2 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/meta/classes/packagegroup.bbclass b/meta/classes/packagegroup.bbclass
index 38bdbd3822..3674894e7f 100644
--- a/meta/classes/packagegroup.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/packagegroup.bbclass
@@ -14,6 +14,11 @@ PACKAGE_ARCH ?= "all"
 # Fully expanded - so it applies the overrides as well
 PACKAGE_ARCH_EXPANDED := "${PACKAGE_ARCH}"
 
+LICENSE ?= "MIT"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM ?= "${@oe.utils.ifelse(d.getVar('LICENSE', True) == 'MIT', \
+                     'file://${COREBASE}/meta/COPYING.MIT;md5=3da9cfbcb788c80a0384361b4de20420', \
+                    '')}"
+
 inherit ${@oe.utils.ifelse(d.getVar('PACKAGE_ARCH_EXPANDED', True) == 'all', 'allarch', '')}
 
 # This automatically adds -dbg and -dev flavours of all PACKAGES
diff --git a/meta/conf/bitbake.conf b/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
index 40796aab14..66646c82fb 100644
--- a/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
+++ b/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ SUMMARY_${PN}-doc ?= "${SUMMARY} - Documentation files"
 DESCRIPTION_${PN}-doc ?= "${DESCRIPTION}  \
 This package contains documentation."
 
-LICENSE = "INVALID"
+LICENSE ??= "INVALID"
 MAINTAINER = "OE-Core Developers <openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org>"
 HOMEPAGE = ""