diff --git a/meta/classes/base.bbclass b/meta/classes/base.bbclass
index f2e3d4092e..79edfe5451 100644
--- a/meta/classes/base.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/base.bbclass
@@ -543,6 +543,19 @@ python () {
                 if pn in incompatwl:
                     bb.note("INCLUDING " + pn + " as buildable despite INCOMPATIBLE_LICENSE because it has been whitelisted")
 
+        # Try to verify per-package (LICENSE_<pkg>) values. LICENSE should be a
+        # superset of all per-package licenses. We do not do advanced (pattern)
+        # matching of license expressions - just check that all license strings
+        # in LICENSE_<pkg> are found in LICENSE.
+        license_set = oe.license.list_licenses(license)
+        for pkg in d.getVar('PACKAGES', True).split():
+            pkg_license = d.getVar('LICENSE_' + pkg, True)
+            if pkg_license:
+                unlisted = oe.license.list_licenses(pkg_license) - license_set
+                if unlisted:
+                    bb.warn("LICENSE_%s includes licenses (%s) that are not "
+                            "listed in LICENSE" % (pkg, ' '.join(unlisted)))
+
     needsrcrev = False
     srcuri = d.getVar('SRC_URI', True)
     for uri in srcuri.split():
diff --git a/meta/lib/oe/license.py b/meta/lib/oe/license.py
index 39ef9654fc..8d2fd1709c 100644
--- a/meta/lib/oe/license.py
+++ b/meta/lib/oe/license.py
@@ -215,3 +215,21 @@ def manifest_licenses(licensestr, dont_want_licenses, canonical_license, d):
     manifest.licensestr = manifest.licensestr.replace('[', '(').replace(']', ')')
 
     return (manifest.licensestr, manifest.licenses)
+
+class ListVisitor(LicenseVisitor):
+    """Record all different licenses found in the license string"""
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.licenses = set()
+
+    def visit_Str(self, node):
+        self.licenses.add(node.s)
+
+def list_licenses(licensestr):
+    """Simply get a list of all licenses mentioned in a license string.
+       Binary operators are not applied or taken into account in any way"""
+    visitor = ListVisitor()
+    try:
+        visitor.visit_string(licensestr)
+    except SyntaxError as exc:
+        raise LicenseSyntaxError(licensestr, exc)
+    return visitor.licenses