diff --git a/meta/packages/gdbm/gdbm_1.8.3.bb b/meta/packages/gdbm/gdbm_1.8.3.bb
index 06579f2082..e8369fd725 100644
--- a/meta/packages/gdbm/gdbm_1.8.3.bb
+++ b/meta/packages/gdbm/gdbm_1.8.3.bb
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 DESCRIPTION = "GNU dbm is a set of database routines that use extensible hashing."
-HOMEPAGE = "http://www.gnu.org/software/gdbm/gdbm.html"
+HOMEPAGE = "http://www.gnu.org/software/gdbm/"
 SECTION = "libs"
 PRIORITY = "optional"
-LICENSE = "GPL"
+LICENSE = "GPLv2+"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=d8e20eece214df8ef953ed5857862150"
+
 PR = "r4"
 
 SRC_URI = "${GNU_MIRROR}/gdbm/gdbm-${PV}.tar.gz \