diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index a1667152..4b800d72 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+ostree (2016.10-2) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
+
+  * Relicense debian/ from GPL-2+ to LGPL-2+, with permission from
+    David King
+
+ -- Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org>  Wed, 21 Sep 2016 21:58:32 +0100
+
 ostree (2016.10-1) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * New upstream release
diff --git a/debian/copyright b/debian/copyright
index 369ed33f..a3b76fde 100644
--- a/debian/copyright
+++ b/debian/copyright
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ Files: debian/*
 Copyright:
  © 2015 David King <amigadave@amigadave.com>
  © 2016 Collabora Ltd.
-License: GPL-2+
+License: LGPL-2+
 
 License: GPL-2+
  This program is free software; you can redistribute it