diff --git a/LICENSE.md b/LICENSE.md
index b4a47058738d7..be4e1b688571a 100644
--- a/LICENSE.md
+++ b/LICENSE.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Copyright 2012–2016 Elasticsearch BV
+Copyright 2012–2017 Elasticsearch BV
 
 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
 
diff --git a/tasks/build/index.js b/tasks/build/index.js
index 55b5ee51af578..cb5cbe08b95ca 100644
--- a/tasks/build/index.js
+++ b/tasks/build/index.js
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ module.exports = function (grunt) {
       '_build:readme',
       '_build:babelCache',
       '_build:installNpmDeps',
+      '_build:notice',
       '_build:removePkgJsonDeps',
       'clean:testsFromModules',
       'run:optimizeBuild',
diff --git a/tasks/build/notice.js b/tasks/build/notice.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..b546902a96a03
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/build/notice.js
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+import _ from 'lodash';
+import npm from 'npm';
+import npmLicense from 'license-checker';
+import glob from 'glob';
+import path from 'path';
+import fs from 'fs';
+import { execSync } from 'child_process';
+
+export default function licenses(grunt) {
+  grunt.registerTask('_build:notice', 'Adds a notice', function () {
+    const done = this.async();
+    const buildPath = path.join(grunt.config.get('buildDir'), 'kibana');
+
+    function getPackagePaths() {
+      const packagePaths = {};
+      const installedPackages = execSync(`npm ls --parseable --long`, {
+        cwd: buildPath
+      });
+      installedPackages.toString().trim().split('\n').forEach(pkg => {
+        const packageDetails = pkg.split(':');
+        const [modulePath, packageName] = packageDetails;
+        const licenses = glob.sync(path.join(modulePath, '*LICENSE*'));
+        const notices = glob.sync(path.join(modulePath, '*NOTICE*'));
+        packagePaths[packageName] = {
+          relative: modulePath.replace(/.*\/kibana\//, ''),
+          licenses,
+          notices
+        };
+      });
+      return packagePaths;
+    }
+
+    function combineFiles(filePaths) {
+      let content = '';
+      filePaths.forEach(filePath => {
+        content += fs.readFileSync(filePath) + '\n';
+      });
+      return content;
+    }
+
+    function getNodeInfo() {
+      const nodeVersion = grunt.config.get('nodeVersion');
+      const nodeDir = path.join(grunt.config.get('root'), '.node_binaries', nodeVersion);
+      const licensePath = path.join(nodeDir, 'linux-x64', 'LICENSE');
+      const license = fs.readFileSync(licensePath);
+      return `This product bundles Node.js.\n\n${license}`;
+    }
+
+    function getPackageInfo(packages) {
+      const packagePaths = getPackagePaths();
+      const overrides = grunt.config.get('licenses.options.overrides');
+      let content = '';
+      _.forOwn(packages, (value, key) => {
+        const licenses = [].concat(overrides.hasOwnProperty(key) ? overrides[key] : value.licenses);
+        if (!licenses.length || licenses.includes('UNKNOWN')) return grunt.fail.fatal(`Unknown license for ${key}`);
+        const packagePath = packagePaths[key];
+        const readLicenseAndNotice = combineFiles([].concat(packagePath.licenses, packagePath.notices));
+        const licenseOverview = licenses.length > 1 ? `the\n"${licenses.join('", ')} licenses` : `a\n"${licenses[0]}" license`;
+        const licenseAndNotice = readLicenseAndNotice ? `\n${readLicenseAndNotice}` : `  For details, see ${packagePath.relative}/.`;
+        const combinedText = `This product bundles ${key} which is available under ${licenseOverview}.${licenseAndNotice}\n---\n`;
+
+        content += combinedText;
+      });
+      return content;
+    }
+
+    function getBaseNotice() {
+      return fs.readFileSync(path.join(__dirname, 'notice', 'base_notice.txt'));
+    }
+
+    npmLicense.init({
+      start: buildPath,
+      production: true,
+      json: true
+    }, (result, error) => {
+      if (error) return grunt.fail.fatal(error);
+      const noticePath = path.join(buildPath, 'NOTICE.txt');
+      const fd = fs.openSync(noticePath, 'w');
+      fs.appendFileSync(fd, getBaseNotice());
+      fs.appendFileSync(fd, getPackageInfo(result));
+      fs.appendFileSync(fd, getNodeInfo());
+      fs.closeSync(fd);
+      done();
+    });
+  });
+}
diff --git a/tasks/build/notice/base_notice.txt b/tasks/build/notice/base_notice.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..19f505cdfe61b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/build/notice/base_notice.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+Kibana
+Copyright 2012-2017 Elasticsearch
+
+---
+This product bundles angular-ui-bootstrap@0.12.1 which is available under a
+"MIT" license.
+
+The MIT License
+
+Copyright (c) 2012-2014 the AngularUI Team, https://github.com/organizations/angular-ui/teams/291112
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
+THE SOFTWARE.
+
+---
+This product bundles bootstrap@3.3.6 which is available under a
+"MIT" license.
+
+The MIT License (MIT)
+
+Copyright (c) 2011-2015 Twitter, Inc
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
+THE SOFTWARE.
+
+---
+This product bundles geohash.js which is available under a
+"MIT" license.  For details, see src/ui/public/utils/decode_geo_hash.js.
+---