diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/bison/bison_2.4.3.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/bison/bison_2.4.3.bb
index 1d053cf5e4..61ab44a765 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/bison/bison_2.4.3.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/bison/bison_2.4.3.bb
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 DESCRIPTION = "GNU Project parser generator (yacc replacement)."
 HOMEPAGE = "http://www.gnu.org/software/bison/"
-LICENSE = "GPL"
+LICENSE = "GPLv3"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=d32239bcb673463ab874e80d47fae504"
 SECTION = "devel"
 PRIORITY = "optional"
 DEPENDS = "gettext bison-native"