diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile.template b/docker/Dockerfile.template
index ffd8bbecc9d845c2ce4152c7846f264dd6c0b3cf..0fac9c0019da6ac6f0b0ff1be3ab4b26030c14fa 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile.template
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile.template
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightInfo: Copyright © DuMux Project contributors, see AUTHORS.md in root folder
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
 # ${modName} docker container
 # see https://github.com/phusion/baseimage-docker for information on the base image
 # It is Ubuntu LTS customized for better Docker compatibility
diff --git a/docker/README.md.template b/docker/README.md.template
index 2d506544dbbc3aeb45d25fd27e709d0a8730b110..47a2701d4476ecac58daa110c4d1edc601e526cc 100644
--- a/docker/README.md.template
+++ b/docker/README.md.template
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightInfo: Copyright © DuMux Project contributors, see AUTHORS.md in root folder
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
 # Readme for the dumux module ${modName}
 
 You created the Docker image ${dockerTag}. Next steps:
diff --git a/docker/WELCOME.template b/docker/WELCOME.template
index 4073ac7881686ce52eb95fc66ece6a9683eac6ea..46b8b42a7012bee7d3297da7179d65bc7d6070cf 100644
--- a/docker/WELCOME.template
+++ b/docker/WELCOME.template
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightInfo: Copyright © DuMux Project contributors, see AUTHORS.md in root folder
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
 
 *****************************************************************
 Welcome to the Docker container of the dumux module "${modName}"!
diff --git a/docker/docker.sh.template b/docker/docker.sh.template
index 180809731e4243a3ce4089a98233205f96f793da..47c6c62352e211513807f41ca7a0a6b790240ccd 100644
--- a/docker/docker.sh.template
+++ b/docker/docker.sh.template
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightInfo: Copyright © DuMux Project contributors, see AUTHORS.md in root folder
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
 
 # TODO set the image name here to a global address
 #      after adding your container to your modules container registry
diff --git a/docker/setpermissions.sh.template b/docker/setpermissions.sh.template
index d4ed7d0fd8609d650d0ee08908c9ee834059bb7f..7ae8294918d74fe4190e9cfcb964a13f1ab11195 100644
--- a/docker/setpermissions.sh.template
+++ b/docker/setpermissions.sh.template
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightInfo: Copyright © DuMux Project contributors, see AUTHORS.md in root folder
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
 
 echo "Setting permissions for shared folder"