diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 4dc00ecc8..8ed1dd535 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ composer.lock
 .env.php
 .DS_Store
 .idea/
+!.idea/copyright/
 Thumbs.db
 npm-debug.log
 newrelic_agent.log
diff --git a/.idea/copyright/hedgedoc.xml b/.idea/copyright/hedgedoc.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..65ed1c6d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.idea/copyright/hedgedoc.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<component name="CopyrightManager">
+  <copyright>
+    <option name="notice" value="SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020 The HedgeDoc developers (see AUTHORS file)&#10;&#10;&#83;PDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only" />
+    <option name="myName" value="hedgedoc" />
+  </copyright>
+</component>
diff --git a/.idea/copyright/profiles_settings.xml b/.idea/copyright/profiles_settings.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2d2cf3462
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.idea/copyright/profiles_settings.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+<component name="CopyrightManager">
+  <settings default="hedgedoc">
+    <module2copyright>
+      <element module="All" copyright="hedgedoc" />
+    </module2copyright>
+  </settings>
+</component>
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