diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 4ee07faef5..4d80406237 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -438,6 +438,9 @@ codegen: codegen-tools ## Deep copy
 	@$(SHELL) $(CURDIR)/agent/consul/state/deep-copy.sh
 	@$(SHELL) $(CURDIR)/agent/config/deep-copy.sh
 	copywrite headers
+	# Special case for MPL headers in /api and /sdk
+	cd api && $(CURDIR)/build-support/scripts/copywrite-exceptions.sh
+	cd sdk && $(CURDIR)/build-support/scripts/copywrite-exceptions.sh
 
 print-%  : ; @echo $($*) ## utility to echo a makefile variable (i.e. 'make print-GOPATH')
 
diff --git a/api/.copywrite.hcl b/api/.copywrite.hcl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..34d99ba25e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/.copywrite.hcl
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+schema_version = 1
+
+project {
+  license		= "MPL-2.0"
+  copyright_year	= 2023
+
+  header_ignore		= []
+}
diff --git a/api/config_entry_routes_test.go b/api/config_entry_routes_test.go
index b878612e90..0a4f8e38b1 100644
--- a/api/config_entry_routes_test.go
+++ b/api/config_entry_routes_test.go
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+// Copyright (c) HashiCorp, Inc.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: MPL-2.0
+
 package api
 
 import (
diff --git a/api/config_entry_status_test.go b/api/config_entry_status_test.go
index 9c6eaf034c..ec64c87164 100644
--- a/api/config_entry_status_test.go
+++ b/api/config_entry_status_test.go
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+// Copyright (c) HashiCorp, Inc.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: MPL-2.0
+
 package api
 
 import "testing"
diff --git a/api/internal.go b/api/internal.go
index dee161a65e..b5f400f4b1 100644
--- a/api/internal.go
+++ b/api/internal.go
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+// Copyright (c) HashiCorp, Inc.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: MPL-2.0
+
 package api
 
 import "context"
diff --git a/api/internal_test.go b/api/internal_test.go
index ce088f1787..ce773d7360 100644
--- a/api/internal_test.go
+++ b/api/internal_test.go
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+// Copyright (c) HashiCorp, Inc.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: MPL-2.0
+
 package api
 
 import (
diff --git a/api/operator_audit.go b/api/operator_audit.go
index b255d67f4e..5240d38a70 100644
--- a/api/operator_audit.go
+++ b/api/operator_audit.go
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 // Copyright (c) HashiCorp, Inc.
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: BUSL-1.1
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: MPL-2.0
 
 // The /v1/operator/audit-hash endpoint is available only in Consul Enterprise and
 // interact with its audit logging subsystem.
diff --git a/build-support/scripts/copywrite-exceptions.sh b/build-support/scripts/copywrite-exceptions.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..f6ca45626c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build-support/scripts/copywrite-exceptions.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# Used as a stopgap for copywrite bot in MPL-licensed subdirs, detects BUSL licensed
+# headers and deletes them, then runs the copywrite bot to utilize local subdir config
+# to inject correct headers.
+
+find . -type f -name '*.go' | while read line; do
+  if grep "SPDX-License-Identifier: BUSL-1.1" $line; then
+    sed -i '/SPDX-License-Identifier: BUSL-1.1/d' $line
+    sed -i '/Copyright (c) HashiCorp, Inc./d' $line
+  fi
+done
+
+copywrite headers
diff --git a/sdk/.copywrite.hcl b/sdk/.copywrite.hcl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..34d99ba25e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sdk/.copywrite.hcl
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+schema_version = 1
+
+project {
+  license		= "MPL-2.0"
+  copyright_year	= 2023
+
+  header_ignore		= []
+}
diff --git a/sdk/testutil/retry/counter.go b/sdk/testutil/retry/counter.go
index 96a37ab9d2..ffd509f1a4 100644
--- a/sdk/testutil/retry/counter.go
+++ b/sdk/testutil/retry/counter.go
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+// Copyright (c) HashiCorp, Inc.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: MPL-2.0
+
 package retry
 
 import "time"
diff --git a/sdk/testutil/retry/timer.go b/sdk/testutil/retry/timer.go
index 16433e9ec7..be4f5e92f4 100644
--- a/sdk/testutil/retry/timer.go
+++ b/sdk/testutil/retry/timer.go
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+// Copyright (c) HashiCorp, Inc.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: MPL-2.0
+
 package retry
 
 import "time"