BOOTSTRAP3_LATEST_VERSION_3X),y)
 AT91BOOTSTRAP3_LICENSE = Atmel License
 endif
 
+AT91BOOTSTRAP3_LICENSE_FILES = $(call qstrip,$(BR2_TARGET_AT91BOOTSTRAP3_LICENSE_FILES))
+
 AT91BOOTSTRAP3_CPE_ID_VENDOR = linux4sam
 AT91BOOTSTRAP3_CPE_ID_PRODUCT = at91bootstrap