diff --git a/swh/indexer/metadata_dictionary.py b/swh/indexer/metadata_dictionary.py
--- a/swh/indexer/metadata_dictionary.py
+++ b/swh/indexer/metadata_dictionary.py
@@ -246,6 +246,7 @@
         d = xmltodict.parse(content)['project']
         metadata = self.translate_dict(d, normalize=False)
         metadata[SCHEMA_URI+'codeRepository'] = self.parse_repositories(d)
+        metadata[SCHEMA_URI+'license'] = self.parse_licenses(d)
         return self.normalize_translation(metadata)
 
     _default_repository = {'url': 'https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/'}
@@ -278,6 +279,13 @@
     def normalize_groupId(self, id_):
         return {"@id": id_}
 
+    def parse_licenses(self, d):
+        """https://maven.apache.org/pom.html#Licenses"""
+        licenses = d.get('licenses', {}).get('license', [])
+        if isinstance(licenses, dict):
+            licenses = [licenses]
+        return [{"@id": license['url']} for license in licenses]
+
 
 def main():
     raw_content = """{"name": "test_name", "unknown_term": "ut"}"""
diff --git a/swh/indexer/tests/test_metadata.py b/swh/indexer/tests/test_metadata.py
--- a/swh/indexer/tests/test_metadata.py
+++ b/swh/indexer/tests/test_metadata.py
@@ -426,6 +426,14 @@
               </snapshots>
             </repository>
           </repositories>
+          <licenses>
+            <license>
+              <name>Apache License, Version 2.0</name>
+              <url>https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt</url>
+              <distribution>repo</distribution>
+              <comments>A business-friendly OSS license</comments>
+            </license>
+          </licenses>
         </project>"""
         result = MAPPINGS["MavenMapping"].translate(raw_content)
         self.assertEqual(result, {
@@ -434,6 +442,7 @@
             'name': 'Maven Default Project',
             'identifier': 'com.mycompany.app',
             'version': '1.2.3',
+            'license': 'https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt',
             'codeRepository':
                 'http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/com/mycompany/app/my-app',
             })