diff --git a/build/make/configure.sh b/build/make/configure.sh
index 009a6c4245f6ba1d6f6782f9705eab6881f97957..1bb50af6d276c4675ba3bc9ac343ffdf46dff271 100755
--- a/build/make/configure.sh
+++ b/build/make/configure.sh
@@ -340,7 +340,8 @@ EOF
 }
 
 write_common_config_banner() {
-    echo '# This file automatically generated by configure. Do not edit!' > config.mk
+    print_webm_license config.mk "##" ""
+    echo '# This file automatically generated by configure. Do not edit!' >> config.mk
     echo "TOOLCHAIN := ${toolchain}" >> config.mk
 
     case ${toolchain} in
@@ -367,8 +368,9 @@ true
 write_common_target_config_mk() {
     local CC=${CC}
     enabled ccache && CC="ccache ${CC}"
+    print_webm_license $1 "##" ""
 
-    cat > $1 << EOF
+    cat >> $1 << EOF
 # This file automatically generated by configure. Do not edit!
 SRC_PATH="$source_path"
 SRC_PATH_BARE=$source_path
@@ -410,7 +412,8 @@ EOF
 
 
 write_common_target_config_h() {
-    cat > ${TMP_H} << EOF
+    print_webm_license ${TMP_H} "/*" " */"
+    cat >> ${TMP_H} << EOF
 /* This file automatically generated by configure. Do not edit! */
 #ifndef VPX_CONFIG_H
 #define VPX_CONFIG_H
@@ -1031,6 +1034,22 @@ print_config_h() {
     done
 }
 
+print_webm_license() {
+    local destination=$1
+    local prefix=$2
+    local suffix=$3
+    shift 3
+    cat <<EOF > ${destination}
+${prefix} Copyright (c) 2011 The WebM project authors. All Rights Reserved.${suffix}
+${prefix} ${suffix}
+${prefix} Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license${suffix}
+${prefix} that can be found in the LICENSE file in the root of the source${suffix}
+${prefix} tree. An additional intellectual property rights grant can be found${suffix}
+${prefix} in the file PATENTS.  All contributing project authors may${suffix}
+${prefix} be found in the AUTHORS file in the root of the source tree.${suffix}
+EOF
+}
+
 process_targets() {
     true;
 }
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 3487832897998dd6d102931cee85e7091ba71952..df538bf62bf7453373971f11b271a51a9fd37c2a 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -562,7 +562,8 @@ process_toolchain() {
 ##
 CONFIGURE_ARGS="$@"
 process "$@"
-cat <<EOF > ${BUILD_PFX}vpx_config.c
+print_webm_license ${BUILD_PFX}vpx_config.c "/*" " */"
+cat <<EOF >> ${BUILD_PFX}vpx_config.c
 static const char* const cfg = "$CONFIGURE_ARGS";
 const char *vpx_codec_build_config(void) {return cfg;}
 EOF