diff --git a/package/libnetfilter_cthelper/libnetfilter-cthelper.mk b/package/libnetfilter_cthelper/libnetfilter-cthelper.mk
index f3e892bc44..2cac8a2bc8 100644
--- a/package/libnetfilter_cthelper/libnetfilter-cthelper.mk
+++ b/package/libnetfilter_cthelper/libnetfilter-cthelper.mk
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ LIBNETFILTER_CTHELPER_SITE = http://www.netfilter.org/projects/libnetfilter_cthe
 LIBNETFILTER_CTHELPER_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 LIBNETFILTER_CTHELPER_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf libmnl
 LIBNETFILTER_CTHELPER_AUTORECONF = YES
-LIBNETFILTER_CTHELPER_LICENSE = GPLv2
+LIBNETFILTER_CTHELPER_LICENSE = GPLv2+
 LIBNETFILTER_CTHELPER_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 
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