diff --git a/pkgs/tools/archivers/cpio/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/archivers/cpio/default.nix
index 2313f27f2e54..c38dc7bbfbe7 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/archivers/cpio/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/archivers/cpio/default.nix
@@ -31,10 +31,11 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
-  meta = {
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     homepage = http://www.gnu.org/software/cpio/;
     description = "A program to create or extract from cpio archives";
-    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.all;
+    license = licenses.gpl3;
+    platforms = platforms.all;
     priority = 6; # resolves collision with gnutar's "libexec/rmt"
   };
 }