diff --git a/Alien/Package/Rpm.pm b/Alien/Package/Rpm.pm
index b8ea34c..e08ede3 100644
--- a/Alien/Package/Rpm.pm
+++ b/Alien/Package/Rpm.pm
@@ -292,6 +292,7 @@ sub prep {
 	print OUT "Requires: ".$this->depends."\n"
 		if defined $this->depends && length $this->depends;
 	print OUT "Summary: ".$this->summary."\n";
+	print OUT "License: ".$this->copyright."\n";
 	print OUT "Distribution: ".$this->distribution."\n";
 	print OUT "Group: Converted/".$this->group."\n";
 	print OUT "\n";
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 8d376b5..b88cef1 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+alien (8.59) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  * Hmm, seems rpm renamed Copyright to License and fails w/o the new field.
+    Fix.
+
+ -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>  Fri, 11 Nov 2005 11:26:35 -0500
+
 alien (8.58) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * Remove Copyright: from generated alien spec file since for some reason