diff --git a/lib/initcpio/install/arch_base b/lib/initcpio/install/arch_base
index ac6f9a84b..dcb313bd8 100644
--- a/lib/initcpio/install/arch_base
+++ b/lib/initcpio/install/arch_base
@@ -75,6 +75,15 @@ install ()
     add_file "/lib/libnss_dns.so.2"
     ### add copy-mountpoint.sh
     add_file "/usr/bin/copy-mountpoint.sh"
+    # fix licenses
+    add_file "/usr/share/licenses/bzip2/LICENSE"
+    add_file "/usr/share/licenses/hdparm/LICENSE.TXT"
+    add_file "/usr/share/licenses/ncurses/license.txt"
+    add_file "/usr/share/licenses/pcre/LICENSE"
+    add_file "/usr/share/licenses/shadow/LICENSE"
+    add_file "/usr/share/licenses/sdparm/COPYING"
+    add_file "/usr/share/licenses/vim/license.txt"
+    add_file "/usr/share/licenses/zlib/license.txt"
 }
 
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diff --git a/lib/initcpio/install/arch_base_lowmem b/lib/initcpio/install/arch_base_lowmem
index 9b5fd03f2..67f00d7cb 100644
--- a/lib/initcpio/install/arch_base_lowmem
+++ b/lib/initcpio/install/arch_base_lowmem
@@ -60,6 +60,14 @@ install ()
     add_file "/lib/libnss_dns.so.2"
     ### add copy-mountpoint.sh
     add_file "/usr/bin/copy-mountpoint.sh"
+    # fix licenses
+    add_file "/usr/share/licenses/bzip2/LICENSE"
+    add_file "/usr/share/licenses/hdparm/LICENSE.TXT"
+    add_file "/usr/share/licenses/ncurses/license.txt"
+    add_file "/usr/share/licenses/pcre/LICENSE"
+    add_file "/usr/share/licenses/shadow/LICENSE
+    add_file "/usr/share/licenses/sdparm/COPYING"
+    add_file "/usr/share/licenses/zlib/license.txt"
 }
 
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diff --git a/lib/initcpio/install/arch_encrypt b/lib/initcpio/install/arch_encrypt
index 1a56756fb..5d1f8da81 100644
--- a/lib/initcpio/install/arch_encrypt
+++ b/lib/initcpio/install/arch_encrypt
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ install ()
     FILES=""
     SCRIPT="arch_encrypt"
     add_dir "/dev/mapper"
+    # fix licenses
+    add_file "/usr/share/licenses/popt/COPYING"
 }
 
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diff --git a/lib/initcpio/install/arch_filesystems b/lib/initcpio/install/arch_filesystems
index b22f5ed81..ef0067d3a 100644
--- a/lib/initcpio/install/arch_filesystems
+++ b/lib/initcpio/install/arch_filesystems
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ install ()
     BINARIES="mkswap debugreiserfs mkreiserfs reiserfsck reiserfstune resize_reiserfs badblocks blkid debugfs dumpe2fs e2fsck e2image findfs fsck logsave mkfs.ext2 resize2fs mkntfs ntfsmount ntfscp ntfsclone ntfslabel ntfsresize ntfsundelete ntfscat ntfscluster ntfscmp ntfsfix ntfsinfo ntfsls jfs_debugfs jfs_fsck jfs_fscklog jfs_logdump jfs_mkfs jfs_tune mkfs.xfs fsck.xfs xfs_repair xfs_admin xfs_bmap xfs_check xfs_copy xfs_db xfs_freeze xfs_growfs xfs_info xfs_io xfs_logprint xfs_mdrestore xfs_metadump xfs_mkfile xfs_ncheck xfs_quota xfs_rtcp mkdosfs dosfsck dosfslabel ntfs-3g mount.nfs mount.cifs umount.cifs"
     FILES=""
     SCRIPT="arch_filesystems"
+    # fix licenses
+    add_file "/usr/share/licenses/e2fsprogs/BSD-LICENSE"
+    add_file "/usr/share/licenses/e2fsprogs/MIT-LICENSE"
 }
 
