diff --git a/dev-util/patchutils/patchutils-0.4.4.ebuild b/dev-util/patchutils/patchutils-0.4.4.ebuild
index a5297abfd575..da749ec62987 100644
--- a/dev-util/patchutils/patchutils-0.4.4.ebuild
+++ b/dev-util/patchutils/patchutils-0.4.4.ebuild
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ DESCRIPTION="Collection of tools that operate on patch files"
 HOMEPAGE="https://cyberelk.net/tim/software/patchutils/"
 SRC_URI="https://github.com/twaugh/patchutils/releases/download/${PV}/${P}.tar.xz"
 
-LICENSE="GPL-2"
+LICENSE="GPL-2+"
 SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="~alpha ~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~hppa ~loong ~m68k ~mips ~ppc ~ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 ~sparc ~x86 ~amd64-linux ~x86-linux ~ppc-macos"
 IUSE="pcre"