diff --git a/doc/guacamole-example/pom.xml b/doc/guacamole-example/pom.xml
index cdfb894c3..875a104dd 100644
--- a/doc/guacamole-example/pom.xml
+++ b/doc/guacamole-example/pom.xml
@@ -48,6 +48,25 @@
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
 
+            <!-- Verify format using Apache RAT -->
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.rat</groupId>
+                <artifactId>apache-rat-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>0.12</version>
+
+                <!-- Bind RAT to validate phase -->
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <id>validate</id>
+                        <phase>validate</phase>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>check</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+
+            </plugin>
+
         </plugins>
 
     </build>
diff --git a/extensions/guacamole-auth-jdbc/modules/guacamole-auth-jdbc-base/pom.xml b/extensions/guacamole-auth-jdbc/modules/guacamole-auth-jdbc-base/pom.xml
index 81083d93a..54a37acf4 100644
--- a/extensions/guacamole-auth-jdbc/modules/guacamole-auth-jdbc-base/pom.xml
+++ b/extensions/guacamole-auth-jdbc/modules/guacamole-auth-jdbc-base/pom.xml
@@ -38,6 +38,32 @@
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
 
+            <!-- Verify format using Apache RAT -->
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.rat</groupId>
+                <artifactId>apache-rat-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>0.12</version>
+
+                <configuration>
+                    <excludes>
+                        <exclude>**/*.json</exclude>
+                        <exclude>src/main/resources/html/*.html</exclude>
+                    </excludes>
+                </configuration>
+
+                <!-- Bind RAT to validate phase -->
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <id>validate</id>
+                        <phase>validate</phase>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>check</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+
+            </plugin>
+
         </plugins>
     </build>
 
diff --git a/extensions/guacamole-auth-jdbc/modules/guacamole-auth-jdbc-dist/pom.xml b/extensions/guacamole-auth-jdbc/modules/guacamole-auth-jdbc-dist/pom.xml
index d63252e5b..3dbf46d8c 100644
--- a/extensions/guacamole-auth-jdbc/modules/guacamole-auth-jdbc-dist/pom.xml
+++ b/extensions/guacamole-auth-jdbc/modules/guacamole-auth-jdbc-dist/pom.xml
@@ -44,6 +44,25 @@
                 </executions>
             </plugin>
 
+            <!-- Verify format using Apache RAT -->
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.rat</groupId>
+                <artifactId>apache-rat-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>0.12</version>
+
+                <!-- Bind RAT to validate phase -->
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <id>validate</id>
+                        <phase>validate</phase>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>check</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+
+            </plugin>
+
         </plugins>
     </build>
 
diff --git a/extensions/guacamole-auth-jdbc/modules/guacamole-auth-jdbc-mysql/pom.xml b/extensions/guacamole-auth-jdbc/modules/guacamole-auth-jdbc-mysql/pom.xml
index 0fa90df65..5de40aae5 100644
--- a/extensions/guacamole-auth-jdbc/modules/guacamole-auth-jdbc-mysql/pom.xml
+++ b/extensions/guacamole-auth-jdbc/modules/guacamole-auth-jdbc-mysql/pom.xml
@@ -58,6 +58,31 @@
                 </executions>
             </plugin>
 
+            <!-- Verify format using Apache RAT -->
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.rat</groupId>
+                <artifactId>apache-rat-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>0.12</version>
+
+                <configuration>
+                    <excludes>
+                        <exclude>**/*.json</exclude>
+                    </excludes>
+                </configuration>
+
+                <!-- Bind RAT to validate phase -->
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <id>validate</id>
+                        <phase>validate</phase>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>check</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+
+            </plugin>
+
         </plugins>
     </build>
 
diff --git a/extensions/guacamole-auth-jdbc/modules/guacamole-auth-jdbc-postgresql/pom.xml b/extensions/guacamole-auth-jdbc/modules/guacamole-auth-jdbc-postgresql/pom.xml
index af474d40b..1409cd3a7 100644
--- a/extensions/guacamole-auth-jdbc/modules/guacamole-auth-jdbc-postgresql/pom.xml
+++ b/extensions/guacamole-auth-jdbc/modules/guacamole-auth-jdbc-postgresql/pom.xml
@@ -58,6 +58,31 @@
                 </executions>
             </plugin>
 
+            <!-- Verify format using Apache RAT -->
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.rat</groupId>
+                <artifactId>apache-rat-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>0.12</version>
+
+                <configuration>
+                    <excludes>
+                        <exclude>**/*.json</exclude>
+                    </excludes>
+                </configuration>
+
+                <!-- Bind RAT to validate phase -->
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <id>validate</id>
+                        <phase>validate</phase>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>check</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+
+            </plugin>
+
         </plugins>
     </build>
 
diff --git a/extensions/guacamole-auth-jdbc/pom.xml b/extensions/guacamole-auth-jdbc/pom.xml
index 6c46a4882..1fb5f9b70 100644
--- a/extensions/guacamole-auth-jdbc/pom.xml
+++ b/extensions/guacamole-auth-jdbc/pom.xml
@@ -15,6 +15,31 @@
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 
+    <build>
+        <plugins>
+
+            <!-- Verify format using Apache RAT -->
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.rat</groupId>
+                <artifactId>apache-rat-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>0.12</version>
+
+                <!-- Bind RAT to validate phase -->
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <id>validate</id>
+                        <phase>validate</phase>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>check</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+
+            </plugin>
+
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
+
     <modules>
 
