diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 873a18d..7446e22 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -1,3 +1,20 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You 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
+ *
+ *      http://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.
+ */
+
 buildscript {
     repositories {
         jcenter()
@@ -14,6 +31,7 @@
 
 plugins {
     id "com.github.hierynomus.license" version "0.13.1"
+    id("org.nosphere.apache.rat") version "0.3.1"
 }
 
 group 'org.apache.fineract.cn'
@@ -76,3 +94,16 @@
         yaml = 'SCRIPT_STYLE'
     }
 }
+
+rat {
+    // List of exclude directives, defaults to ['**/.gradle/**']
+    excludes = [
+            "**/.idea/**",
+            "**/.gradle/**",
+            "**/gradle/**",
+            "**/build/**",
+            "gradlew",
+            "gradlew.bat",
+            "README.md"
+    ]
+}
diff --git a/settings.gradle b/settings.gradle
index 492a9ff..c9f6604 100644
--- a/settings.gradle
+++ b/settings.gradle
@@ -1,2 +1,19 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You 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
+ *
+ *      http://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.
+ */
+
 rootProject.name = 'data-jpa'