diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
index 668350b185..b87e399747 100644
--- a/LICENSE
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -48,3 +48,7 @@ version needs to be upgraded by passing --enable-version3 to configure.
 The nonfree external library libfaac can be hooked up in FFmpeg. You need to
 pass --enable-nonfree to configure to enable it. Employ this option with care
 as FFmpeg then becomes nonfree and unredistributable.
+
+The libvpx external library has a license that is (L)GPL incompatible. If you
+combine it with FFmpeg the resulting binaries are unredistributable. Thus you
+need to pass --enable-nonfree to configure to enable it.