         <!-- Distribution .tar.gz -->
diff --git a/extensions/guacamole-auth-ldap/pom.xml b/extensions/guacamole-auth-ldap/pom.xml
index a8e9958e9..85bb1e0f9 100644
--- a/extensions/guacamole-auth-ldap/pom.xml
+++ b/extensions/guacamole-auth-ldap/pom.xml
@@ -74,6 +74,31 @@
                 </executions>
             </plugin>
 
+            <!-- Verify format using Apache RAT -->
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.rat</groupId>
+                <artifactId>apache-rat-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>0.12</version>
+
+                <configuration>
+                    <excludes>
+                        <exclude>**/*.json</exclude>
+                    </excludes>
+                </configuration>
+
+                <!-- Bind RAT to validate phase -->
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <id>validate</id>
+                        <phase>validate</phase>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>check</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+
+            </plugin>
+
         </plugins>
     </build>
 
diff --git a/extensions/guacamole-auth-noauth/pom.xml b/extensions/guacamole-auth-noauth/pom.xml
index 63aca3ff4..66ea06b00 100644
--- a/extensions/guacamole-auth-noauth/pom.xml
+++ b/extensions/guacamole-auth-noauth/pom.xml
@@ -74,6 +74,31 @@
                 </executions>
             </plugin>
 
+            <!-- Verify format using Apache RAT -->
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.rat</groupId>
+                <artifactId>apache-rat-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>0.12</version>
+
+                <configuration>
+                    <excludes>
+                        <exclude>**/*.json</exclude>
+                    </excludes>
+                </configuration>
+
+                <!-- Bind RAT to validate phase -->
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <id>validate</id>
+                        <phase>validate</phase>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>check</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+
+            </plugin>
+
         </plugins>
     </build>
 
diff --git a/guacamole-common-js/pom.xml b/guacamole-common-js/pom.xml
index 095b70f1a..fad41d900 100644
--- a/guacamole-common-js/pom.xml
+++ b/guacamole-common-js/pom.xml
@@ -106,6 +106,31 @@
                 </executions>
             </plugin>
 
+            <!-- Verify format using Apache RAT -->
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.rat</groupId>
+                <artifactId>apache-rat-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>0.12</version>
+
+                <configuration>
+                    <excludes>
+                        <exclude>**/*.json</exclude>
+                    </excludes>
+                </configuration>
+
+                <!-- Bind RAT to validate phase -->
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <id>validate</id>
+                        <phase>validate</phase>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>check</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+
+            </plugin>
+
         </plugins>
     </build>
 
diff --git a/guacamole-common/pom.xml b/guacamole-common/pom.xml
index 15b253734..670976a10 100644
--- a/guacamole-common/pom.xml
+++ b/guacamole-common/pom.xml
@@ -99,6 +99,25 @@
                 </executions>
             </plugin>
 
+            <!-- Verify format using Apache RAT -->
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.rat</groupId>
+                <artifactId>apache-rat-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>0.12</version>
+
+                <!-- Bind RAT to validate phase -->
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <id>validate</id>
+                        <phase>validate</phase>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>check</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+
+            </plugin>
+
         </plugins>
     </build>
 
diff --git a/guacamole-ext/pom.xml b/guacamole-ext/pom.xml
index e4d0664dc..98605f5fa 100644
--- a/guacamole-ext/pom.xml
+++ b/guacamole-ext/pom.xml
@@ -99,6 +99,31 @@
                 </executions>
             </plugin>
 
+            <!-- Verify format using Apache RAT -->
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.rat</groupId>
+                <artifactId>apache-rat-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>0.12</version>
+
+                <configuration>
+                    <excludes>
+                        <exclude>**/*.json</exclude>
+                    </excludes>
+                </configuration>
+
+                <!-- Bind RAT to validate phase -->
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <id>validate</id>
+                        <phase>validate</phase>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>check</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+
+            </plugin>
+
         </plugins>
     </build>
 
diff --git a/guacamole/pom.xml b/guacamole/pom.xml
index 29c0f3e2b..7d33a2e18 100644
--- a/guacamole/pom.xml
+++ b/guacamole/pom.xml
@@ -184,6 +184,33 @@
                 </executions>
             </plugin>
 
+            <!-- Verify format using Apache RAT -->
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.rat</groupId>
+                <artifactId>apache-rat-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>0.12</version>
+
+                <configuration>
+                    <excludes>
+                        <exclude>src/main/webapp/app/*/templates/*.html</exclude>
+                        <exclude>src/main/webapp/lib/**/*.js</exclude>
+                        <exclude>**/*.json</exclude>
+                    </excludes>
+                </configuration>
+
+                <!-- Bind RAT to validate phase -->
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <id>validate</id>
+                        <phase>validate</phase>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>check</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+
+            </plugin>
+
         </plugins>
     </build>
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ccde2f08d..4e27a7e23 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -65,6 +65,33 @@
 
             </plugin>
 
+            <!-- Verify format using Apache RAT -->
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.rat</groupId>
+                <artifactId>apache-rat-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>0.12</version>
+
+                <configuration>
+                    <excludes>
+                        <exclude>.dockerignore</exclude>
+                        <exclude>CONTRIBUTING</exclude>
+                        <exclude>**/README.md</exclude>
+                    </excludes>
+                </configuration>
+
+                <!-- Bind RAT to validate phase -->
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <id>validate</id>
+                        <phase>validate</phase>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>check</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+
+            </plugin>
+
         </plugins>
     </build>