diff --git a/recipes-gnome/libidl/libidl_0.8.13.bb b/recipes-gnome/libidl/libidl_0.8.13.bb
index 141d802c55..732178d037 100644
--- a/recipes-gnome/libidl/libidl_0.8.13.bb
+++ b/recipes-gnome/libidl/libidl_0.8.13.bb
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 require libidl.inc
 
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=55ca817ccb7d5b5b66355690e9abc605"
+
 DEPENDS = "glib-2.0 flex-native libidl-native"
 
 PR = "r0"