--- eutils.eclass.bak   2007-01-31 19:27:10.000000000 +0100
+++ eutils.eclass       2007-01-31 20:01:54.000000000 +0100
@@ -1218,10 +1218,32 @@
 check_license() {
        local lic=$1
        if [ -z "${lic}" ] ; then
-               lic="${PORTDIR}/licenses/${LICENSE}"
+               if [ -e "${PORTDIR}/licenses/${LICENSE}" ] ; then
+                       lic="${PORTDIR}/licenses/${LICENSE}"
+               elif [ -n ${PORTDIR_OVERLAY} ] ; then
+                       for overdir in ${PORTDIR_OVERLAY} ; do
+                               if [ -e "${overdir}/licenses/${LICENSE}" ] ; then
+                                       lic="${overdir}/licenses/${LICENSE}"
+                               fi
+                       done
+                       if [ -z "${lic}" ] ; then
+                               lic="${LICENSE}"
+                       fi
+               else
+                       lic="${LICENSE}"
+               fi
        else
                if [ -e "${PORTDIR}/licenses/${lic}" ] ; then
                        lic="${PORTDIR}/licenses/${lic}"
+               elif [ -n ${PORTDIR_OVERLAY} ] ; then
+                       for overdir in ${PORTDIR_OVERLAY} ; do
+                               if [ -e "${overdir}/licenses/${lic}" ] ; then
+                                       lic="${overdir}/licenses/${lic}"
+                               fi
+                       done
+                       if [ -z "${lic}" ] ; then
+                               lic="${LICENSE}"
+                       fi
                elif [ -e "${PWD}/${lic}" ] ; then
                        lic="${PWD}/${lic}"
                elif [ -e "${lic}" ] ; then