diff --git a/src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHLicense.java b/src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHLicense.java
index 89cc08cf2a..be9bb48fd2 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHLicense.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHLicense.java
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ public class GHLicense extends GHObject {
 
     /** The name. */
     // these fields are always present, even in the short form
-    protected String key, name;
+    protected String key, name, spdxId;
 
     /** The featured. */
     // the rest is only after populated
@@ -85,6 +85,15 @@ public String getName() {
         return name;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Gets SPDX ID.
+     *
+     * @return the spdx id
+     */
+    public String getSpdxId() {
+        return spdxId;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Featured licenses are bold in the new repository drop-down.
      *
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHLicenseTest.java b/src/test/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHLicenseTest.java
index 0ae1730b0f..fc47e72068 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHLicenseTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHLicenseTest.java
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ public void getLicense() throws IOException {
         GHLicense license = gitHub.getLicense(key);
         assertThat(license, notNullValue());
         assertThat("The name is correct", license.getName(), equalTo("MIT License"));
+        assertThat("The SPDX ID is correct", license.getSpdxId(), is(equalTo("MIT")));
         assertThat("The HTML URL is correct",
                 license.getHtmlUrl(),
                 equalTo(new URL("http://choosealicense.com/licenses/mit/")));
@@ -111,6 +112,7 @@ public void checkRepositoryLicense() throws IOException {
         GHLicense license = repo.getLicense();
         assertThat("The license is populated", license, notNullValue());
         assertThat("The key is correct", license.getKey(), equalTo("mit"));
+        assertThat("The SPDX ID is correct", license.getSpdxId(), is(equalTo("MIT")));
         assertThat("The name is correct", license.getName(), equalTo("MIT License"));
         assertThat("The URL is correct",
                 license.getUrl(),
@@ -129,6 +131,7 @@ public void checkRepositoryLicenseAtom() throws IOException {
         GHLicense license = repo.getLicense();
         assertThat("The license is populated", license, notNullValue());
         assertThat("The key is correct", license.getKey(), equalTo("mit"));
+        assertThat("The SPDX ID is correct", license.getSpdxId(), is(equalTo("MIT")));
         assertThat("The name is correct", license.getName(), equalTo("MIT License"));
         assertThat("The URL is correct",
                 license.getUrl(),
@@ -148,6 +151,7 @@ public void checkRepositoryLicensePomes() throws IOException {
         GHLicense license = repo.getLicense();
         assertThat("The license is populated", license, notNullValue());
         assertThat("The key is correct", license.getKey(), equalTo("apache-2.0"));
+        assertThat("The SPDX ID is correct", license.getSpdxId(), is(equalTo("Apache-2.0")));
         assertThat("The name is correct", license.getName(), equalTo("Apache License 2.0"));
         assertThat("The URL is correct",
                 license.getUrl(),
@@ -181,6 +185,7 @@ public void checkRepositoryFullLicense() throws IOException {
         GHLicense license = repo.getLicense();
         assertThat("The license is populated", license, notNullValue());
         assertThat("The key is correct", license.getKey(), equalTo("mit"));
+        assertThat("The SPDX ID is correct", license.getSpdxId(), is(equalTo("MIT")));
         assertThat("The name is correct", license.getName(), equalTo("MIT License"));
         assertThat("The URL is correct",
                 license.getUrl(),