diff --git a/databases/pear-MDB/Makefile b/databases/pear-MDB/Makefile
index db1bc0cf45c2..7f5ab4191b84 100644
--- a/databases/pear-MDB/Makefile
+++ b/databases/pear-MDB/Makefile
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ CATEGORIES=	databases www pear
 MAINTAINER=	joneum@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	PEAR unified API for DB access, based on user meta data
 
+LICENSE=	BSD2CLAUSE
+
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PEARDIR}/XML/Parser.php:devel/pear-XML_Parser@${PHP_FLAVOR}
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${PEARDIR}/XML/Parser.php:devel/pear-XML_Parser@${PHP_FLAVOR}