diff --git a/lib/licenses.nix b/lib/licenses.nix
index 190eeefc1bf8..830cb95aff94 100644
--- a/lib/licenses.nix
+++ b/lib/licenses.nix
@@ -100,6 +100,11 @@ lib.mapAttrs (n: v: v // { shortName = n; }) {
     fullName = "BSD Zero Clause License";
   };
 
+  bsd1 = spdx {
+    spdxId = "BSD-1-Clause";
+    fullName = "BSD 1-Clause License";
+  };
+
   bsd2 = spdx {
     spdxId = "BSD-2-Clause";
     fullName = ''BSD 2-clause "Simplified" License'';
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/autossh/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/autossh/default.nix
index 49fb4d52e0b4..9b8e7f712fd0 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/autossh/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/autossh/default.nix
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 {lib, stdenv, fetchurl, openssh}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "autossh-1.4g";
+  pname = "autossh";
+  version = "1.4g";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = "http://www.harding.motd.ca/autossh/${name}.tgz";
+    url = "http://www.harding.motd.ca/autossh/${pname}-${version}.tgz";
     sha256 = "0xqjw8df68f4kzkns5gcah61s5wk0m44qdk2z1d6388w6viwxhsz";
   };
 
@@ -15,8 +16,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ openssh ];
 
-  installPhase =
-    ''
+  installPhase = ''
       install -D -m755 autossh      $out/bin/autossh                          || return 1
       install -D -m644 CHANGES      $out/share/doc/autossh/CHANGES            || return 1
       install -D -m644 README       $out/share/doc/autossh/README             || return 1
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://www.harding.motd.ca/autossh/";
     description = "Automatically restart SSH sessions and tunnels";
+    license = licenses.bsd1;
     platforms = platforms.unix;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ pSub ];
   };