diff --git a/src/freedreno/registers/gen_header.py b/src/freedreno/registers/gen_header.py
index 54bfe27c963..995b6e6e8ef 100644
--- a/src/freedreno/registers/gen_header.py
+++ b/src/freedreno/registers/gen_header.py
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ import sys
 import os
 import collections
 import argparse
+import time
+import datetime
 
 class Error(Exception):
 	def __init__(self, message):
@@ -336,6 +338,9 @@ class Parser(object):
 		self.variants = set()
 		self.file = []
 		self.xml_files = []
+		self.copyright_year = None
+		self.authors = []
+		self.license = None
 
 	def error(self, message):
 		parser, filename = self.stack[-1]
@@ -470,6 +475,8 @@ class Parser(object):
 		self.stack.append((parser, filename))
 		parser.StartElementHandler = self.start_element
 		parser.EndElementHandler = self.end_element
+		parser.CharacterDataHandler = self.character_data
+		parser.buffer_text = True
 		parser.ParseFile(file)
 		self.stack.pop()
 		file.close()
@@ -516,6 +523,7 @@ class Parser(object):
 		self.add_all_usages(self.current_reg, usages)
 
 	def start_element(self, name, attrs):
+		self.cdata = ""
 		if name == "import":
 			filename = attrs["file"]
 			self.do_parse(os.path.join(self.path, filename))
@@ -564,6 +572,10 @@ class Parser(object):
 			self.parse_field(attrs["name"], attrs)
 		elif name == "database":
 			self.do_validate(attrs["xsi:schemaLocation"])
+		elif name == "copyright":
+			self.copyright_year = attrs["year"]
+		elif name == "author":
+			self.authors.append(attrs["name"] + " <" + attrs["email"] + "> " + attrs["name"])
 
 	def end_element(self, name):
 		if name == "domain":
@@ -580,6 +592,11 @@ class Parser(object):
 			self.current_array = None
 		elif name == "enum":
 			self.current_enum = None
+		elif name == "license":
+			self.license = self.cdata
+
+	def character_data(self, data):
+		self.cdata += data
 
 	def dump_reg_usages(self):
 		d = collections.defaultdict(list)
@@ -737,6 +754,33 @@ def dump_c(args, guard, func):
 
 	print("#ifndef %s\n#define %s\n" % (guard, guard))
 
+	print("""/* Autogenerated file, DO NOT EDIT manually!
+
+This file was generated by the rules-ng-ng gen_header.py tool in this git repository:
+http://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/
+git clone https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa.git
+
+The rules-ng-ng source files this header was generated from are:
+""")
+	maxlen = 0
+	for filepath in p.xml_files:
+		maxlen = max(maxlen, len(filepath))
+	for filepath in p.xml_files:
+		pad = " " * (maxlen - len(filepath))
+		filesize = str(os.path.getsize(filepath))
+		filesize = " " * (7 - len(filesize)) + filesize
+		filetime = time.ctime(os.path.getmtime(filepath))
+		print("- " + filepath + pad + " (" + filesize + " bytes, from " + filetime + ")")
+	if p.copyright_year:
+		current_year = str(datetime.date.today().year)
+		print()
+		print("Copyright (C) %s-%s by the following authors:" % (p.copyright_year, current_year))
+		for author in p.authors:
+			print("- " + author)
+	if p.license:
+		print(p.license)
+	print("*/")
+
 	print()
 	print("#include <assert.h>")
 	print()