diff --git a/rewrite-javascript/build.gradle.kts b/rewrite-javascript/build.gradle.kts
index 0b8e4687..03351344 100644
--- a/rewrite-javascript/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/rewrite-javascript/build.gradle.kts
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import com.hierynomus.gradle.license.tasks.LicenseCheck
+
 plugins {
     id("org.openrewrite.build.language-library")
 }
@@ -24,6 +26,10 @@ dependencies {
     testRuntimeOnly("org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-engine:latest.release")
 }
 
+tasks.withType<LicenseCheck> {
+    include("*.java")
+}
+
 // FIXME disable all tests for now until the parser tests have been moved to JavaScript
 tasks.withType<Test> {
     enabled = false