diff --git a/scripts/copyright.pl b/scripts/copyright.pl
index 466a0459bd..833c06f8d6 100755
--- a/scripts/copyright.pl
+++ b/scripts/copyright.pl
@@ -107,6 +107,9 @@ sub scanfile {
                 $found++;
             }
         }
+        if($l =~ /SPDX-License-Identifier:/) {
+            $spdx = 1;
+        }
         # allow within the first 100 lines
         if(++$line > 100) {
             last;
@@ -120,6 +123,7 @@ sub checkfile {
     my ($file) = @_;
     my $fine = 0;
     @copyright=();
+    $spdx = 0;
     my $found = scanfile($file);
 
     if($found < 1) {
@@ -131,6 +135,10 @@ sub checkfile {
         # that fine
         return 1;
     }
+    if(!$spdx) {
+        print "$file:1: missing SPDX-License-Identifier\n";
+        return 2;
+    }
 
     my $commityear = undef;
     @copyright = sort {$$b{year} cmp $$a{year}} @copyright;