diff --git a/utils/spdx/src/test/kotlin/SpdxExpressionTest.kt b/utils/spdx/src/test/kotlin/SpdxExpressionTest.kt
index 4d9ebd53a4a85..c164af78cd597 100644
--- a/utils/spdx/src/test/kotlin/SpdxExpressionTest.kt
+++ b/utils/spdx/src/test/kotlin/SpdxExpressionTest.kt
@@ -643,6 +643,18 @@ class SpdxExpressionTest : WordSpec({
 
             result shouldBe "a AND (c OR d) AND a".toSpdx()
         }
+
+        "given expressions should match semantically equivalent license expressions" {
+            val expression = "a OR b".toSpdx()
+
+            val choices = listOf(
+                SpdxLicenseChoice("b OR a".toSpdx(), "a".toSpdx())
+            )
+
+            val result = expression.applyChoices(choices)
+
+            result shouldBe "a".toSpdx()
+        }
     }
 
     "equals()" should {
diff --git a/utils/spdx/src/test/kotlin/SpdxLicenseChoiceTest.kt b/utils/spdx/src/test/kotlin/SpdxLicenseChoiceTest.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..f6720bd9e367f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/spdx/src/test/kotlin/SpdxLicenseChoiceTest.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2024 The ORT Project Authors (see <https://github.com/oss-review-toolkit/ort/blob/main/NOTICE>)
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ * License-Filename: LICENSE
+ */
+
+package org.ossreviewtoolkit.utils.spdx
+
+import io.kotest.assertions.assertSoftly
+import io.kotest.assertions.throwables.shouldThrow
+import io.kotest.core.spec.style.WordSpec
+import io.kotest.matchers.Matcher
+import io.kotest.matchers.be
+import io.kotest.matchers.collections.containExactly
+import io.kotest.matchers.collections.containExactlyInAnyOrder
+import io.kotest.matchers.neverNullMatcher
+import io.kotest.matchers.should
+import io.kotest.matchers.shouldBe
+import io.kotest.matchers.shouldNotBe
+
+import org.ossreviewtoolkit.model.fromYaml
+import org.ossreviewtoolkit.model.toYaml
+import org.ossreviewtoolkit.utils.spdx.SpdxExpression.Strictness
+import org.ossreviewtoolkit.utils.spdx.SpdxLicense.*
+import org.ossreviewtoolkit.utils.spdx.SpdxLicenseException.*
+
+class SpdxLicenseChoiceTest : WordSpec({
+    "A given expression" should {
+        "be matched semantically" {
+            val MIT = "MIT".toSpdx()
+
+            SpdxLicenseChoice(
+                given = "GPL-3.0-only OR MIT".toSpdx(),
+                choice = MIT
+            )
+
+            SpdxLicenseChoice(
+                given = "GPL-3.0-only OR MIT".toSpdx(),
+                choice = MIT
+            )
+        }
+    }
+})