diff --git a/recipes-misc/libdbi/libdbi-drivers.inc b/recipes-misc/libdbi/libdbi-drivers.inc
index 76a5702ac8..555a6b697a 100644
--- a/recipes-misc/libdbi/libdbi-drivers.inc
+++ b/recipes-misc/libdbi/libdbi-drivers.inc
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 DESCRIPTION = "Database Drivers for libdbi"
 HOMEPAGE = "http://libdbi-drivers.sourceforge.net/"
-LICENSE = "LGPL"
+LICENSE = "LGPLv2.1+"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=d8045f3b8f929c1cb29a1e3fd737b499"
 SECTION = "libs"
 
diff --git a/recipes-misc/libdbi/libdbi.inc b/recipes-misc/libdbi/libdbi.inc
index 571e55b6fe..e77a5eec3c 100644
--- a/recipes-misc/libdbi/libdbi.inc
+++ b/recipes-misc/libdbi/libdbi.inc
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 DESCRIPTION = "Database Independent Abstraction Layer for C"
 HOMEPAGE = "http://libdbi.sourceforge.net/"
-LICENSE = "LGPL"
+LICENSE = "LGPLv2.1+"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=d8045f3b8f929c1cb29a1e3fd737b499"
 SECTION = "libs"