diff --git a/meta/packages/initscripts/initscripts_1.0.bb b/meta/packages/initscripts/initscripts_1.0.bb
index 129786a7e9..20503e1c6a 100644
--- a/meta/packages/initscripts/initscripts_1.0.bb
+++ b/meta/packages/initscripts/initscripts_1.0.bb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ SECTION = "base"
 PRIORITY = "required"
 DEPENDS = "makedevs"
 RDEPENDS = "makedevs"
-LICENSE = "GPL"
+LICENSE = "GPLv2"
 PR = "r121"
 
 SRC_URI = "file://functions \