diff --git a/lib/licenses/licenses.nix b/lib/licenses/licenses.nix
index faaf92e6a68e..1efa7b51af22 100644
--- a/lib/licenses/licenses.nix
+++ b/lib/licenses/licenses.nix
@@ -310,6 +310,11 @@ lib.mapAttrs mkLicense (
       redistributable = true;
     };
 
+    buddy = {
+      spdxId = "Buddy";
+      fullName = "Buddy License";
+    };
+
     bzip2 = {
       spdxId = "bzip2-1.0.6";
       fullName = "bzip2 and libbzip2 License v1.0.6";
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/bu/buddy/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/bu/buddy/package.nix
index 6abc5dda3439..ac5845e6303b 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/bu/buddy/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/bu/buddy/package.nix
@@ -32,10 +32,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://sourceforge.net/projects/buddy/";
     description = "Binary decision diagram package";
-    license = {
-      url = "https://sourceforge.net/p/buddy/gitcode/ci/master/tree/README";
-      fullName = "Buddy License";
-    };
+    license = lib.licenses.buddy;
 
     platforms = lib.platforms.unix; # Once had cygwin problems
   };