diff --git a/boot/opensbi/Config.in b/boot/opensbi/Config.in
index 98d6103ed6..d6b09795cb 100644
--- a/boot/opensbi/Config.in
+++ b/boot/opensbi/Config.in
@@ -64,6 +64,14 @@ config BR2_TARGET_OPENSBI_VERSION
 	default BR2_TARGET_OPENSBI_CUSTOM_REPO_VERSION \
 		if BR2_TARGET_OPENSBI_CUSTOM_GIT
 
+config BR2_TARGET_OPENSBI_LICENSE_FILES
+	string "OpenSBI license files" if BR2_TARGET_OPENSBI_CUSTOM_GIT || \
+		   BR2_TARGET_OPENSBI_CUSTOM_TARBALL
+	default "COPYING.BSD"
+	help
+	  A space-separated list of license files related to the OpenSBI
+	  package.
+
 config BR2_TARGET_OPENSBI_PLAT
 	string "OpenSBI Platform"
 	default ""
diff --git a/boot/opensbi/opensbi.mk b/boot/opensbi/opensbi.mk
index 0142769a12..f9f550176f 100644
--- a/boot/opensbi/opensbi.mk
+++ b/boot/opensbi/opensbi.mk
@@ -20,9 +20,7 @@ OPENSBI_SITE = $(call github,riscv-software-src,opensbi,v$(OPENSBI_VERSION))
 endif
 
 OPENSBI_LICENSE = BSD-2-Clause
-ifeq ($(BR2_TARGET_OPENSBI_LATEST_VERSION),y)
-OPENSBI_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING.BSD
-endif
+OPENSBI_LICENSE_FILES = $(call qstrip,$(BR2_TARGET_OPENSBI_LICENSE_FILES))
 OPENSBI_INSTALL_TARGET = NO
 OPENSBI_INSTALL_STAGING = YES