diff --git a/.golangci.yml b/.golangci.yml
index 4fd7b93f1b1..fc9f9e0fda0 100755
--- a/.golangci.yml
+++ b/.golangci.yml
@@ -66,9 +66,19 @@ linters:
     - wastedassign # wastedassign finds wasted assignment statements.
     - gomodguard # check for blocked dependencies
     - prealloc # Finds slice declarations that could potentially be pre-allocated
+    - depguard
 
 # all available settings of specific linters
 linters-settings:
+  depguard:
+    rules:
+      apache-licensed-code:
+        list-mode: lax
+        files:
+          - '!**/x-pack/**/*.go'
+        deny:
+          - pkg: github.com/elastic/beats/v7/x-pack
+            desc: Apache 2.0 licensed code cannot depend on Elastic licensed code (x-pack/).
   errcheck:
     # report about not checking of errors in type assertions: `a := b.(MyStruct)`;
     check-type-assertions: false