diff --git a/lib/default.nix b/lib/default.nix
index 63a31101eee7..0ff3a3980745 100644
--- a/lib/default.nix
+++ b/lib/default.nix
@@ -123,7 +123,8 @@ let
     inherit (self.derivations) lazyDerivation optionalDrvAttr;
     inherit (self.meta) addMetaAttrs dontDistribute setName updateName
       appendToName mapDerivationAttrset setPrio lowPrio lowPrioSet hiPrio
-      hiPrioSet getLicenseFromSpdxId getLicenseFromSpdxIdOr getExe getExe';
+      hiPrioSet licensesSpdx getLicenseFromSpdxId getLicenseFromSpdxIdOr
+      getExe getExe';
     inherit (self.filesystem) pathType pathIsDirectory pathIsRegularFile
       packagesFromDirectoryRecursive;
     inherit (self.sources) cleanSourceFilter
diff --git a/lib/meta.nix b/lib/meta.nix
index ddd062f38c47..57f3a46d0698 100644
--- a/lib/meta.nix
+++ b/lib/meta.nix
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 let
   inherit (lib) matchAttrs any all isDerivation getBin assertMsg;
+  inherit (lib.attrsets) mapAttrs' filterAttrs;
   inherit (builtins) isString match typeOf;
 
 in
@@ -289,7 +290,8 @@ rec {
   /**
     Mapping of SPDX ID to the attributes in lib.licenses.
 
-    For SPDX IDs, see https://spdx.org/licenses
+    For SPDX IDs, see https://spdx.org/licenses.
+    Note that some SPDX licenses might be missing.
 
     # Examples
     :::{.example}
@@ -305,18 +307,19 @@ rec {
     :::
   */
   licensesSpdx =
-    lib.attrsets.mapAttrs'
+    mapAttrs'
     (_key: license: {
       name = license.spdxId;
       value = license;
     })
-    (lib.attrsets.filterAttrs (_key: license: license ? spdxId) lib.licenses);
+    (filterAttrs (_key: license: license ? spdxId) lib.licenses);
 
   /**
     Get the corresponding attribute in lib.licenses from the SPDX ID
     or warn and fallback to `{ shortName = <license string>; }`.
 
-    For SPDX IDs, see https://spdx.org/licenses
+    For SPDX IDs, see https://spdx.org/licenses.
+    Note that some SPDX licenses might be missing.
 
     # Type
 
@@ -351,7 +354,8 @@ rec {
     Get the corresponding attribute in lib.licenses from the SPDX ID
     or fallback to the given default value.
 
-    For SPDX IDs, see https://spdx.org/licenses
+    For SPDX IDs, see https://spdx.org/licenses.
+    Note that some SPDX licenses might be missing.
 
     # Inputs