diff --git a/package/htop/htop.mk b/package/htop/htop.mk
index cb434f3fb6..12e48f4376 100644
--- a/package/htop/htop.mk
+++ b/package/htop/htop.mk
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ HTOP_DEPENDENCIES = ncurses
 HTOP_AUTORECONF = YES
 # Prevent htop build system from searching the host paths
 HTOP_CONF_ENV = HTOP_NCURSES_CONFIG_SCRIPT=$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/bin/$(NCURSES_CONFIG_SCRIPTS)
-HTOP_LICENSE = GPL-2.0
+HTOP_LICENSE = GPL-2.0+
 HTOP_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_HWLOC),y)