diff --git a/package/ebtables/ebtables.mk b/package/ebtables/ebtables.mk
index ddc1f45aab..116012c72c 100644
--- a/package/ebtables/ebtables.mk
+++ b/package/ebtables/ebtables.mk
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 EBTABLES_VERSION = 2.0.10-4
 EBTABLES_SOURCE = ebtables-v$(EBTABLES_VERSION).tar.gz
 EBTABLES_SITE = http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/ebtables/ebtables/ebtables-$(subst .,-,$(EBTABLES_VERSION))
-EBTABLES_LICENSE = GPLv2
+EBTABLES_LICENSE = GPLv2+
 EBTABLES_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 EBTABLES_STATIC = $(if $(BR2_PREFER_STATIC_LIB),static)