diff --git a/cabal2nix/src/Distribution/Nixpkgs/Haskell/FromCabal/License.hs b/cabal2nix/src/Distribution/Nixpkgs/Haskell/FromCabal/License.hs
index 0ac50858..6c3b948b 100644
--- a/cabal2nix/src/Distribution/Nixpkgs/Haskell/FromCabal/License.hs
+++ b/cabal2nix/src/Distribution/Nixpkgs/Haskell/FromCabal/License.hs
@@ -53,7 +53,8 @@ fromSPDXLicense (SPDX.License expr) =
     SPDX.ELicense simpl Nothing ->
       -- Not handled: license exceptions
       case simpl of
-        SPDX.ELicenseId lid -> Known ("lib.licensesSpdx.\"" ++ prettyShow lid ++ "\"")
+        -- FIXME(@sternenseemann): this is not exactly Known, but a best effort lookup
+        SPDX.ELicenseId lid -> Known ("lib.meta.getLicenseFromSpdxId \"" ++ prettyShow lid ++ "\"")
         _ ->
           -- Not handed: the '+' suffix and user-defined licences references.
           -- Use the SPDX expression as a free-form license string.
diff --git a/cabal2nix/test/golden-test-cases/pandoc.nix.golden b/cabal2nix/test/golden-test-cases/pandoc.nix.golden
index 9401f421..53b29dfa 100644
--- a/cabal2nix/test/golden-test-cases/pandoc.nix.golden
+++ b/cabal2nix/test/golden-test-cases/pandoc.nix.golden
@@ -49,6 +49,6 @@ mkDerivation {
   ];
   homepage = "https://pandoc.org";
   description = "Conversion between markup formats";
-  license = lib.licensesSpdx."GPL-2.0-or-later";
+  license = lib.meta.getLicenseFromSpdxId "GPL-2.0-or-later";
   mainProgram = "pandoc";
 }