diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/diffstat/diffstat_1.47.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/diffstat/diffstat_1.47.bb
index 53d9c1b4c8..1b9c30434f 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/diffstat/diffstat_1.47.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/diffstat/diffstat_1.47.bb
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ HOMEPAGE = "http://invisible-island.net/diffstat/"
 PRIORITY = "optional"
 SECTION = "devel"
 DEPENDS = "gettext"
-
+LICENSE = "MIT"
 PR = "r0"
 
 # NOTE: The upstream maintainer has a single 'diffstat.tar.gz' for the