diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 13aed94fc..c18de60dc 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Red Hat, Inc.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+
 *.iml
 *.o
 *.pickle
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 22a6fcae2..5a51565e8 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Red Hat, Inc.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+
 image: quay.io/ovirt/vdsm-test-centos-8
 
 variables:
diff --git a/.gitreview b/.gitreview
index bfeb8943e..49428bf58 100644
--- a/.gitreview
+++ b/.gitreview
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Red Hat, Inc.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+
 [gerrit]
 host=gerrit.ovirt.org
 defaultbranch=master
diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index 668a1169d..a89bf4c03 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Red Hat, Inc.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+
          VDSM Author Credits
          ===================
 
diff --git a/CODEOWNERS b/CODEOWNERS
index bdf83d291..d0d1d7885 100644
--- a/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/CODEOWNERS
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Red Hat, Inc.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+
 # See github docs for more info on the syntax:
 # https://docs.github.com/en/repositories/managing-your-repositorys-settings-and-features/customizing-your-repository/about-code-owners
 
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index e69de29bb..fa9bc3282 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Red Hat, Inc.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/README.logging b/README.logging
index ad2058d06..90bd54861 100644
--- a/README.logging
+++ b/README.logging
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+<!--
+SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Red Hat, Inc.
+SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+-->
+
 Logging in Vdsm
 ===============
 
diff --git a/commit-template.txt b/commit-template.txt
index 5966e5a73..6b2b8f54b 100644
--- a/commit-template.txt
+++ b/commit-template.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Red Hat, Inc.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+
 topic: Short summary under 50 chars (if possible)
 
 The topic should be a module name, a subsystem name, or a feature name,
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index bf01c9c05..74985008b 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,22 +1,5 @@
-#
-# Copyright 2008-2020 Red Hat, Inc.
-#
-# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
-# (at your option) any later version.
-#
-# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-# GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
-# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
-#
-# Refer to the README and COPYING files for full details of the license
-#
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Red Hat, Inc.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
 
 # Autoconf initialization
 AC_INIT([vdsm],
diff --git a/execcmd-allowlist.txt.license b/execcmd-allowlist.txt.license
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..00ac61f05
--- /dev/null
+++ b/execcmd-allowlist.txt.license
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Red Hat, Inc.
+SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pylintrc b/pylintrc
index 0dc965c46..fd01dc494 100644
--- a/pylintrc
+++ b/pylintrc
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 Red Hat, Inc.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+
 # This file was generated using `pylint --generate-rcfile > pylintrc` command.
 # It was edited to support vdsm python source conventions.
 [MASTER]
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index d3728bae8..5dde8941f 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Red Hat, Inc.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+
 [tool.black]
 line-length = 79
 skip-string-normalization = true
diff --git a/stdci.yaml b/stdci.yaml
index 65799acc1..62cc23dae 100644
--- a/stdci.yaml
+++ b/stdci.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Red Hat, Inc.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+
 ---
 release_branches:
   master:
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 07e26643f..903569219 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Red Hat, Inc.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+
 [tox]
 envlist = flake8, pylint, tests, storage-user, storage-root, lib, network, virt, gluster, hooks