diff --git a/package/dropwatch/dropwatch.mk b/package/dropwatch/dropwatch.mk
index 1af61458e0..769b4d4d38 100644
--- a/package/dropwatch/dropwatch.mk
+++ b/package/dropwatch/dropwatch.mk
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@
 DROPWATCH_VERSION = 1.5.1
 DROPWATCH_SITE = $(call github,nhorman,dropwatch,v$(DROPWATCH_VERSION))
 DROPWATCH_DEPENDENCIES = libnl readline host-pkgconf $(TARGET_NLS_DEPENDENCIES)
-DROPWATCH_LICENSE = GPL-2.0
+# Until upstream updates their tree with a proper license
+# blurb: https://github.com/nhorman/dropwatch/issues/14
+DROPWATCH_LICENSE = GPL-2.0+
 DROPWATCH_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 # From git
 DROPWATCH_AUTORECONF = YES