diff --git a/invokeai/app/invocations/upscale.py b/invokeai/app/invocations/upscale.py
index d1e98b3479..d2f53a5b9f 100644
--- a/invokeai/app/invocations/upscale.py
+++ b/invokeai/app/invocations/upscale.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ from pydantic import ConfigDict
 
 from invokeai.app.invocations.primitives import ImageField, ImageOutput
 from invokeai.app.services.image_records.image_records_common import ImageCategory, ResourceOrigin
-from invokeai.backend.image_util.esrgan import RealESRGANer
+from invokeai.backend.image_util.realesrgan.realesrgan import RealESRGANer
 from invokeai.backend.util.devices import choose_torch_device
 
 from .baseinvocation import BaseInvocation, InputField, InvocationContext, WithMetadata, WithWorkflow, invocation
diff --git a/invokeai/backend/image_util/realesrgan/LICENSE b/invokeai/backend/image_util/realesrgan/LICENSE
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..552a1eeaf0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/invokeai/backend/image_util/realesrgan/LICENSE
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+BSD 3-Clause License
+
+Copyright (c) 2021, Xintao Wang
+All rights reserved.
+
+Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
+
+1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this
+   list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+
+2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice,
+   this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation
+   and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
+
+3. Neither the name of the copyright holder nor the names of its
+   contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from
+   this software without specific prior written permission.
+
+THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS"
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diff --git a/invokeai/backend/image_util/realesrgan/__init__.py b/invokeai/backend/image_util/realesrgan/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2
diff --git a/invokeai/backend/image_util/esrgan.py b/invokeai/backend/image_util/realesrgan/realesrgan.py
similarity index 99%
rename from invokeai/backend/image_util/esrgan.py
rename to invokeai/backend/image_util/realesrgan/realesrgan.py
index fa351dc426..042b1b2f4e 100644
--- a/invokeai/backend/image_util/esrgan.py
+++ b/invokeai/backend/image_util/realesrgan/realesrgan.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ from invokeai.backend.util.devices import choose_torch_device
 
 """
 Adapted from https://github.com/xinntao/Real-ESRGAN/blob/master/realesrgan/utils.py
+License is BSD3, copied to `LICENSE` in this directory.
 
 The adaptation here has a few changes:
 - Remove print statements, use `tqdm` to show progress