diff --git a/meta/packages/time/time.inc b/meta/packages/time/time.inc
index 4f006a693c..8d31b47a0c 100644
--- a/meta/packages/time/time.inc
+++ b/meta/packages/time/time.inc
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 DESCRIPTION = "time measures many of the CPU resources, such as time and \
 memory, that other programs use."
 HOMEPAGE = "http://www.gnu.org/software/time/"
-LICENSE = "GPL"
 SECTION = "utils"
+LICENSE = "GPLv2+"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=8ca43cbc842c2336e835926c2166c28b"
+