diff --git a/popt.changes b/popt.changes
index 7e0a0fa..258f3b0 100644
--- a/popt.changes
+++ b/popt.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Aug 22 12:55:33 UTC 2012 - cfarrell@suse.com
+
+- license update: SUSE-XFree86-1.0
+  This is not the MIT license but rather the old version of the XFree86
+  license (which is not upstream at spdx.org/Ãlicenses - hence the SUSE
+  proprietary prefix)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sun Feb 12 21:38:30 UTC 2012 - crrodriguez@opensuse.org
 
diff --git a/popt.spec b/popt.spec
index b8001c9..5754afa 100644
--- a/popt.spec
+++ b/popt.spec
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ Version:        1.16
 Release:        0
 #!BuildIgnore:  rpmlint-Factory
 Summary:        A C library for parsing command line parameters
-License:        MIT
+License:        SUSE-XFree86-1.0
 Group:          System Environment/Libraries
 Url:            http://www.rpm5.org/
 Source:         popt-%{version}.tar.bz2