diff --git a/licenses/linux-fw-redistributable b/licenses/linux-fw-redistributable
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..6cafc451e44de
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+++ b/licenses/linux-fw-redistributable
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+Gentoo license note:
+
+Linux firmware images are distributed under a variety of licenses,
+many of them being non-free. However, all images whose license is
+subsumed under this license label should at least be redistributable.
+You will need to check the WHENCE and LICEN[CS]E.* files in the
+package for specific licensing terms.
diff --git a/profiles/license_groups b/profiles/license_groups
index b898ad24467ab..c324c5e10f686 100644
--- a/profiles/license_groups
+++ b/profiles/license_groups
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ FREE @FREE-SOFTWARE @FREE-DOCUMENTS
 # - IF (and only if) there is an explicit inclusion requirement,
 #   USE=bindist MUST cause a copy of the license to be installed
 #   in a file location compliant with the license
-BINARY-REDISTRIBUTABLE @FREE bh-luxi bonnie Broadcom Dina freedist intel-ucode ipw2100-fw ipw2200-fw ipw3945 LSI-tw_cli MicroChip-SDCC no-source-code NVIDIA-r1 qlogic-fibre-channel-firmware shmux SmartLabs sun-jlfgr unRAR
+BINARY-REDISTRIBUTABLE @FREE bh-luxi bonnie Broadcom Dina freedist intel-ucode ipw2100-fw ipw2200-fw ipw3945 linux-fw-redistributable LSI-tw_cli MicroChip-SDCC no-source-code NVIDIA-r1 qlogic-fibre-channel-firmware shmux SmartLabs sun-jlfgr unRAR
 
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