diff --git a/docs/docs/configuration/reporting.md b/docs/docs/configuration/reporting.md
index 30dd2bccdfb5..d23c88a7719f 100644
--- a/docs/docs/configuration/reporting.md
+++ b/docs/docs/configuration/reporting.md
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ $ trivy image -f json -o results.json golang:1.12-alpine
 |  Vulnerability   |     ✓     |
 | Misconfiguration |     ✓     |
 |      Secret      |     ✓     |
-|     License      |           |
+|     License      |     ✓     |
 
 [SARIF][sarif] can be generated with the `--format sarif` flag.
 
diff --git a/pkg/report/sarif.go b/pkg/report/sarif.go
index 17eef17e4663..e942f94b13ad 100644
--- a/pkg/report/sarif.go
+++ b/pkg/report/sarif.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ const (
 	sarifLanguageSpecificVulnerability = "LanguageSpecificPackageVulnerability"
 	sarifConfigFiles                   = "Misconfiguration"
 	sarifSecretFiles                   = "Secret"
+	sarifLicenseFiles                  = "License"
 	sarifUnknownIssue                  = "UnknownIssue"
 
 	sarifError   = "error"
@@ -213,6 +214,29 @@ func (sw *SarifWriter) Write(report types.Report) error {
 					res.Target, res.Type, secret.Title, secret.Severity, secret.Match),
 			})
 		}
+		for _, license := range res.Licenses {
+			id := fmt.Sprintf("%s:%s", license.PkgName, license.Name)
+			desc := fmt.Sprintf("%s in %s", license.Name, license.PkgName)
+			sw.addSarifResult(&sarifData{
+				title:            "license",
+				vulnerabilityId:  id,
+				severity:         license.Severity,
+				cvssScore:        severityToScore(license.Severity),
+				url:              license.Link,
+				resourceClass:    string(res.Class),
+				artifactLocation: target,
+				resultIndex:      getRuleIndex(id, ruleIndexes),
+				shortDescription: desc,
+				fullDescription:  desc,
+				helpText: fmt.Sprintf("License %s\nClassification: %s\nPkgName: %s\nPath: %s",
+					license.Name, license.Category, license.PkgName, license.FilePath),
+				helpMarkdown: fmt.Sprintf("**License %s**\n| PkgName | Classification | Path |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n|%s|%s|%s|",
+					license.Name, license.PkgName, license.Category, license.FilePath),
+				message: fmt.Sprintf("Artifact: %s\nLicense %s\nPkgName: %s\n Classification: %s\n Path: %s",
+					res.Target, license.Name, license.Category, license.PkgName, license.FilePath),
+			})
+		}
+
 	}
 	sw.run.ColumnKind = columnKind
 	sw.run.OriginalUriBaseIDs = map[string]*sarif.ArtifactLocation{
@@ -259,6 +283,8 @@ func toSarifRuleName(class string) string {
 		return sarifConfigFiles
 	case types.ClassSecret:
 		return sarifSecretFiles
+	case types.ClassLicense, types.ClassLicenseFile:
+		return sarifLicenseFiles
 	default:
 		return sarifUnknownIssue
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/report/sarif_test.go b/pkg/report/sarif_test.go
index 595d69ba01fb..62d60309ca3a 100644
--- a/pkg/report/sarif_test.go
+++ b/pkg/report/sarif_test.go
@@ -425,6 +425,95 @@ func TestReportWriter_Sarif(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			name: "report with licenses",
+			input: types.Report{
+				Results: types.Results{
+					{
+						Target: "OS Packages",
+						Class:  "license",
+						Licenses: []types.DetectedLicense{
+							{
+								Severity:   "HIGH",
+								Category:   "restricted",
+								PkgName:    "alpine-base",
+								FilePath:   "",
+								Name:       "GPL-3.0",
+								Confidence: 1,
+								Link:       "",
+							},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			want: &sarif.Report{
+				Version: "2.1.0",
+				Schema:  "https://json.schemastore.org/sarif-2.1.0.json",
+				Runs: []*sarif.Run{
+					{
+						Tool: sarif.Tool{
+							Driver: &sarif.ToolComponent{
+								FullName:       lo.ToPtr("Trivy Vulnerability Scanner"),
+								Name:           "Trivy",
+								Version:        lo.ToPtr(""),
+								InformationURI: lo.ToPtr("https://github.com/aquasecurity/trivy"),
+								Rules: []*sarif.ReportingDescriptor{
+									{
+										ID:                   "alpine-base:GPL-3.0",
+										Name:                 lo.ToPtr("License"),
+										ShortDescription:     sarif.NewMultiformatMessageString("GPL-3.0 in alpine-base"),
+										FullDescription:      sarif.NewMultiformatMessageString("GPL-3.0 in alpine-base"),
+										DefaultConfiguration: sarif.NewReportingConfiguration().WithLevel("error"),
+										Help: sarif.NewMultiformatMessageString("License GPL-3.0\nClassification: restricted\nPkgName: alpine-base\nPath: ").
+											WithMarkdown("**License GPL-3.0**\n| PkgName | Classification | Path |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n|alpine-base|restricted||"),
+										Properties: map[string]interface{}{
+											"tags": []interface{}{
+												"license",
+												"security",
+												"HIGH",
+											},
+											"precision":         "very-high",
+											"security-severity": "8.0",
+										},
+									},
+								},
+							},
+						},
+						Results: []*sarif.Result{
+							{
+								RuleID:    lo.ToPtr("alpine-base:GPL-3.0"),
+								RuleIndex: lo.ToPtr(uint(0)),
+								Level:     lo.ToPtr("error"),
+								Message:   sarif.Message{Text: lo.ToPtr("Artifact: OS Packages\nLicense GPL-3.0\nPkgName: restricted\n Classification: alpine-base\n Path: ")},
+								Locations: []*sarif.Location{
+									{
+										Message: sarif.NewTextMessage(""),
+										PhysicalLocation: &sarif.PhysicalLocation{
+											ArtifactLocation: &sarif.ArtifactLocation{
+												URI:       lo.ToPtr("OS Packages"),
+												URIBaseId: lo.ToPtr("ROOTPATH"),
+											},
+											Region: &sarif.Region{
+												StartLine:   lo.ToPtr(1),
+												EndLine:     lo.ToPtr(1),
+												StartColumn: lo.ToPtr(1),
+												EndColumn:   lo.ToPtr(1),
+											},
+										},
+									},
+								},
+							},
+						},
+						ColumnKind: "utf16CodeUnits",
+						OriginalUriBaseIDs: map[string]*sarif.ArtifactLocation{
+							"ROOTPATH": {
+								URI: lo.ToPtr("file:///"),
+							},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		},
 		{
 			name: "no vulns",
 			want: &sarif.Report{