diff --git a/third_party/devscripts/licensecheck.pl b/third_party/devscripts/licensecheck.pl
index 983043562ff79..fc476af3d93e2 100755
--- a/third_party/devscripts/licensecheck.pl
+++ b/third_party/devscripts/licensecheck.pl
@@ -434,6 +434,10 @@ sub parselicense($) {
 	$license = "MIT/X11 (BSD like) $license";
     }
 
+    if ($licensetext  =~ /This file is distributed under the University of Illinois Open Source License/){
+	$license = "University of Illinois/NCSA Open Source License (BSD like) $license";
+    }
+
     if ($licensetext  =~ /Permission to use, copy, modify, and(\/or)? distribute this software (and its documentation )?for any purpose (with or )?without fee is hereby granted, provided.*(copyright|entire) notice.*all copies/) {
 	$license = "ISC $license";
     }
diff --git a/tools/checklicenses/checklicenses.py b/tools/checklicenses/checklicenses.py
index 57cb29c4d648c..fc80024dcc79b 100755
--- a/tools/checklicenses/checklicenses.py
+++ b/tools/checklicenses/checklicenses.py
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ WHITELISTED_LICENSES = [
     'libpng',
     'zlib/libpng',
     'SGI Free Software License B',
+    'University of Illinois/NCSA Open Source License (BSD like)',
 ]