diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/folly/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/folly/default.nix
index f4ab12e3c7f1..af8b1cb87373 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/folly/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/folly/default.nix
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "An open-source C++ library developed and used at Facebook";
     homepage = https://github.com/facebook/folly;
-    license = licenses.mit;
+    license = licenses.asl20;
     # 32bit is not supported: https://github.com/facebook/folly/issues/103
     platforms = [ "x86_64-linux" ];
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ abbradar ];