diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index a757552f1..14f68ad2e 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-lint:
-	@echo "gometalinter"
+lint: check-copyrights
+	@echo "Running ${@}"
 	@gometalinter.v2 \
 	--deadline=60s \
 	--disable-all \
@@ -11,12 +11,17 @@ lint:
 	--exclude=.*\.pb\.go \
 	./...
 
+check-copyrights:
+	@echo "Running ${@}"
+	@./scripts/check-for-header.sh
+
 
 proto:
 	@echo "Running ${@}"
 	./scripts/build-protos.sh
 
+
 build-dev-deps:
 	go get -u github.com/golang/protobuf/protoc-gen-go
 	go get -u gopkg.in/alecthomas/gometalinter.v2
-	gometalinter.v2 --install
\ No newline at end of file
+	gometalinter.v2 --install
diff --git a/scripts/check-for-header.sh b/scripts/check-for-header.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..ffc306228
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/check-for-header.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+FILES=$(find $PWD -type f \( -iname '*.go' ! -iname "*.pb.go" \) )
+for i in $FILES
+do
+  if ! grep -q 'Copyright' <<< "$(head -n 2 "$i")" 
+  then
+    echo " missing copyright header for $i"
+  fi
+done