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diff --git a/lib/initcpio/install/arch_filesystems_lowmem b/lib/initcpio/install/arch_filesystems_lowmem
index c81d852b2..e3dfacdb3 100644
--- a/lib/initcpio/install/arch_filesystems_lowmem
+++ b/lib/initcpio/install/arch_filesystems_lowmem
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ install ()
     BINARIES="mkswap mkreiserfs mkfs.ext2 jfs_fsck jfs_mkfs mkfs.xfs xfs_freeze xfs_io mkdosfs blkid mkntfs ntfsmount ntfs-3g"
     FILES=""
     SCRIPT="arch_filesystems_lowmem"
+    # fix licenses
+    add_file "/usr/share/licenses/e2fsprogs/BSD-LICENSE"
+    add_file "/usr/share/licenses/e2fsprogs/MIT-LICENSE"
 }
 
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diff --git a/lib/initcpio/install/arch_lilo b/lib/initcpio/install/arch_lilo
index 01ddf6c41..724fe56b6 100644
--- a/lib/initcpio/install/arch_lilo
+++ b/lib/initcpio/install/arch_lilo
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ install ()
     FILES=""
     SCRIPT=""
     add_file "/usr/share/archboot/lilo/etc/lilo.conf" "/etc/lilo.conf"
+    # fix licenses
+    add_file "/usr/share/licenses/lilo/license.txt"
 }
 
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diff --git a/lib/initcpio/install/arch_net b/lib/initcpio/install/arch_net
index 6f9f6821d..f0a3c2543 100644
--- a/lib/initcpio/install/arch_net
+++ b/lib/initcpio/install/arch_net
@@ -37,6 +37,16 @@ install ()
     add_file "/sbin/dhclient-script"
     add_dir "/var/lib/dhclient"
     add_dir "/var/state/dhcp"
+    # fixing licenses
+    add_file "/usr/share/licenses/db/LICENSE"
+    add_file "/usr/share/licenses/dhcpcd/LICENSE"
+    add_file "/usr/share/licenses/dhclient/LICENSE"
+    add_file "/usr/share/licenses/dnsutils/LICENSE"
+    add_file "/usr/share/licenses/heimdal/LICENSE"
+    add_file "/usr/share/licenses/openssh/LICENSE"
+    add_file "/usr/share/licenses/openssl/LICENSE"
+    add_file "/usr/share/licenses/sqlite3/license.txt"
+    add_file "/usr/share/licenses/tcp_wrappers/license.txt"
 }
 
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diff --git a/lib/initcpio/install/arch_netcfg b/lib/initcpio/install/arch_netcfg
index 857b05e6f..75cf780f7 100644
--- a/lib/initcpio/install/arch_netcfg
+++ b/lib/initcpio/install/arch_netcfg
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ install ()
     add_file "/etc/rc.d/net-rename"
     add_file "/etc/rc.d/net-auto"
     add_file "/usr/share/archboot/netcfg/etc/iftab" "/etc/iftab"
+    # fix licenses
+    add_file "/usr/share/licenses/netcfg/LICENSE"
 }
 
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diff --git a/lib/initcpio/install/arch_openvpn b/lib/initcpio/install/arch_openvpn
index 4faf4d858..f12cc15b5 100644
--- a/lib/initcpio/install/arch_openvpn
+++ b/lib/initcpio/install/arch_openvpn
@@ -8,8 +8,10 @@ install ()
     SCRIPT=""
     CONFIG_FILES="README client.conf firewall.sh home.up loopback-client loopback-server office.up openvpn-shutdown.sh openvpn-startup.sh server.conf static-home.conf static-office.conf tls-home.conf tls-office.conf xinetd-client-config xinetd-server-config"
     for i in $CONFIG_FILES; do
-    	add_file "/usr/share/archboot/openvpn/etc/openvpn/examples/$i" "/etc/openvpn/examples/$i"
+        add_file "/usr/share/archboot/openvpn/etc/openvpn/examples/$i" "/etc/openvpn/examples/$i"
     done
+    # fix licenses
+    add_file "/usr/share/licenses/openvpn/COPYING"
 }
 
