diff --git a/lib/licenses/licenses.nix b/lib/licenses/licenses.nix
index be6156e37c28..5e7460330087 100644
--- a/lib/licenses/licenses.nix
+++ b/lib/licenses/licenses.nix
@@ -475,6 +475,11 @@ lib.mapAttrs mkLicense (
       fullName = "CeCILL-C Free Software License Agreement";
     };
 
+    cfitsio = {
+      spdxId = "CFITSIO";
+      fullName = "CFITSIO License";
+    };
+
     classpathException20 = {
       spdxId = "Classpath-exception-2.0";
       fullName = "Classpath exception 2.0";
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/cf/cfitsio/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/cf/cfitsio/package.nix
index fea31a4e330d..8fa03db0bf78 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/cf/cfitsio/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/cf/cfitsio/package.nix
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   };
 
   meta = {
-    homepage = "https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/fitsio/";
+    homepage = "https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/software/fitsio/";
     description = "Library for reading and writing FITS data files";
     longDescription = ''
       CFITSIO is a library of C and Fortran subroutines for reading and
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
       FITS files.
     '';
     changelog = "https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/FTP/software/fitsio/c/docs/changes.txt";
-    license = lib.licenses.mit;
+    license = lib.licenses.cfitsio;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [
       returntoreality
       xbreak