diff --git a/LICENSE.header b/LICENSE.header
index 4eacb643179..60b675e3101 100644
--- a/LICENSE.header
+++ b/LICENSE.header
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
 Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
-or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
 distributed with this work for additional information
-regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
 to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
 "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
-with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
 
-http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 
 Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
 software distributed under the License is distributed on an
 "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
-KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
 specific language governing permissions and limitations
 under the License.
diff --git a/plugins/network-elements/nicira-nvp/pom.xml b/plugins/network-elements/nicira-nvp/pom.xml
index a4b4c494da9..78985f6259e 100644
--- a/plugins/network-elements/nicira-nvp/pom.xml
+++ b/plugins/network-elements/nicira-nvp/pom.xml
@@ -34,6 +34,21 @@
         <filtering>true</filtering>
       </testResource>
     </testResources>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>com.mycila</groupId>
+        <artifactId>license-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>cloudstack-checklicence</id>
+            <phase>process-classes</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>check</goal>
+            </goals>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
   </build>
 
   <profiles>
diff --git a/plugins/network-elements/opendaylight/pom.xml b/plugins/network-elements/opendaylight/pom.xml
index 47d66f60b13..03a899fd4ac 100644
--- a/plugins/network-elements/opendaylight/pom.xml
+++ b/plugins/network-elements/opendaylight/pom.xml
@@ -48,35 +48,17 @@
     </testResources>
     <plugins>
       <plugin>
-        <groupId>com.mycila.maven-license-plugin</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-license-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>1.9.0</version>
+        <groupId>com.mycila</groupId>
+        <artifactId>license-maven-plugin</artifactId>
         <executions>
           <execution>
+            <id>cloudstack-checklicence</id>
             <phase>process-classes</phase>
             <goals>
-              <goal>format</goal>
+              <goal>check</goal>
             </goals>
           </execution>
         </executions>
-        <configuration>
-          <strictCheck>true</strictCheck>
-          <aggregate>true</aggregate>
-          <header>../../../LICENSE.header</header>
-          <mapping>
-                <xml>XML_STYLE</xml>
-                <java>DOUBLESLASH_STYLE</java>
-                <clj>SEMICOLON_STYLE</clj>
-          </mapping>
-          <useDefaultExcludes>false</useDefaultExcludes>
-          <excludes>
-            <exclude>target/**</exclude>
-            <exclude>.settings/**</exclude>
-            <exclude>.checkstyle</exclude>
-            <exclude>.project</exclude>
-            <exclude>.classpath</exclude>
-          </excludes>
-        </configuration>
       </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index db88fe9adc4..9770ec7ccb9 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@
     <cs.daemon.version>1.0.10</cs.daemon.version>
     <cs.jna.version>4.0.0</cs.jna.version>
     <cs.checkstyle.version>2.11</cs.checkstyle.version>
+    <cs.mycila.license.version>2.5</cs.mycila.license.version>
   </properties>
 
   <distributionManagement>
@@ -455,6 +456,19 @@
             </execution>
           </executions>
       </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>com.mycila</groupId>
+        <artifactId>license-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>cloudstack-checklicence</id>
+            <phase>none</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>check</goal>
+            </goals>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
     </plugins>
     <pluginManagement>
       <plugins>
@@ -488,6 +502,38 @@
             <excludes>**\/deps\/,**\/test\/,**\/target\/,**\/bin\/,**\/*.xml,**\/*.ini,**\/*.sh,**\/*.bat,**\/awsapi\/,**\/XenServerJava\/,**\/apidoc\/</excludes>
           </configuration>
         </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>com.mycila</groupId>
+          <artifactId>license-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>${cs.mycila.license.version}</version>
+          <executions>
+            <execution>
+              <id>cloudstack-checklicence</id>
+              <phase>process-classes</phase>
+              <goals>
+                <goal>check</goal>
+              </goals>
+            </execution>
+          </executions>
+          <configuration>
+            <strictCheck>true</strictCheck>
+            <aggregate>true</aggregate>
+            <header>LICENSE.header</header>
+            <mapping>
+                  <xml>XML_STYLE</xml>
+                  <java>DOUBLESLASH_STYLE</java>
+                  <clj>SEMICOLON_STYLE</clj>
+            </mapping>
+            <useDefaultExcludes>false</useDefaultExcludes>
+            <excludes>
+              <exclude>**/target/**</exclude>
+              <exclude>.settings/**</exclude>
+              <exclude>.checkstyle</exclude>
+              <exclude>.project</exclude>
+              <exclude>.classpath</exclude>
+            </excludes>
+          </configuration>
+        </plugin>
         <plugin>
           <artifactId>maven-clean-plugin</artifactId>
           <configuration>