diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/dev-cmd/bottle.rb b/Library/Homebrew/dev-cmd/bottle.rb
index 9574a1ba91619574ea486979718a79cb079c7aea..fb282e5f80da5b4162dd1f10b9a440131b1522c5 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/dev-cmd/bottle.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/dev-cmd/bottle.rb
@@ -535,6 +535,7 @@ module Homebrew
                     (\n^\ {3}[\S\ ]+$)*                                           # options can be in multiple lines
                   )?|
                   (homepage|desc|sha256|version|mirror|license)\ ['"][\S\ ]+['"]| # specs with a string
+                  (license)\ [^\[]+?\[[^\]]+?\]|                                  # license may contain a list
                   (revision|version_scheme)\ \d+|                                 # revision with a number
                   (stable|livecheck)\ do(\n+^\ {4}[\S\ ]+$)*\n+^\ {2}end          # components with blocks
                 )\n+                                                              # multiple empty lines