diff --git a/package/iw/iw.mk b/package/iw/iw.mk
index 200e703a42..6f3f309485 100644
--- a/package/iw/iw.mk
+++ b/package/iw/iw.mk
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 IW_VERSION = 4.7
 IW_SOURCE = iw-$(IW_VERSION).tar.xz
 IW_SITE = $(BR2_KERNEL_MIRROR)/software/network/iw
-IW_LICENSE = iw license
+IW_LICENSE = ISC
 IW_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 IW_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf libnl
 IW_MAKE_OPTS = CC="$(TARGET_CC)" LD="$(TARGET_LD)" LDFLAGS="$(TARGET_LDFLAGS)"