diff --git a/lib/licenses.nix b/lib/licenses.nix
index c4ccea457e2..1c953a2ba84 100644
--- a/lib/licenses.nix
+++ b/lib/licenses.nix
@@ -143,6 +143,12 @@ lib.mapAttrs (n: v: v // { shortName = n; }) rec {
     free = false;
   };
 
+  cc-by-nc-40 = spdx {
+    spdxId = "CC-BY-NC-4.0";
+    fullName = "Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 4.0 International";
+    free = false;
+  };
+
   cc-by-nd-30 = spdx {
     spdxId = "CC-BY-ND-3.0";
     fullName = "Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivative Works v3.00";