diff --git a/libdb.spec b/libdb.spec
index dcc264b..61589bb 100644
--- a/libdb.spec
+++ b/libdb.spec
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 Summary: The Berkeley DB database library for C
 Name: libdb
 Version: 5.3.28
-Release: 7%{?dist}
+Release: 8%{?dist}
 Source0: http://download.oracle.com/berkeley-db/db-%{version}.tar.gz
 Source1: http://download.oracle.com/berkeley-db/db.1.85.tar.gz
 # For mt19937db.c
@@ -333,7 +333,9 @@ rm -rf ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}
 
 %files
 %defattr(-,root,root,-)
-%doc LICENSE README lgpl-2.1.txt
+%{!?_licensedir:%global license %%doc}
+%license LICENSE lgpl-2.1.txt
+%doc README
 %{_libdir}/libdb-%{__soversion}.so
 %{_libdir}/libdb-%{__soversion_major}.so
 
@@ -415,6 +417,9 @@ rm -rf ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}
 %{_libdir}/libdb_java.so
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Jul 17 2014 Tom Callaway <spot@fedoraproject.org> - 5.3.28-8
+- fix license handling
+
 * Mon Jul 14 2014 Jakub Čajka <jcajka@redhat.com> - 5.3.28-7
 - Fixed build with Java 8