diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/xapian/1.0.x.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/xapian/1.0.x.nix
index e2354cd6abfd..57240eb73356 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/xapian/1.0.x.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/xapian/1.0.x.nix
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     sha256 = "0aed7296bd56b4b49aba944cc744e1e76fff8cfb0a70fd5b1f49d4c62a97ecc6";
   };
 
-  buildInputs = [zlib];
+  buildInputs = [ zlib ];
 
   meta = { 
     description = "Xapian Probabilistic Information Retrieval library";
     homepage = "http://xapian.org";
-    license = "GPL";
+    license = "GPLv2+";
     maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.chaoflow ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/xapian/bindings/1.0.x.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/xapian/bindings/1.0.x.nix
index ea49c3cbd9e7..3417596c3930 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/xapian/bindings/1.0.x.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/xapian/bindings/1.0.x.nix
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ composableDerivation.composableDerivation {} rec {
   meta = { 
     description = "Bindings for the Xapian library";
     homepage = xapian10.meta.homepage;
-    license = "GPL";
+    license = "GPLv2+";
     maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.chaoflow ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/xapian/bindings/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/xapian/bindings/default.nix
index 973f8dd3143d..7dee0da9eedc 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/xapian/bindings/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/xapian/bindings/default.nix
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ composableDerivation.composableDerivation {} rec {
   meta = { 
     description = "Bindings for the Xapian library";
     homepage = xapian.meta.homepage;
-    license = "GPL";
+    license = "GPLv2+";
     maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.chaoflow ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/xapian/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/xapian/default.nix
index 86daacb5d75c..ac86c24af6cc 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/xapian/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/xapian/default.nix
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   meta = { 
     description = "Xapian Probabilistic Information Retrieval library";
     homepage = "http://xapian.org";
-    license = "GPL";
+    license = "GPLv2+";
     maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.chaoflow ];
   };
 }