diff --git a/.github/workflows/checks.yml b/.github/workflows/checks.yml
index b5e7b7632c..196763cb89 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/checks.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/checks.yml
@@ -182,9 +182,9 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: "Code consistency checks"
         run: |
-          make fmtcheck importscheck generate staticcheck exhaustive protobuf
+          make fmtcheck importscheck generate staticcheck exhaustive protobuf copyright
           if [[ -n "$(git status --porcelain)" ]]; then
-            echo >&2 "ERROR: Generated files are inconsistent. Run 'make generate' and 'make protobuf' locally and then commit the updated files."
+            echo >&2 "ERROR: Generated files are inconsistent. Run 'make generate protobuf copyright' locally and then commit the updated files."
             git >&2 status --porcelain
             exit 1
           fi
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 84a5dfabf5..f2e17a1193 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ staticcheck:
 exhaustive:
 	"$(CURDIR)/scripts/exhaustive.sh"
 
+copyright:
+	"$(CURDIR)/scripts/copyright.sh"
+
 # Run this if working on the website locally to run in watch mode.
 website:
 	$(MAKE) -C website website
diff --git a/copyright_headers.go b/copyright_headers.go
deleted file mode 100644
index f0d87a1080..0000000000
--- a/copyright_headers.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright (c) HashiCorp, Inc.
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: BUSL-1.1
-
-//go:build tools
-// +build tools
-
-package main
-
-import (
-	_ "github.com/hashicorp/copywrite"
-)
-
-//go:generate go run github.com/hashicorp/copywrite headers
diff --git a/scripts/copyright.sh b/scripts/copyright.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..8ce102a89f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/copyright.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Copyright (c) HashiCorp, Inc.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: BUSL-1.1
+
+# This script checks that all files have the appropriate copyright headers,
+# according to their nearest .copywrite.hcl config file. The copyright tool
+# does not natively support repos with multiple licenses, so we have to
+# script this ourselves.
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+# Find all directories containing a .copywrite.hcl config file
+directories=$(find . -type f -name '.copywrite.hcl' -execdir pwd \;)
+
+for dir in $directories; do
+    cd $dir && go run github.com/hashicorp/copywrite headers
+done
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tools.go b/tools.go
index 6a3eeb8389..702c7c8937 100644
--- a/tools.go
+++ b/tools.go
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ package tools
 // Go toolchain to see that we need to include them in go.mod and go.sum.
 
 import (
+	_ "github.com/hashicorp/copywrite"
 	_ "github.com/nishanths/exhaustive/cmd/exhaustive"
 	_ "golang.org/x/tools/cmd/stringer"
 	_ "honnef.co/go/tools/cmd/staticcheck"