diff --git a/meta/recipes-sato/matchbox-desktop/matchbox-desktop_0.9.1.bb b/meta/recipes-sato/matchbox-desktop/matchbox-desktop_0.9.1.bb
index 0a02bb9f3d..43e10ca14b 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-sato/matchbox-desktop/matchbox-desktop_0.9.1.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-sato/matchbox-desktop/matchbox-desktop_0.9.1.bb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 DESCRIPTION = "Matchbox Window Manager Desktop"
-LICENSE = "GPL"
+LICENSE = "GPLv2.0+"
 DEPENDS = "libmatchbox startup-notification"
 SECTION = "x11/wm"
 
diff --git a/meta/recipes-sato/matchbox-desktop/matchbox-desktop_2.0.bb b/meta/recipes-sato/matchbox-desktop/matchbox-desktop_2.0.bb
index 2943e4d0ab..3e95bc1c69 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-sato/matchbox-desktop/matchbox-desktop_2.0.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-sato/matchbox-desktop/matchbox-desktop_2.0.bb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 DESCRIPTION = "Matchbox Window Manager Desktop"
-LICENSE = "GPL"
+LICENSE = "GPLv2.0+"
 DEPENDS = "gtk+ startup-notification"
 SECTION = "x11/wm"
 PR = "r2"