diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 92bc608b527a8cb813c3bf43cd2ae85b04c82595..1354c1cfd200ddff0a2d756f073c416bee6548de 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -53,6 +53,21 @@
<target>1.7</target>
</configuration>
</plugin>
+ <plugin>
+ <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+ <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
+ <version>2.9.1</version>
+ <configuration>
+ <tags>
+ <tag>
+ <name>copyright</name>
+ <!-- copyright tag for classes and interfaces -->
+ <placement>t</placement>
+ <head>©</head>
+ </tag>
+ </tags>
+ </configuration>
+ </plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
</project>