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diff --git a/lib/initcpio/install/arch_ppp b/lib/initcpio/install/arch_ppp
index 20d14ae5e..a5ab80241 100644
--- a/lib/initcpio/install/arch_ppp
+++ b/lib/initcpio/install/arch_ppp
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ install ()
     add_file "/usr/share/archboot/ppp/etc/ppp/options" "/etc/ppp/options"
     add_file "/usr/share/archboot/ppp/etc/ppp/pap-secrets" "/etc/ppp/pap-secrets"
     add_file "/etc/rc.d/ppp"
+    # fix license files
+    add_file "/usr/share/licenses/libpcap/LICENSE"
 }
 
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diff --git a/lib/initcpio/install/arch_remote b/lib/initcpio/install/arch_remote
index efbab11d5..e8cd2da31 100644
--- a/lib/initcpio/install/arch_remote
+++ b/lib/initcpio/install/arch_remote
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ install ()
 {
     MODULES=" $(checked_modules "/drivers/net/") "
 
-    BINARIES="$(basename $(find /usr/bin/screen-*)) telnet tcpd findssl.sh scp sftp ssh ssh-add ssh-agent ssh-copy-id ssh-keygen ssh-keyscan sshd pmap_set pmap_dump portmap xinetd telnetd rsync exportfs nfsstat rpc.idmapd rpc.mountd rpc.nfsd rpc.statd rpcdebug showmount sm-notify start-statd"
+    BINARIES="$(basename $(find /usr/bin/screen-*)) tcpd findssl.sh scp sftp ssh-add ssh-agent ssh-copy-id ssh-keygen ssh-keyscan sshd pmap_set pmap_dump portmap xinetd telnetd rsync exportfs nfsstat rpc.idmapd rpc.mountd rpc.nfsd rpc.statd rpcdebug showmount sm-notify start-statd"
     FILES=""
     SCRIPT="arch_remote"
     add_file "/usr/share/archboot/remote/etc/hosts.allow" "/etc/hosts.allow"
@@ -39,6 +39,11 @@ install ()
     add_dir "/var/lib/nfs/sm"
     add_dir "/var/lib/nfs/sm.bak"
     add_dir "/var/lib/nfs/v4recovery"
+    # fix licenses
+    add_file "/usr/share/licenses/xinetd/COPYRIGHT"
+    add_file "/usr/share/licenses/libsasl/COPYING"
+    add_file "/usr/share/licenses/libldap/LICENSE"
+    add_file "/usr/share/licenses/nfsidmap/LICENSE"
 }
 
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diff --git a/lib/initcpio/install/arch_tz b/lib/initcpio/install/arch_tz
index 3c853171c..3416b62a0 100644
--- a/lib/initcpio/install/arch_tz
+++ b/lib/initcpio/install/arch_tz
@@ -6,10 +6,12 @@ install ()
     BINARIES="hwclock date ntpdate"
     FILES=""
     SCRIPT=""
-	for i in $(find /usr/share/zoneinfo ! -type d); do
-		add_file $i
-	done
-	add_file /usr/share/archboot/tz/tz /usr/bin/tz
+    for i in $(find /usr/share/zoneinfo ! -type d); do
+        add_file $i
+    done
+    add_file /usr/share/archboot/tz/tz /usr/bin/tz
+    # fix licenses
+    add_file "/usr/share/licenses/ntp/COPYRIGHT"
 }
 
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diff --git a/lib/initcpio/install/arch_wireless b/lib/initcpio/install/arch_wireless
index 8bfc877ef..baa19be4b 100644
--- a/lib/initcpio/install/arch_wireless
+++ b/lib/initcpio/install/arch_wireless
@@ -63,6 +63,12 @@ install ()
     add_file "/usr/share/archboot/wireless/etc/conf.d/wireless-regdom" "/etc/conf.d/wireless-regdom"
     add_file "/lib/udev/rules.d/85-regulatory.rules"
     add_file "/usr/lib/crda/regulatory.bin"
+    # fixing licenses
+    add_file "/usr/share/licenses/expat/COPYING"
+    add_file "/usr/share/licenses/dbus-core/COPYING"
+    add_file "/usr/share/licenses/crda/LICENSE"
+    add_file "/usr/share/licenses/wireless-regdb/LICENSE"
+    add_file "/usr/share/licenses/python/LICENSE"
 }
 
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