diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 50d29af584e9..60bc382e2900 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -818,7 +818,7 @@ let
       homepage = "http://cvxopt.org/";
       description = "Python Software for Convex Optimization";
       maintainers = with maintainers; [ edwtjo ];
-      licsense = licenses.gpl3Plus;
+      license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
     };
   };