diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index bd182e23..b28e04f1 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
     author_email = AUTHOR_EMAIL,
     maintainer = __author__,
     maintainer_email = AUTHOR_EMAIL,
-    license = '3-clause BSD',
+    license = 'BSD-3-Clause',
     platforms = ['Linux', 'Windows', 'Mac'],
     url = 'https://github.com/uqfoundation/dill',
     download_url = 'https://pypi.org/project/dill/#files',