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-rw-r--r--guix/import/utils.scm8
-rw-r--r--tests/import-utils.scm32
2 files changed, 38 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/guix/import/utils.scm b/guix/import/utils.scm
index e227c2e42d..cdbcf6bfa5 100644
--- a/guix/import/utils.scm
+++ b/guix/import/utils.scm
@@ -372,8 +372,12 @@ specifications to look up and replace them with plain symbols instead."
      (match (assoc-ref meta "license")
        (#f #f)
        (l
-        (or (module-ref (resolve-interface '(guix licenses) #:prefix 'license:)
-                        (spdx-string->license l))
+        (or (false-if-exception
+             (module-ref (resolve-interface '(guix licenses))
+                         (string->symbol l)))
+            (false-if-exception
+             (module-ref (resolve-interface '(guix licenses) #:prefix 'license:)
+                         (spdx-string->license l)))
             (license:fsdg-compatible l)))))))
 
 (define* (read-lines #:optional (port (current-input-port)))
diff --git a/tests/import-utils.scm b/tests/import-utils.scm
index 2357ea5c40..874816442e 100644
--- a/tests/import-utils.scm
+++ b/tests/import-utils.scm
@@ -122,6 +122,38 @@
     (or (package-license (alist->package meta))
         'license-is-false)))
 
+(test-equal "alist->package with SPDX license name 1/2"  ;<https://bugs.gnu.org/45453>
+  license:expat
+  (let* ((meta '(("name" . "hello")
+                 ("version" . "2.10")
+                 ("source" . (("method" . "url-fetch")
+                              ("uri"    . "mirror://gnu/hello/hello-2.10.tar.gz")
+                              ("sha256" .
+                               (("base32" .
+                                 "0ssi1wpaf7plaswqqjwigppsg5fyh99vdlb9kzl7c9lng89ndq1i")))))
+                 ("build-system" . "gnu")
+                 ("home-page" . "https://gnu.org")
+                 ("synopsis" . "Say hi")
+                 ("description" . "This package says hi.")
+                 ("license" . "expat"))))
+    (package-license (alist->package meta))))
+
+(test-equal "alist->package with SPDX license name 2/2"  ;<https://bugs.gnu.org/45453>
+  license:expat
+  (let* ((meta '(("name" . "hello")
+                 ("version" . "2.10")
+                 ("source" . (("method" . "url-fetch")
+                              ("uri"    . "mirror://gnu/hello/hello-2.10.tar.gz")
+                              ("sha256" .
+                               (("base32" .
+                                 "0ssi1wpaf7plaswqqjwigppsg5fyh99vdlb9kzl7c9lng89ndq1i")))))
+                 ("build-system" . "gnu")
+                 ("home-page" . "https://gnu.org")
+                 ("synopsis" . "Say hi")
+                 ("description" . "This package says hi.")
+                 ("license" . "MIT"))))
+    (package-license (alist->package meta))))
+
 (test-equal "alist->package with dependencies"
   `(("gettext" ,(specification->package "gettext")))
   (let* ((meta '(("name" . "hello")