diff --git a/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python-babel.inc b/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python-babel.inc
index 427467294..e6e686250 100644
--- a/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python-babel.inc
+++ b/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python-babel.inc
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 DESCRIPTION = "A collection of tools for internationalizing Python applications"
 HOMEPAGE = "http://babel.edgewall.org/"
-LICENSE = "BSD"
+LICENSE = "BSD-3-Clause"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENSE;md5=942469df9305abb1c59e95f778310384"
 
 SRC_URI[md5sum] = "83c158b7dae9135750a7cf204e6e2eea"