diff --git a/automake.changes b/automake.changes
index 643806c..b3cdb07 100644
--- a/automake.changes
+++ b/automake.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Mar 12 22:02:56 UTC 2021 - Dirk Müller <dmueller@suse.com>
+
+- move license to licensedir 
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Feb 23 20:56:39 UTC 2021 - Dirk Müller <dmueller@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/automake.spec b/automake.spec
index 72a820f..d62ee9f 100644
--- a/automake.spec
+++ b/automake.spec
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ sh bootstrap
 mkdir %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}
 echo %{_prefix}/local/share/aclocal >%{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/aclocal_dirlist
 ln -s %{_sysconfdir}/aclocal_dirlist %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/aclocal/dirlist
-install -m644 AUTHORS COPYING ChangeLog NEWS README THANKS %{buildroot}%{_docdir}/%{name}
+install -m644 AUTHORS ChangeLog NEWS README THANKS %{buildroot}%{_docdir}/%{name}
 # info's dir file is not auto ignored on some systems
 rm -rf %{buildroot}%{_infodir}/dir
 #name == automake
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ rm -rf %{buildroot}%{_infodir}/dir
 
 %if "%{flavor}" == ""
 %files
+%license COPYING
 %doc %{_docdir}/%{name}
 %{_bindir}/*
 %{_infodir}/*%{ext_info}