diff --git a/package/initscripts/initscripts.mk b/package/initscripts/initscripts.mk
index 2e997dcd6f..d3a7a8faa1 100644
--- a/package/initscripts/initscripts.mk
+++ b/package/initscripts/initscripts.mk
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
+INITSCRIPTS_LICENSE = GPL-2.0-or-later
+
 define INITSCRIPTS_INSTALL_TARGET_CMDS
 	mkdir -p $(TARGET_DIR)/etc/init.d
 	$(INSTALL) -D -m 0755 package/initscripts/init.d/* $(TARGET_DIR)/etc/init.d/