diff --git a/guh.pro b/guh.pro
index c790e036..9f4c80c2 100644
--- a/guh.pro
+++ b/guh.pro
@@ -8,4 +8,9 @@ tests.depends = libguh
 
 doc.depends = libguh server
 doc.commands = cd $$top_srcdir/doc; qdoc config.qdocconf
-QMAKE_EXTRA_TARGETS += doc
+
+licensecheck.commands = $$top_srcdir/tests/auto/checklicenseheaders.sh $$top_srcdir
+
+test.depends = licensecheck check
+
+QMAKE_EXTRA_TARGETS += licensecheck doc test
diff --git a/tests/auto/checklicenseheaders.sh b/tests/auto/checklicenseheaders.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..507176bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/auto/checklicenseheaders.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+results=`licensecheck -r -c '\.(cpp|h)$' $1 | grep -v "GPL (v2)"`
+if test -z "$results"; then
+  exit 0
+else
+  echo "*** License check failed. Offending files:"
+  licensecheck -r -c '\.(cpp|h)$' $1 | grep -v "GPL (v2)"
+  exit 1
+fi
+