diff --git a/packages/php/build.sh b/packages/php/build.sh
index bf77f6724..df68094cc 100644
--- a/packages/php/build.sh
+++ b/packages/php/build.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 TERMUX_PKG_HOMEPAGE=https://php.net
 TERMUX_PKG_DESCRIPTION="Server-side, HTML-embedded scripting language"
 TERMUX_PKG_LICENSE="PHP-3.01"
+TERMUX_PKG_LICENSE_FILE=LICENSE
 TERMUX_PKG_MAINTAINER="@termux"
 TERMUX_PKG_VERSION=8.0.5
 TERMUX_PKG_SRCURL=https://github.com/php/php-src/archive/php-${TERMUX_PKG_VERSION}.tar.gz