diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 8299ce1f41b1..616ccab62234 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -198,6 +198,13 @@ jobs:
           name: ${{ env.PKG_NAME }}_${{ needs.get-product-version.outputs.product-version }}_${{ matrix.goos }}_${{ matrix.goarch }}.zip
           path: ${{ env.PKG_NAME }}_${{ needs.get-product-version.outputs.product-version }}_${{ matrix.goos }}_${{ matrix.goarch }}.zip
 
+      - name: Copy license file
+        env:
+          LICENSE_DIR: ".release/linux/package/usr/share/doc/${{ env.PKG_NAME }}"
+        run: |
+          mkdir -p "$LICENSE_DIR"
+          cp LICENSE "$LICENSE_DIR/LICENSE.txt"
+
       - name: Package
         uses: hashicorp/actions-packaging-linux@v1
         with:
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 9aeb2b7bbde7..430b5e526714 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ LABEL maintainer="Nomad Team <nomad@hashicorp.com>" \
       org.opencontainers.image.vendor="HashiCorp" \
       org.opencontainers.image.licenses="BUSL-1.1"
 
-RUN mkdir -p /licenses
-COPY LICENSE /licenses/LICENSE.txt
+RUN mkdir -p /usr/share/doc/nomad
+COPY LICENSE /usr/share/doc/nomad/LICENSE.txt
 
 COPY dist/$TARGETOS/$TARGETARCH/nomad /bin/
 COPY ./scripts/docker-entrypoint.sh /