diff --git a/package/ethtool/ethtool.mk b/package/ethtool/ethtool.mk
index a336b523f3..8c5961c74a 100644
--- a/package/ethtool/ethtool.mk
+++ b/package/ethtool/ethtool.mk
@@ -7,6 +7,6 @@
 ETHTOOL_VERSION = 3.6
 ETHTOOL_SITE = $(BR2_KERNEL_MIRROR)/software/network/ethtool
 ETHTOOL_LICENSE = GPLv2
-ETHTOOL_LICENSE_FILE = COPYING
+ETHTOOL_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 
 $(eval $(autotools-package))