diff --git a/0001-accept-license-as-pkgname.patch b/0001-accept-license-as-pkgname.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ad31f5515
--- /dev/null
+++ b/0001-accept-license-as-pkgname.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+diff --git a/Namcap/rules/licensepkg.py b/Namcap/rules/licensepkg.py
+index b4640b6..740ef71 100644
+--- a/Namcap/rules/licensepkg.py
++++ b/Namcap/rules/licensepkg.py
+@@ -172,8 +172,10 @@ def package_license_files(tar: TarFile | None, pkgname: str) -> tuple[dict[str,
+         if (
+             member.isfile()
+             and not member.issym()
+-            and member.name.startswith(f"usr/share/licenses/{pkgname}/")
+-            and member.name != f"usr/share/licenses/{pkgname}"
++            and (
++                member.name.startswith(f"usr/share/licenses/{pkgname}/")
++                or member.name == f"usr/share/licenses/{pkgname}"
++            )
+         ):
+             files[member.name] = True
+         # the license is a symlink, we'll check later
diff --git a/PKGBUILD b/PKGBUILD
index 97b6c2cde..d83a95764 100644
--- a/PKGBUILD
+++ b/PKGBUILD
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 pkgname=namcap
 pkgver=3.5.2
-pkgrel=4
+pkgrel=5
 pkgdesc='A Pacman package analyzer'
 arch=(any)
 url="https://gitlab.archlinux.org/pacman/$pkgname"
@@ -16,10 +16,14 @@ depends=(licenses
 checkdepends=(python-pytest python-six)
 makedepends=(python-build python-installer python-wheel python-setuptools)
 _archive="$pkgname-$pkgver"
-source=("$url/-/releases/$pkgver/downloads/$_archive.tar.bz2")
-sha256sums=('fbd3b1f0777fe457afd3dbb1f55de8adbaeb50257492626bcffd1a3eef67d618')
+source=("$url/-/releases/$pkgver/downloads/$_archive.tar.bz2"
+        "0001-accept-license-as-pkgname.patch")
+sha256sums=('fbd3b1f0777fe457afd3dbb1f55de8adbaeb50257492626bcffd1a3eef67d618'
+            '6c282966f8f0af92497024c569e978bab1591e8a2eefd540d6708ba1de393f1e')
 
 prepare() {
+  _patch_ "$_archive"
+
   cd "$_archive"
   find . -type f -exec sed -i "s/gcc /cc /g; s/'glibc'/'musl'/g; s/'i686' 'x86_64'/'i686' 'x86_64' 'aarch64' 'riscv64' 'loongarch64'/g" {} \;
   sed -i 's/glibc/musl/g' Namcap/tests/test_depends.py