diff --git a/guix/licenses.scm b/guix/licenses.scm
index deafe847db82b4c69c6bb3b9c9e06082afca62b7..ab2ad3f16981184de548dca07a44001e19abd3b8 100644
--- a/guix/licenses.scm
+++ b/guix/licenses.scm
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ (define-module (guix licenses)
             perl-license
             psfl public-domain
             qpl
+            qwt1.0
             repoze
             ruby
             sgifreeb2.0
@@ -555,6 +556,11 @@ (define qpl
            "http://directory.fsf.org/wiki/License:QPLv1.0"
            "http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#QPL"))
 
+(define qwt1.0
+  (license "QWT 1.0"
+           "http://qwt.sourceforge.net/qwtlicense.html"
+           "GNU Lesser General Public License with exceptions"))
+
 (define repoze
   (license "Repoze"
            "http://repoze.org/LICENSE.txt"