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/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		= []
+}