diff --git a/package/wpan-tools/wpan-tools.mk b/package/wpan-tools/wpan-tools.mk
index d223800449..012b946e55 100644
--- a/package/wpan-tools/wpan-tools.mk
+++ b/package/wpan-tools/wpan-tools.mk
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 WPAN_TOOLS_VERSION = 0.5
 WPAN_TOOLS_SITE = http://wpan.cakelab.org/releases
 WPAN_TOOLS_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf libnl
-WPAN_TOOLS_LICENSE = iw license
+WPAN_TOOLS_LICENSE = ISC
 WPAN_TOOLS_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 
 $(eval $(autotools-package))