diff --git a/package/bwm-ng/bwm-ng.mk b/package/bwm-ng/bwm-ng.mk
index 587ffbea5b..32e097e23f 100644
--- a/package/bwm-ng/bwm-ng.mk
+++ b/package/bwm-ng/bwm-ng.mk
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 BWM_NG_VERSION = f54b3fad2c80bfe63f920c9b5e7c1d80389c57ef
 BWM_NG_SITE = $(call github,vgropp,bwm-ng,$(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