diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
index 296c7584d6c..c981894573a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
@@ -13994,7 +13994,7 @@ let self = _self // overrides; _self = with self; {
     meta = {
       homepage = https://github.com/perigrin/xml-sax-writer;
       description = "SAX2 XML Writer";
-      license = "perl";
+      license = with stdenv.lib.licenses; [ artistic1 gpl1Plus ];
     };
   };