diff --git a/doc/emacs.texi b/doc/emacs.texi
index ed8896ad431b22d857adf80ad1f471a5d0bd6727..575e87c2628deac05982a391db2ffbe1f90aefbc 100644
--- a/doc/emacs.texi
+++ b/doc/emacs.texi
@@ -544,6 +544,9 @@ Display a list of available licenses.  You can press @kbd{@key{RET}}
 there to display packages with this license in the same way as @kbd{M-x
 guix-packages-by-license} would do (@pxref{Emacs Commands}).
 
+@item M-x guix-find-license-definition
+Open @file{@dots{}/guix/licenses.scm} and move to the specified license.
+
 @end table
 
 
diff --git a/emacs/guix-license.el b/emacs/guix-license.el
index 940f5518e270d965fc9ba7ca73b934148f1cfb30..6003a21aac6b9ca07f38e4520aff90d09bb3545e 100644
--- a/emacs/guix-license.el
+++ b/emacs/guix-license.el
@@ -27,12 +27,33 @@
 (require 'guix-backend)
 (require 'guix-guile)
 
+(defun guix-license-file (&optional directory)
+  "Return name of the file with license definitions.
+DIRECTORY is a directory with Guix source (`guix-directory' by default)."
+  (expand-file-name "guix/licenses.scm"
+                    (or directory guix-directory)))
+
 (defun guix-lookup-license-url (license)
   "Return URL of a LICENSE."
   (or (guix-eval-read (guix-make-guile-expression
                        'lookup-license-uri license))
       (error "Hm, I don't know URL of '%s' license" license)))
 
+;;;###autoload
+(defun guix-find-license-definition (license &optional directory)
+  "Open licenses file from DIRECTORY and move to the LICENSE definition.
+See `guix-license-file' for the meaning of DIRECTORY.
+Interactively, with prefix argument, prompt for DIRECTORY."
+  (interactive
+   (list (guix-read-license-name)
+         (guix-read-directory)))
+  (find-file (guix-license-file directory))
+  (goto-char (point-min))
+  (when (re-search-forward (concat "\"" (regexp-quote license) "\"")
+                           nil t)
+    (beginning-of-defun)
+    (recenter 1)))
+
 ;;;###autoload
 (defun guix-browse-license-url (license)
   "Browse URL of a LICENSE."