diff --git a/pkgs/tools/typesetting/tex/texlive/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/typesetting/tex/texlive/default.nix
index 80fd53755a4a..6be356f1a00b 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/typesetting/tex/texlive/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/typesetting/tex/texlive/default.nix
@@ -184,6 +184,9 @@ let
     in runCommand "texlive-${tlName}"
       ( {
           src = fetchurl { inherit urls sha512; };
+          meta = {
+            license = map (x: lib.licenses.${x}) (args.license or []);
+          };
           inherit stripPrefix tlType;
           # metadata for texlive.combine
           passthru = {