diff --git a/check-licenses/accepted-licenses.txt b/check-licenses/accepted-licenses.txt
index 007d3c202..edae9701a 100644
--- a/check-licenses/accepted-licenses.txt
+++ b/check-licenses/accepted-licenses.txt
@@ -7,4 +7,5 @@ ISC
 MIT
 MPL
 PSF
+LGPL
 Unlicense
diff --git a/doc/source/changelog/1050.added.md b/doc/source/changelog/1050.added.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9455c0a58
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/source/changelog/1050.added.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Added LGPL as a valid license