diff --git a/package/bwm-ng/bwm-ng.mk b/package/bwm-ng/bwm-ng.mk
index 5e663dafea..4a34559e3c 100644
--- a/package/bwm-ng/bwm-ng.mk
+++ b/package/bwm-ng/bwm-ng.mk
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 BWM_NG_VERSION = 0.6.2
 BWM_NG_SITE = $(call github,vgropp,bwm-ng,v$(BWM_NG_VERSION))
 BWM_NG_CONF_OPTS = --with-procnetdev --with-diskstats
-BWM_NG_LICENSE = GPL-2.0
+BWM_NG_LICENSE = GPL-2.0+
 BWM_NG_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 BWM_NG_AUTORECONF = YES