diff --git a/bin/cassandra-cli.bat b/bin/cassandra-cli.bat
index 7318efddb2..c44e2953f9 100644
--- a/bin/cassandra-cli.bat
+++ b/bin/cassandra-cli.bat
@@ -1,3 +1,19 @@
+@REM
+@REM  Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+@REM  contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+@REM  this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+@REM  The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+@REM  (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+@REM  the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+@REM
+@REM      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+@REM
+@REM  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+@REM  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+@REM  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+@REM  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+@REM  limitations under the License.
+
 @echo off
 SETLOCAL