diff --git a/scripts/check_license.sh b/scripts/check_license.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..c88d3cacb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/check_license.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+licRes=$(
+for file in $(find . -type f -iname '*.go' ! -path './internal/*'); do
+	head -n3 "${file}" | grep -Eq "(Copyright|generated|GENERATED)" || echo -e "  ${file}"
+done;)
+if [ -n "${licRes}" ]; then
+	echo -e "license header checking failed:\n${licRes}"
+	exit 255
+fi