diff --git a/srcpkgs/libcppunit/template b/srcpkgs/libcppunit/template
index 807ac5d9f9a..e8a11c2f195 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libcppunit/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libcppunit/template
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ build_style=gnu-configure
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config automake libtool"
 short_desc="C++ unit testing framework"
 maintainer="Enno Boland <gottox@voidlinux.eu>"
-license="LGPL"
+license="LGPL-2.1"
 homepage="http://cppunit.sourceforge.net"
 distfiles="${SOURCEFORGE_SITE}/cppunit/cppunit/${version}/cppunit-$version.tar.gz"
 checksum=ac28a04c8e6c9217d910b0ae7122832d28d9917fa668bcc9e0b8b09acb4ea44a