diff --git a/confluent_osdeploy/buildrpm b/confluent_osdeploy/buildrpm
index 84db3482..9d7ff45f 100755
--- a/confluent_osdeploy/buildrpm
+++ b/confluent_osdeploy/buildrpm
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ if [ "$NUMCOMMITS" != "$VERSION"  ]; then
 fi
 sed -e "s/#VERSION#/$VERSION/" confluent_osdeploy.spec.tmpl > confluent_osdeploy.spec
 cd ..
-tar Jcvf confluent_osdeploy.tar.xz confluent_osdeploy
+tar Jcvf confluent_osdeploy.tar.xz confluent_osdeploy LICENSE
 mv confluent_osdeploy.tar.xz ~/rpmbuild/SOURCES/
 cd -
 mkdir -p el9bin/opt/confluent/bin
diff --git a/confluent_osdeploy/confluent_osdeploy.spec.tmpl b/confluent_osdeploy/confluent_osdeploy.spec.tmpl
index de5a247d..8cc0c95b 100644
--- a/confluent_osdeploy/confluent_osdeploy.spec.tmpl
+++ b/confluent_osdeploy/confluent_osdeploy.spec.tmpl
@@ -76,6 +76,8 @@ cp -a esxi7out esxi6out
 cp -a esxi7 esxi6
 
 %install
+mkdir -p %{buildroot}/opt/confluent/share/licenses/confluent_osdeploy/
+cp LICENSE %{buildroot}/opt/confluent/share/licenses/confluent_osdeploy/
 for os in rhvh4 el7 el8 el9 genesis suse15 ubuntu20.04 esxi6 esxi7 coreos; do
     mkdir -p %{buildroot}/opt/confluent/lib/osdeploy/$os/initramfs
     mkdir -p %{buildroot}/opt/confluent/lib/osdeploy/$os/profiles
@@ -98,3 +100,4 @@ find %{buildroot}/opt/confluent/lib/osdeploy/ -name .gitignore -exec rm -f {} +
 
 %files
 /opt/confluent/lib/osdeploy
+%license /opt/confluent/share/licenses/confluent_osdeploy/LICENSE