diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 96c84855..df647ef0 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -3,8 +3,13 @@ check:
 	@yarn install --prefer-offline
 	-@./bin/setup
 
+.PHONE: licence
+licence:
+	./node_modules/.bin/license-to-fail ./licence.js
+	make licence-check
+
 SUBDIRS := $(dir $(wildcard */Makefile))
-TARGETS := install clean test test-ci lint lint-ci # whatever else, but must not contain '/'
+TARGETS := install clean test test-ci lint lint-ci licence-check# whatever else, but must not contain '/'
 
 # foo/.all bar/.all foo/.clean bar/.clean
 SUBDIRS_TARGETS := \
diff --git a/cloudapi-graphql/Makefile b/cloudapi-graphql/Makefile
index 8bdaf473..f4312ebe 100644
--- a/cloudapi-graphql/Makefile
+++ b/cloudapi-graphql/Makefile
@@ -48,3 +48,7 @@ lint:
 lint-ci:
 	mkdir -p $(XUNIT_DIR)
 	-$(bindir)/eslint . --format tap | $(XUNIT) $(XUNIT_OUTPUT)-lint.xml
+
+.PHONY: licence-check
+licence-check:
+	../node_modules/.bin/license-to-fail ../licence.js
diff --git a/frontend/Makefile b/frontend/Makefile
index 97eab1ff..bf505633 100644
--- a/frontend/Makefile
+++ b/frontend/Makefile
@@ -63,3 +63,7 @@ lint:
 lint-ci:
 	mkdir -p $(XUNIT_DIR)
 	-$(bindir)/eslint . --format tap | $(XUNIT) $(XUNIT_OUTPUT)-lint.xml
+
+.PHONY: licence-check
+licence-check:
+	../node_modules/.bin/license-to-fail ../licence.js
diff --git a/nginx/Makefile b/nginx/Makefile
index 6505b6ea..59869a1a 100644
--- a/nginx/Makefile
+++ b/nginx/Makefile
@@ -31,3 +31,6 @@ lint:
 
 .PHONY: lint-ci
 lint-ci:
+
+.PHONY: licence-check
+lint-ci:
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 40f62fd9..538e8eaf 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@
     "prepush": "make test"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "husky": "^0.11.9"
+    "husky": "^0.11.9",
+    "license-to-fail": "^2.2.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "tap-xunit": "^1.4.0"
diff --git a/ui/Makefile b/ui/Makefile
index 49427d20..4c6e60a9 100644
--- a/ui/Makefile
+++ b/ui/Makefile
@@ -69,3 +69,7 @@ lint-ci:
 .PHONY: publish
 publish:
 	docker build --build-arg NPM_TOKEN=${NPM_TOKEN} --build-arg CIRCLE_BUILD_NUM=${CIRCLE_BUILD_NUM} -f Dockerfile.build .
+
+.PHONY: licence-check
+licence-check:
+	../node_modules/.bin/license-to-fail ../licence.js