diff --git a/srcpkgs/protobuf/template b/srcpkgs/protobuf/template
index 86be8dbb8b2..b0a80437abb 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/protobuf/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/protobuf/template
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ version=2.4.1
 distfiles="http://${pkgname}.googlecode.com/files/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.bz2"
 build_style=gnu-configure
 homepage="http://code.google.com/p/${pkgname}/"
-license="Apache-style"
+license="BSD"
 short_desc="Google's data interchange format"
 maintainer="davehome <davehome@redthumb.info.tm>"
 checksum=cf8452347330834bbf9c65c2e68b5562ba10c95fa40d4f7ec0d2cb332674b0bf