diff --git a/contrib/devtools/optimize-pngs.py b/contrib/devtools/optimize-pngs.py
index 799e0cc7d0..b7b8dc0082 100755
--- a/contrib/devtools/optimize-pngs.py
+++ b/contrib/devtools/optimize-pngs.py
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
+# Copyright (c) 2014-2015 The Bitcoin Core developers
+# Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
+# file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
 '''
 Run this script every time you change one of the png files. Using pngcrush, it will optimize the png files, remove various color profiles, remove ancillary chunks (alla) and text chunks (text).
 #pngcrush -brute -ow -rem gAMA -rem cHRM -rem iCCP -rem sRGB -rem alla -rem text
diff --git a/contrib/gitian-build.sh b/contrib/gitian-build.sh
index ee47d138f3..53c24e3a87 100755
--- a/contrib/gitian-build.sh
+++ b/contrib/gitian-build.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2016 The Bitcoin Core developers
+# Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
+# file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
+
 # What to do
 sign=false
 verify=false
diff --git a/contrib/qt_translations.py b/contrib/qt_translations.py
index fd8a8b7129..cfdeed41ab 100755
--- a/contrib/qt_translations.py
+++ b/contrib/qt_translations.py
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
+# Copyright (c) 2011 The Bitcoin Core developers
+# Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
+# file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
 
 # Helpful little script that spits out a comma-separated list of
 # language codes for Qt icons that should be included
diff --git a/contrib/seeds/makeseeds.py b/contrib/seeds/makeseeds.py
index 4072405ef5..041f224f40 100755
--- a/contrib/seeds/makeseeds.py
+++ b/contrib/seeds/makeseeds.py
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
+# Copyright (c) 2013-2015 The Bitcoin Core developers
+# Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
+# file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
 #
 # Generate seeds.txt from Pieter's DNS seeder
 #
diff --git a/contrib/spendfrom/setup.py b/contrib/spendfrom/setup.py
index 01b9768a5b..f80736752a 100644
--- a/contrib/spendfrom/setup.py
+++ b/contrib/spendfrom/setup.py
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2013 The Bitcoin Core developers
+# Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
+# file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
 from distutils.core import setup
 setup(name='btcspendfrom',
       version='1.0',
diff --git a/contrib/spendfrom/spendfrom.py b/contrib/spendfrom/spendfrom.py
index 72ee0425eb..086b91b267 100755
--- a/contrib/spendfrom/spendfrom.py
+++ b/contrib/spendfrom/spendfrom.py
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
+# Copyright (c) 2013 The Bitcoin Core developers
+# Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
+# file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
 #
 # Use the raw transactions API to spend bitcoins received on particular addresses,
 # and send any change back to that same address.
diff --git a/contrib/testgen/base58.py b/contrib/testgen/base58.py
index b716495145..72b288b2dc 100644
--- a/contrib/testgen/base58.py
+++ b/contrib/testgen/base58.py
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2012 The Bitcoin Core developers
+# Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
+# file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
 '''
 Bitcoin base58 encoding and decoding.
 
diff --git a/contrib/testgen/gen_base58_test_vectors.py b/contrib/testgen/gen_base58_test_vectors.py
index 1813436953..8518774db3 100755
--- a/contrib/testgen/gen_base58_test_vectors.py
+++ b/contrib/testgen/gen_base58_test_vectors.py
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
+# Copyright (c) 2012 The Bitcoin Core developers
+# Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
+# file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
 '''
 Generate valid and invalid base58 address and private key test vectors.
 
diff --git a/qa/rpc-tests/test_framework/blockstore.py b/qa/rpc-tests/test_framework/blockstore.py
index 6120dd574b..1e2bbb277a 100644
--- a/qa/rpc-tests/test_framework/blockstore.py
+++ b/qa/rpc-tests/test_framework/blockstore.py
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
+# Copyright (c) 2015-2016 The Bitcoin Core developers
+# Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
+# file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
 # BlockStore: a helper class that keeps a map of blocks and implements
 #             helper functions for responding to getheaders and getdata,
 #             and for constructing a getheaders message