diff --git a/recipes-core/util-linux-ng/util-linux-ng_2.17.bb b/recipes-core/util-linux-ng/util-linux-ng_2.17.bb
index e906abb532..a68a49225f 100644
--- a/recipes-core/util-linux-ng/util-linux-ng_2.17.bb
+++ b/recipes-core/util-linux-ng/util-linux-ng_2.17.bb
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 require util-linux-ng.inc
 
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=59530bdf33659b29e73d4adb9f9f6552"
+
 PR = "${INC_PR}.2"
 
 SRC_URI += "file://uclibc-compile.patch \