diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/cinnamon/cinnamon-desktop/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/cinnamon/cinnamon-desktop/default.nix
index 094140cbf4ee..a622e6abfd12 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/cinnamon/cinnamon-desktop/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/cinnamon/cinnamon-desktop/default.nix
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       gtk-doc.
     '';
 
+    license = [ licenses.gpl2 licenses.lgpl2 ];
     platforms = platforms.linux;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.mkg20001 ];
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/cinnamon/cinnamon-menus/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/cinnamon/cinnamon-menus/default.nix
index 562ecdbfa77b..47242cdf38a5 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/cinnamon/cinnamon-menus/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/cinnamon/cinnamon-menus/default.nix
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/linuxmint/cinnamon-menus";
     description = "A menu system for the Cinnamon project";
+    license = [ licenses.gpl2 licenses.lgpl2 ];
     platforms = platforms.linux;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.mkg20001 ];
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/cinnamon/cinnamon-translations/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/cinnamon/cinnamon-translations/default.nix
index 65df49a5a1c0..b03678c5d7ac 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/cinnamon/cinnamon-translations/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/cinnamon/cinnamon-translations/default.nix
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/linuxmint/cinnamon-translations";
     description = "Translations files for the Cinnamon desktop";
+    license = licenses.gpl2;
     platforms = platforms.linux;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.mkg20001 ];
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/cinnamon/cjs/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/cinnamon/cjs/default.nix
index a240f670be00..9dbab8fd767e 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/cinnamon/cjs/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/cinnamon/cjs/default.nix
@@ -78,6 +78,12 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       This module contains JavaScript bindings based on gobject-introspection.
     '';
 
+    license = with licenses; [
+     gpl2Plus
+     lgpl2Plus
+     mit
+     mpl11
+   ];
     platforms = platforms.linux;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.mkg20001 ];
   };