diff --git a/.buildkite/pipeline.yml b/.buildkite/pipeline.yml
index ba5d13d7a..8c6264859 100644
--- a/.buildkite/pipeline.yml
+++ b/.buildkite/pipeline.yml
@@ -9,4 +9,16 @@ steps:
       - docker-compose#v3.0.0:
           run: unit-test
           config: docker/buildkite/docker-compose.yaml
+          
+  - label: ":alien: Fossa scan"
+    agents:
+      queue: "default"
+      docker: "*"
+    command: "fossa init --include-all --no-ansi; fossa analyze --no-ansi -b $${BUILDKITE_BRANCH:-$$(git branch --show-current)}; fossa test --timeout 1800 --no-ansi"
+    timeout_in_minutes: 60
+    plugins:
+      - docker-compose#v3.0.0:
+          run: fossa
+          config: docker/buildkite/docker-compose.yaml
+          
   - wait
diff --git a/docker/buildkite/Dockerfile b/docker/buildkite/Dockerfile
index 2c62dbb9d..261c8bc29 100644
--- a/docker/buildkite/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/buildkite/Dockerfile
@@ -12,5 +12,8 @@ RUN apk update && apk add --virtual wget ca-certificates wget && apk add protobu
 # Git is needed in order to update the dls submodule
 RUN apk add --virtual git
 
+# Fossa to run license scans
+RUN wget -O- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/fossas/fossa-cli/master/install.sh | sh
+
 RUN mkdir /temporal-java-samples
 WORKDIR /temporal-java-samples
diff --git a/docker/buildkite/docker-compose.yaml b/docker/buildkite/docker-compose.yaml
index f19fbb834..f84c27b1a 100644
--- a/docker/buildkite/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/docker/buildkite/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -10,3 +10,14 @@ services:
       - "USER=unittest"
     volumes:
       - "../../:/temporal-java-samples"
+
+  fossa:
+    build:
+      context: ../../
+      dockerfile: ./docker/buildkite/Dockerfile
+    command: /bin/sh
+    environment:
+      - BUILDKITE_BRANCH
+      - FOSSA_API_KEY
+    volumes:
+      - "../../:/temporal-java-samples"