diff --git a/meta/classes/license.bbclass b/meta/classes/license.bbclass
index 4689aaf..dd5d1bc 100644
--- a/meta/classes/license.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/license.bbclass
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 LICENSE_DIRECTORY ??= "${DEPLOY_DIR}/licenses"
 LICSSTATEDIR = "${WORKDIR}/license-destdir/"
 
-addtask populate_lic after do_patch before do_compile
+addtask populate_lic after do_patch before do_package
 do_populate_lic[dirs] = "${LICSSTATEDIR}/${PN}"
 do_populate_lic[cleandirs] = "${LICSSTATEDIR}"