diff --git a/lib/pom.xml b/lib/pom.xml
index 5759aa4493..af013eab85 100644
--- a/lib/pom.xml
+++ b/lib/pom.xml
@@ -844,8 +844,7 @@
                     <configLocation>onos/checkstyle-mvn.xml</configLocation>
                     <suppressionsLocation>onos/suppressions.xml
                     </suppressionsLocation>
-                    <headerLocation>onos/onos-java.header
-                    </headerLocation>
+                    <headerLocation>onos/onos-java.header</headerLocation>
                     <failsOnError>false</failsOnError>
                     <logViolationsToConsole>true</logViolationsToConsole>
                     <includeTestSourceDirectory>true</includeTestSourceDirectory>
diff --git a/tools/build/conf/src/main/resources/onos/apache2-java.header b/tools/build/conf/src/main/resources/onos/apache2-java.header
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8f2292c17a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/build/conf/src/main/resources/onos/apache2-java.header
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 201[0-9].*
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 \(the "License"\);