diff --git a/poky/meta/recipes-devtools/flex/flex_2.6.0.bb b/poky/meta/recipes-devtools/flex/flex_2.6.0.bb
index 12ce0cb..9bdd99c 100644
--- a/poky/meta/recipes-devtools/flex/flex_2.6.0.bb
+++ b/poky/meta/recipes-devtools/flex/flex_2.6.0.bb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 lexical patterns in text."
 HOMEPAGE = "http://sourceforge.net/projects/flex/"
 SECTION = "devel"
-LICENSE = "BSD"
+LICENSE = "BSD-2-Clause"
 
 DEPENDS = "${@bb.utils.contains('PTEST_ENABLED', '1', 'bison-native flex-native', '', d)}"
 BBCLASSEXTEND = "native nativesdk"