diff --git a/meta/recipes-bsp/setserial/setserial_2.17.bb b/meta/recipes-bsp/setserial/setserial_2.17.bb
index 64f541c343..8f112ed6ad 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-bsp/setserial/setserial_2.17.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-bsp/setserial/setserial_2.17.bb
@@ -4,8 +4,7 @@ HOMEPAGE = "http://setserial.sourceforge.net"
 AUTHOR = "Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>"
 SECTION = "console/utils"
 
-# general GPL, no specific version
-LICENSE = "GPL"
+LICENSE = "GPLv2.0"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://version.h;beginline=1;endline=6;md5=2e7c59cb9e57e356ae81f50f4e4dfd99"
 PR = "r3"