diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/opencv/opencv_2.4.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/opencv/opencv_2.4.bb
index 75441fd0c9..ca378d7abc 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/opencv/opencv_2.4.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/opencv/opencv_2.4.bb
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ SUMMARY = "Opencv : The Open Computer Vision Library"
 HOMEPAGE = "http://opencv.willowgarage.com/wiki/"
 SECTION = "libs"
 
-LICENSE = "BSD"
+LICENSE = "BSD-3-Clause"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://include/opencv2/opencv.hpp;endline=41;md5=6d690d8488a6fca7a2c192932466bb14"
 
 ARM_INSTRUCTION_SET = "arm"