diff --git a/gguf-py/gguf/metadata.py b/gguf-py/gguf/metadata.py
index 321cbcd4c5507..962c27b204464 100644
--- a/gguf-py/gguf/metadata.py
+++ b/gguf-py/gguf/metadata.py
@@ -545,7 +545,10 @@ def set_gguf_meta_model(self, gguf_writer: gguf.GGUFWriter):
             gguf_writer.add_size_label(self.size_label)
 
         if self.license is not None:
-            gguf_writer.add_license(self.license)
+            if isinstance(self.license, list):
+                gguf_writer.add_license(",".join(self.license))
+            else:
+                gguf_writer.add_license(self.license)
         if self.license_name is not None:
             gguf_writer.add_license_name(self.license_name)
         if self.license_link is not None: