diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 49e42bf330b31389cce08b11c3605271cc610c02..75cff8ddd96536b1a457b2f3563a076019de1c1c 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 ## Process this file with automake to produce Makefile.in
 
+## Copyright (C) 2005-2011 Red Hat, Inc.
+## See COPYING.LIB for the License of this software
+
 LCOV = lcov
 GENHTML = genhtml
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index ac34efc4f1c28d2b5d9becb5d215e983f4ea363a..36037e5aa3db6deb0a25c2a12d607325c24c1880 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 dnl Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
 
+dnl Copyright (C) 2005-2011 Red Hat, Inc.
+dnl See COPYING.LIB for the License of this software
+
 AC_INIT([libvirt], [0.9.3], [libvir-list@redhat.com], [], [http://libvirt.org])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/libvirt.c])
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([build-aux])
diff --git a/daemon/Makefile.am b/daemon/Makefile.am
index 63c731efb5d7583e4c04d71bec693f110aaa8341..65ac8e9724abad04db4a7075ddb45b686d51183b 100644
--- a/daemon/Makefile.am
+++ b/daemon/Makefile.am
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 ## Process this file with automake to produce Makefile.in
 
+## Copyright (C) 2005-2011 Red Hat, Inc.
+## See COPYING.LIB for the License of this software
+
 CLEANFILES =
 
 DAEMON_GENERATED =					\
diff --git a/docs/Makefile.am b/docs/Makefile.am
index de649fe5c96d28dfcd7bd69f2b2e1897a0a32fa3..50a199f22c779e50e198180ad84cac53a2cec256 100644
--- a/docs/Makefile.am
+++ b/docs/Makefile.am
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 ## Process this file with automake to produce Makefile.in
+
+## Copyright (C) 2005-2011 Red Hat, Inc.
+## See COPYING.LIB for the License of this software
+
 SUBDIRS= schemas
 
 PERL = perl
diff --git a/docs/schemas/Makefile.am b/docs/schemas/Makefile.am
index 75a0e7371ba29e187d77f870500cd483369ae6fb..596c2079816515de12a82c5a833a78b274558c7e 100644
--- a/docs/schemas/Makefile.am
+++ b/docs/schemas/Makefile.am
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-
+## Copyright (C) 2005-2011 Red Hat, Inc.
+## See COPYING.LIB for the License of this software
 
 schemadir = $(pkgdatadir)/schemas
 schema_DATA = \
diff --git a/examples/apparmor/Makefile.am b/examples/apparmor/Makefile.am
index b72bbe116e16fe2eacbc7f4b5cd5409734984578..0bc66ac0d7fbc7146ea0aa8132de3865195af073 100644
--- a/examples/apparmor/Makefile.am
+++ b/examples/apparmor/Makefile.am
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+## Copyright (C) 2005-2011 Red Hat, Inc.
+## See COPYING.LIB for the License of this software
+
 EXTRA_DIST=				\
 	TEMPLATE			\
 	libvirt-qemu			\
diff --git a/examples/domain-events/events-c/Makefile.am b/examples/domain-events/events-c/Makefile.am
index 176892bbc89480c941dd40cc24d6f20e96acc83a..2bcbca07cca89108d8b7740f983c12950cb73d45 100644
--- a/examples/domain-events/events-c/Makefile.am
+++ b/examples/domain-events/events-c/Makefile.am
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+## Copyright (C) 2005-2011 Red Hat, Inc.
+## See COPYING.LIB for the License of this software
+
 INCLUDES = -I$(top_builddir)/include -I$(top_srcdir)/include \
 	   -I$(top_builddir)/gnulib/lib -I$(top_srcdir)/gnulib/lib
 noinst_PROGRAMS = event-test
diff --git a/examples/dominfo/Makefile.am b/examples/dominfo/Makefile.am
index 678de684e54c0cbf26ffaf23b418ca913035cf53..07982b0aa7098a84bdc0d96567845ffd1a3ae296 100644
--- a/examples/dominfo/Makefile.am
+++ b/examples/dominfo/Makefile.am
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+## Copyright (C) 2005-2011 Red Hat, Inc.
+## See COPYING.LIB for the License of this software
 
 INCLUDES = -I$(top_builddir)/include -I$(top_srcdir)/include -I@srcdir@/include
 LDADDS = $(STATIC_BINARIES) $(WARN_CFLAGS) $(top_builddir)/src/libvirt.la \
diff --git a/examples/domsuspend/Makefile.am b/examples/domsuspend/Makefile.am
index 2c277a4735c7a0565f1dd785304ddde0da663ff6..fc5e9319a80f333a6fafe815124714e2f6d993e4 100644
--- a/examples/domsuspend/Makefile.am
+++ b/examples/domsuspend/Makefile.am
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+## Copyright (C) 2005-2011 Red Hat, Inc.
+## See COPYING.LIB for the License of this software
 
 INCLUDES = -I$(top_builddir)/include -I$(top_srcdir)/include -I@srcdir@/include
 LDADDS = $(STATIC_BINARIES) $(WARN_CFLAGS) $(top_builddir)/src/libvirt.la \
diff --git a/examples/hellolibvirt/Makefile.am b/examples/hellolibvirt/Makefile.am
index 8d108a710adddd7928b6b433a7106f741da6fa57..a55fe191a8877bd4471395b3bd39f4c5785ed302 100644
--- a/examples/hellolibvirt/Makefile.am
+++ b/examples/hellolibvirt/Makefile.am
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+## Copyright (C) 2005-2011 Red Hat, Inc.
+## See COPYING.LIB for the License of this software
+
 INCLUDES = -I$(top_builddir)/include -I$(top_srcdir)/include
 noinst_PROGRAMS = hellolibvirt
 hellolibvirt_CFLAGS = $(WARN_CFLAGS)
diff --git a/examples/openauth/Makefile.am b/examples/openauth/Makefile.am
index 279a032ab74f03eb58f72143787688a6164ca003..844b572804c7cb7c4a578c917681609310f3edc9 100644
--- a/examples/openauth/Makefile.am
+++ b/examples/openauth/Makefile.am
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+## Copyright (C) 2005-2011 Red Hat, Inc.
+## See COPYING.LIB for the License of this software
+
 INCLUDES = -I$(top_builddir)/include -I$(top_srcdir)/include
 noinst_PROGRAMS = openauth
 openauth_CFLAGS = $(WARN_CFLAGS)
diff --git a/examples/python/Makefile.am b/examples/python/Makefile.am
index dcd2c244913c231e9bf311cfb5a8cf8fbd57fbf0..d782a28bfd7a560506ba5a6ffe44b22dc3bd8240 100644
--- a/examples/python/Makefile.am
+++ b/examples/python/Makefile.am
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+## Copyright (C) 2005-2011 Red Hat, Inc.
+## See COPYING.LIB for the License of this software
+
 EXTRA_DIST=						\
 	README						\
 	dominfo.py domrestore.py domsave.py domstart.py esxlist.py
diff --git a/examples/systemtap/Makefile.am b/examples/systemtap/Makefile.am
index 084081e541ab5c6cc759581ccf6beee0f3a9be15..6eb05467e9497f4b54896860b7aa4244f98365d4 100644
--- a/examples/systemtap/Makefile.am
+++ b/examples/systemtap/Makefile.am
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
+## Copyright (C) 2005-2011 Red Hat, Inc.
+## See COPYING.LIB for the License of this software
 
 EXTRA_DIST = client.stp
diff --git a/examples/xml/nwfilter/Makefile.am b/examples/xml/nwfilter/Makefile.am
index 439e7b885bf378852649bcd0578c22d0310a68a1..23fd753a0b0b104cc0b4868afdd664533283f705 100644
--- a/examples/xml/nwfilter/Makefile.am
+++ b/examples/xml/nwfilter/Makefile.am
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+## Copyright (C) 2005-2011 Red Hat, Inc.
+## See COPYING.LIB for the License of this software
 
 FILTERS = \
 	allow-arp.xml \
diff --git a/include/Makefile.am b/include/Makefile.am
index d075971d2dd5007d354b11e967fa5854e5709d3e..426762cec98fe1448c61916554f9b5cf041e6dc8 100644
--- a/include/Makefile.am
+++ b/include/Makefile.am
@@ -1,2 +1,6 @@
 ## Process this file with automake to produce Makefile.in
+
+## Copyright (C) 2005-2011 Red Hat, Inc.
+## See COPYING.LIB for the License of this software
+
 SUBDIRS=libvirt
diff --git a/include/libvirt/Makefile.am b/include/libvirt/Makefile.am
index b2c2b7671811fde9378713993fdeddd5bc1e85c3..8f36ae8654893fc3f11fae6ae42ae64f9fc3f8c6 100644
--- a/include/libvirt/Makefile.am
+++ b/include/libvirt/Makefile.am
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 ## Process this file with automake to produce Makefile.in
 
+## Copyright (C) 2005-2011 Red Hat, Inc.
+## See COPYING.LIB for the License of this software
+
 virincdir = $(includedir)/libvirt
 
 virinc_HEADERS = libvirt.h		\
diff --git a/python/Makefile.am b/python/Makefile.am
index 51f005db40e72bcf6138f9c66ca3ed73eac6115c..0e14d233149b126b20218b1757d3363d9fc1b993 100644
--- a/python/Makefile.am
+++ b/python/Makefile.am
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 # Makefile for libvirt python library
 
+## Copyright (C) 2005-2011 Red Hat, Inc.
+## See COPYING.LIB for the License of this software
+
 SUBDIRS= . tests
 
 INCLUDES = \
diff --git a/python/tests/Makefile.am b/python/tests/Makefile.am
index 28e24ba4cd0ca8a02a73945a2fd88c4e542df018..2a5bc62fdd91ffd15d9bcbe5b703fbd50057a5ef 100644
--- a/python/tests/Makefile.am
+++ b/python/tests/Makefile.am
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+## Copyright (C) 2005-2011 Red Hat, Inc.
+## See COPYING.LIB for the License of this software
+
 EXAMPLE_DIR = $(datadir)/doc/libvirt-python-$(LIBVIRT_VERSION)/examples
 
 PYTESTS=		\
diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index 46b92a8257f00701337f84aa39fd2cc5ec1da5e9..00307fa60f9060e3663ab2bdbab3735be3f4310d 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 ## Process this file with automake to produce Makefile.in
 
+## Copyright (C) 2005-2011 Red Hat, Inc.
+## See COPYING.LIB for the License of this software
+
 # No libraries with the exception of LIBXML should be listed
 # here. List them against the individual XXX_la_CFLAGS targets
 # that actually use them
diff --git a/tests/Makefile.am b/tests/Makefile.am
index 872aa2299a949c0fe1151b62b2a78ff9778e1522..1560ac1c3e8b451aede94430141d46dc1bc450b3 100644
--- a/tests/Makefile.am
+++ b/tests/Makefile.am
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 ## Process this file with automake to produce Makefile.in
 
+## Copyright (C) 2005-2011 Red Hat, Inc.
+## See COPYING.LIB for the License of this software
+
 SHELL = $(PREFERABLY_POSIX_SHELL)
 
 INCLUDES = \
diff --git a/tools/Makefile.am b/tools/Makefile.am
index 62c275ead35fab806a0c9c96ef9e67cf5ea30b7d..66d4ed2d637d87cadc6084a08a7f40fb644b2d55 100644
--- a/tools/Makefile.am
+++ b/tools/Makefile.am
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+## Copyright (C) 2005-2011 Red Hat, Inc.
+## See COPYING.LIB for the License of this software
 
 POD2MAN = pod2man -c "Virtualization Support" -r "$(PACKAGE)-$(VERSION)"