diff --git a/boot/barebox/Config.in b/boot/barebox/Config.in
index c3cb0b3332..6ee97ffe02 100644
--- a/boot/barebox/Config.in
+++ b/boot/barebox/Config.in
@@ -45,6 +45,14 @@ config BR2_TARGET_BAREBOX_VERSION
 	default "custom"	if BR2_TARGET_BAREBOX_CUSTOM_TARBALL
 	default BR2_TARGET_BAREBOX_CUSTOM_GIT_VERSION if BR2_TARGET_BAREBOX_CUSTOM_GIT
 
+config BR2_TARGET_BAREBOX_LICENSE_FILES
+	string "Barebox license files" if BR2_TARGET_BAREBOX_CUSTOM_TARBALL || \
+		BR2_TARGET_BAREBOX_CUSTOM_GIT
+	default "COPYING"
+	help
+	  A space-separated list of license files related to the Barebox
+	  package.
+
 config BR2_TARGET_BAREBOX_CUSTOM_PATCH_DIR
 	string "custom patch dir"
 	help
diff --git a/boot/barebox/barebox.mk b/boot/barebox/barebox.mk
index 929ed48ada..cbd6f9313c 100644
--- a/boot/barebox/barebox.mk
+++ b/boot/barebox/barebox.mk
@@ -39,9 +39,7 @@ $(1)_DL_SUBDIR = barebox
 
 $(1)_DEPENDENCIES = host-lzop
 $(1)_LICENSE = GPL-2.0 with exceptions
-ifeq ($(BR2_TARGET_BAREBOX_LATEST_VERSION),y)
-$(1)_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
-endif
+$(1)_LICENSE_FILES = $$(call qstrip,$$(BR2_TARGET_BAREBOX_LICENSE_FILES))
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_TARGET_BAREBOX_NEEDS_OPENSSL),y)
 BAREBOX_DEPENDENCIES += host-openssl host-pkgconf