diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 2fbfdae7fc6..d0e7eae5f2c 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ buildscript {
         classpath "javax.xml.bind:jaxb-api:$jaxbApiVersion"
         classpath "com.sun.xml.bind:jaxb-impl:$jaxbImplVersion"
         classpath "org.codehaus.groovy.modules.http-builder:http-builder:0.7.2"
+        classpath("gradle.plugin.com.hierynomus.gradle.plugins:license-gradle-plugin:0.16.1")
     }
 }
 
@@ -295,6 +296,7 @@ allprojects {
             }
         }
     }
+    apply from: rootProject.layout.projectDirectory.file('gradle/dependency-licenses.gradle')
 }
 
 apply from: "gradle/idea.gradle"
diff --git a/gradle/dependency-licenses.gradle b/gradle/dependency-licenses.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b857a00c7fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradle/dependency-licenses.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+apply plugin: 'com.github.hierynomus.license-report'
+
+List<String> licenseExclusions = rootProject.subprojects.collect {
+    "org.grails:${it.name}:${rootProject.projectVersion}" as String
+}
+
+downloadLicenses {
+    includeProjectDependencies = true
+    dependencyConfiguration = 'runtimeClasspath'
+    excludeDependencies = licenseExclusions
+}
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