diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/parted/parted_1.9.0.bb b/meta/recipes-extended/parted/parted_1.9.0.bb
index f2a265187f..96253b2cf0 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-extended/parted/parted_1.9.0.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/parted/parted_1.9.0.bb
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 DESCRIPTION = "parted, the GNU partition resizing program"
 HOMEPAGE = "http://www.gnu.org/software/parted/parted.html"
-LICENSE = "GPLv2"
+LICENSE = "GPLv3+"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=4c61b8950dc1aab4d2aa7c2ae6b1cfb3"
 SECTION = "console/tools"
 DEPENDS = "readline e2fsprogs"
 PR = "r3"