diff --git a/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-posix-ipc_1.0.5.bb b/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-posix-ipc_1.0.5.bb
index 2377bd5258..c46881cd47 100644
--- a/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-posix-ipc_1.0.5.bb
+++ b/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-posix-ipc_1.0.5.bb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 DESCRIPTION = "POSIX IPC primitives (semaphores, shared memory and message queues) for Python"
 HOMEPAGE = "http://semanchuk.com/philip/posix_ipc/"
 SECTION = "devel/python"
-LICENSE = "BSD"
+LICENSE = "BSD-3-Clause"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENSE;md5=dc089fb2f37e90799a54c19a20c9880f"
 
 PYPI_PACKAGE = "posix_ipc"