diff --git a/gradle-plugins/compose/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/compose/desktop/application/dsl/NativeDistributions.kt b/gradle-plugins/compose/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/compose/desktop/application/dsl/NativeDistributions.kt
index f0bb01dad5..c160ca14c4 100644
--- a/gradle-plugins/compose/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/compose/desktop/application/dsl/NativeDistributions.kt
+++ b/gradle-plugins/compose/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/compose/desktop/application/dsl/NativeDistributions.kt
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ package org.jetbrains.compose.desktop.application.dsl
 import org.gradle.api.Action
 import org.gradle.api.file.DirectoryProperty
 import org.gradle.api.file.ProjectLayout
+import org.gradle.api.file.RegularFileProperty
 import org.gradle.api.model.ObjectFactory
 import java.util.*
 import javax.inject.Inject
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@ open class NativeDistributions @Inject constructor(
     var vendor: String? = null
     var packageVersion: String? = null
     val appResourcesRootDir: DirectoryProperty = objects.directoryProperty()
+    val licenseFile: RegularFileProperty = objects.fileProperty()
 
     val outputBaseDir: DirectoryProperty = objects.directoryProperty().apply {
         set(layout.buildDirectory.dir("compose/binaries"))
diff --git a/gradle-plugins/compose/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/compose/desktop/application/internal/configureApplication.kt b/gradle-plugins/compose/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/compose/desktop/application/internal/configureApplication.kt
index e0f7c4a724..66c10334d5 100644
--- a/gradle-plugins/compose/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/compose/desktop/application/internal/configureApplication.kt
+++ b/gradle-plugins/compose/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/compose/desktop/application/internal/configureApplication.kt
@@ -212,6 +212,7 @@ internal fun AbstractJPackageTask.configurePackagingTask(
         packageCopyright.set(provider { executables.copyright })
         packageVendor.set(provider { executables.vendor })
         packageVersion.set(packageVersionFor(project, app, targetFormat))
+        licenseFile.set(executables.licenseFile)
     }
 
     destinationDir.set(app.nativeDistributions.outputBaseDir.map { it.dir("${app.name}/${targetFormat.outputDirName}") })
diff --git a/tutorials/Native_distributions_and_local_execution/README.md b/tutorials/Native_distributions_and_local_execution/README.md
index 93756e9e69..351c013726 100755
--- a/tutorials/Native_distributions_and_local_execution/README.md
+++ b/tutorials/Native_distributions_and_local_execution/README.md
@@ -241,6 +241,7 @@ The following properties are available in the `nativeDistributions` DSL block:
 * `description` — application's description (default value: none);
 * `copyright` — application's copyright (default value: none);
 * `vendor` — application's vendor (default value: none).
+* `licenseFile` — application's license (default value: none).
 
 ``` kotlin
 compose.desktop {
@@ -251,6 +252,7 @@ compose.desktop {
             description = "Compose Example App"
             copyright = "© 2020 My Name. All rights reserved."
             vendor = "Example vendor"
+            licenseFile.set(project.file("LICENSE.txt"))
         }
     }
 }