diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/rubocops/components_order.rb b/Library/Homebrew/rubocops/components_order.rb
index 45153d7c92..f4fd15f7df 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/rubocops/components_order.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/rubocops/components_order.rb
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ module RuboCop
             [{ name: :mirror,    type: :method_call }],
             [{ name: :version,   type: :method_call }],
             [{ name: :sha256,    type: :method_call }],
+            [{ name: :license,  type: :method_call }],
             [{ name: :revision,  type: :method_call }],
             [{ name: :version_scheme, type: :method_call }],
             [{ name: :head,      type: :method_call }],
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/test/rubocops/components_order_spec.rb b/Library/Homebrew/test/rubocops/components_order_spec.rb
index 31f6cd5938..2f70f5ce21 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/test/rubocops/components_order_spec.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/test/rubocops/components_order_spec.rb
@@ -19,6 +19,19 @@ describe RuboCop::Cop::FormulaAudit::ComponentsOrder do
       RUBY
     end
 
+    it "When license precedes sha256" do
+      expect_offense(<<~RUBY)
+        class Foo < Formula
+          homepage "https://brew.sh"
+          url "https://brew.sh/foo-1.0.tgz"
+          license "0BSD"
+          sha256 "samplesha256"
+          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ `sha256` (line 5) should be put before `license` (line 4)
+        end
+      RUBY
+    end
+
+
     it "When `bottle` precedes `livecheck`" do
       expect_offense(<<~RUBY)
         class Foo < Formula