diff --git a/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python-pynetlinux.inc b/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python-pynetlinux.inc
index 6a39896279..c755c0ae93 100644
--- a/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python-pynetlinux.inc
+++ b/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python-pynetlinux.inc
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ SUMMARY = "Linux network configuration library for Python"
 DESCRIPTION = "This library contains Python bindings to ioctl calls"
 SECTION = "devel/python"
 HOMEPAGE = "http://github.com/rlisagor/pynetlinux"
-LICENSE = "BSD"
+LICENSE = "BSD-3-Clause"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENSE.txt;md5=74e1861736ee959824fe7542323c12e9"
 
 inherit pypi