diff --git a/schema/edxml.rng b/schema/edxml.rng
index 6943d8d7233174ffa0b56885249784c53bdbda38..fcf9b2ebb114f23b7b0663195d17ee9846aef3ee 100644
--- a/schema/edxml.rng
+++ b/schema/edxml.rng
@@ -1619,6 +1619,7 @@
     <define name="elem.tei.licence">
         <element name="tei:licence">
             <ref name="attr.tei.target"/>
+            <text/>
         </element>
     </define>