diff --git a/imgutil/buildrpm b/imgutil/buildrpm
index 27687d6b..87631ac0 100755
--- a/imgutil/buildrpm
+++ b/imgutil/buildrpm
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ if [ "$NUMCOMMITS" != "$VERSION"  ]; then
     VERSION=$VERSION.dev$NUMCOMMITS.g`git describe|cut -d- -f 3`
 fi
 sed -e "s/#VERSION#/$VERSION/" confluent_imgutil.spec.tmpl > confluent_imgutil.spec
+cp ../LICENSE .
 cd ..
 tar Jcvf confluent_imgutil.tar.xz imgutil
 mv confluent_imgutil.tar.xz ~/rpmbuild/SOURCES/
diff --git a/imgutil/confluent_imgutil.spec.tmpl b/imgutil/confluent_imgutil.spec.tmpl
index 3b31b232..a5c93f42 100644
--- a/imgutil/confluent_imgutil.spec.tmpl
+++ b/imgutil/confluent_imgutil.spec.tmpl
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ mkdir -p opt/confluent/bin
 mv imgutil opt/confluent/bin/
 chmod a+x opt/confluent/bin/imgutil
 mv ubuntu suse15 el7 el8 opt/confluent/lib/imgutil/
+mkdir -p opt/confluent/share/licenses/confluent_imgutil
+cp LICENSE opt/confluent/share/licenses/confluent_imgutil
 
 %install
 cp -a opt %{buildroot}/
@@ -28,3 +30,4 @@ cp -a opt %{buildroot}/
 %files
 /opt/confluent/bin/imgutil
 /opt/confluent/lib/imgutil
+%license /opt/confluent/share/licenses/confluent_imgutil/LICENSE