diff --git a/tools/detekt/detekt.yml b/tools/detekt/detekt.yml
index 06fddfbfd3..3634454339 100644
--- a/tools/detekt/detekt.yml
+++ b/tools/detekt/detekt.yml
@@ -82,9 +82,9 @@ performance:
 # Note: all rules for `comments` are disabled by default, but I put them here to be aware of their existence
 comments:
   AbsentOrWrongFileLicense:
-    active: false
+    active: true
     licenseTemplateFile: 'license.template'
-    licenseTemplateIsRegex: false
+    licenseTemplateIsRegex: true
   CommentOverPrivateFunction:
     active: false
   CommentOverPrivateProperty:
diff --git a/tools/detekt/license.template b/tools/detekt/license.template
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c35822ad85
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/detekt/license.template
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+/\*
+ \* Copyright \(c\) 20\d\d New Vector Ltd
+ \*
+ \* Licensed 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
+ \*
+ \*     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 specific language governing permissions and
+ \* limitations under the License\.
+ \*/