diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 56f646e..512fb48 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -101,7 +101,9 @@ Dependencies
 Licensing
 ---------
 
-All code in this project is licensed under LGPL-2.1+. See COPYING for more details.
+All code in the libraries in this project is licensed under LGPL-2.1+. Code in the
+`malcontent-control` application is licensed under GPL-2.0+. See `COPYING` and the
+copyright headers in individual files for more details.
 
 Bugs
 ----
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 3575224..8fb7faa 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 project('malcontent', 'c',
   version : '0.6.0',
   meson_version : '>= 0.49.0',
-  license: 'LGPLv2.1+',
+  license: ['LGPL-2.1-or-later', 'GPL-2.0-or-later'],
   default_options : [
     'buildtype=debugoptimized',
     'warning_level=2',