diff --git a/ecl_config/package.xml b/ecl_config/package.xml
index 102dce5..97533b1 100644
--- a/ecl_config/package.xml
+++ b/ecl_config/package.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   </description>
   <author email="d.stonier@gmail.com">Daniel Stonier</author> -->
   <maintainer email="d.stonier@gmail.com">Daniel Stonier</maintainer>
-  <license>BSD</license>
+  <license>BSD-3-Clause</license>
   <url type="website">http://wiki.ros.org/ecl_config</url>
   <url type="repository">https://github.com/stonier/ecl_lite</url>
   <url type="bugtracker">https://github.com/stonier/ecl_lite/issues</url>
diff --git a/ecl_console/package.xml b/ecl_console/package.xml
index 328da08..eec61b6 100644
--- a/ecl_console/package.xml
+++ b/ecl_console/package.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   </description>
   <author email="d.stonier@gmail.com">Daniel Stonier</author> -->
   <maintainer email="d.stonier@gmail.com">Daniel Stonier</maintainer>
-  <license>BSD</license>
+  <license>BSD-3-Clause</license>
   <url type="website">http://wiki.ros.org/ecl_console</url>
   <url type="repository">https://github.com/stonier/ecl_lite</url>
   <url type="bugtracker">https://github.com/stonier/ecl_lite/issues</url>
diff --git a/ecl_converters_lite/package.xml b/ecl_converters_lite/package.xml
index ee36207..196e0a7 100644
--- a/ecl_converters_lite/package.xml
+++ b/ecl_converters_lite/package.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   </description>
   <author email="d.stonier@gmail.com">Daniel Stonier</author> -->
   <maintainer email="d.stonier@gmail.com">Daniel Stonier</maintainer>
-  <license>BSD</license>
+  <license>BSD-3-Clause</license>
   <url type="website">http://wiki.ros.org/ecl_converters_lite</url>
   <url type="repository">https://github.com/stonier/ecl_lite</url>
   <url type="bugtracker">https://github.com/stonier/ecl_lite/issues</url>
diff --git a/ecl_errors/package.xml b/ecl_errors/package.xml
index aa161a9..e08a6b5 100644
--- a/ecl_errors/package.xml
+++ b/ecl_errors/package.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
   </description>
   <author email="d.stonier@gmail.com">Daniel Stonier</author> -->
   <maintainer email="d.stonier@gmail.com">Daniel Stonier</maintainer>
-  <license>BSD</license>
+  <license>BSD-3-Clause</license>
   <url type="website">http://wiki.ros.org/ecl_errors</url>
   <url type="repository">https://github.com/stonier/ecl_lite</url>
   <url type="bugtracker">https://github.com/stonier/ecl_lite/issues</url>
diff --git a/ecl_io/package.xml b/ecl_io/package.xml
index 2623080..3b8e171 100644
--- a/ecl_io/package.xml
+++ b/ecl_io/package.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   </description>
   <author email="d.stonier@gmail.com">Daniel Stonier</author> -->
   <maintainer email="d.stonier@gmail.com">Daniel Stonier</maintainer>
-  <license>BSD</license>
+  <license>BSD-3-Clause</license>
   <url type="website">http://wiki.ros.org/ecl_io</url>
   <url type="repository">https://github.com/stonier/ecl_lite</url>
   <url type="bugtracker">https://github.com/stonier/ecl_lite/issues</url>
diff --git a/ecl_lite/package.xml b/ecl_lite/package.xml
index 0092ba2..95f6155 100644
--- a/ecl_lite/package.xml
+++ b/ecl_lite/package.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   </description>
   <author email="d.stonier@gmail.com">Daniel Stonier</author>
   <maintainer email="d.stonier@gmail.com">Daniel Stonier</maintainer>
-  <license>BSD</license>
+  <license>BSD-3-Clause</license>
   <url type="website">http://www.ros.org/wiki/ecl_lite</url>
   <url type="repository">https://github.com/stonier/ecl_lite</url>
   <url type="bugtracker">https://github.com/stonier/ecl_lite/issues</url>
diff --git a/ecl_sigslots_lite/package.xml b/ecl_sigslots_lite/package.xml
index c5fdbc8..ba8fadc 100644
--- a/ecl_sigslots_lite/package.xml
+++ b/ecl_sigslots_lite/package.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   </description>
   <author email="d.stonier@gmail.com">Daniel Stonier</author> -->
   <maintainer email="d.stonier@gmail.com">Daniel Stonier</maintainer>
-  <license>BSD</license>
+  <license>BSD-3-Clause</license>
   <url type="website">http://wiki.ros.org/ecl_sigslots_lite</url>
   <url type="repository">https://github.com/stonier/ecl_lite</url>
   <url type="bugtracker">https://github.com/stonier/ecl_lite/issues</url>
diff --git a/ecl_time_lite/package.xml b/ecl_time_lite/package.xml
index 364a39a..7f2f806 100644
--- a/ecl_time_lite/package.xml
+++ b/ecl_time_lite/package.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   </description>
   <author email="d.stonier@gmail.com">Daniel Stonier</author> -->
   <maintainer email="d.stonier@gmail.com">Daniel Stonier</maintainer>
-  <license>BSD</license>
+  <license>BSD-3-Clause</license>
   <url type="website">http://wiki.ros.org/ecl_time_lite</url>
   <url type="repository">https://github.com/stonier/ecl_lite</url>
   <url type="bugtracker">https://github.com/stonier/ecl_lite/issues</url>