diff --git a/jOOQ-codegen/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/AbstractGeneratorStrategy.java b/jOOQ-codegen/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/AbstractGeneratorStrategy.java
index 71920bab75..94dd4ade04 100644
--- a/jOOQ-codegen/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/AbstractGeneratorStrategy.java
+++ b/jOOQ-codegen/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/AbstractGeneratorStrategy.java
@@ -93,6 +93,11 @@ public abstract class AbstractGeneratorStrategy implements GeneratorStrategy {
         return new File(dir + "/" + pkg, fileName);
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public final String getFileHeader(Definition definition) {
+        return getFileHeader(definition, Mode.DEFAULT);
+    }
+
     @Override
     public final String getFullJavaIdentifier(Definition definition) {
         StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
diff --git a/jOOQ-codegen/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/DefaultGeneratorStrategy.java b/jOOQ-codegen/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/DefaultGeneratorStrategy.java
index 2c282d5a88..f65ffa88c0 100644
--- a/jOOQ-codegen/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/DefaultGeneratorStrategy.java
+++ b/jOOQ-codegen/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/DefaultGeneratorStrategy.java
@@ -95,6 +95,11 @@ public class DefaultGeneratorStrategy extends AbstractGeneratorStrategy {
     // Strategy methods
     // -------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+    @Override
+    public String getFileHeader(Definition definition, Mode mode) {
+        return "This file is generated by jOOQ.";
+    }
+
     @Override
     public String getJavaIdentifier(Definition definition) {
 
diff --git a/jOOQ-codegen/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/GeneratorStrategy.java b/jOOQ-codegen/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/GeneratorStrategy.java
index 90d027b720..f7855ab44a 100644
--- a/jOOQ-codegen/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/GeneratorStrategy.java
+++ b/jOOQ-codegen/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/GeneratorStrategy.java
@@ -340,6 +340,20 @@ public interface GeneratorStrategy {
      */
     File getFile(String fileName);
 
+    /**
+     * @return The Java class file header, e.g. <code><pre>
+     * This file is generated by jOOQ.
+     * </pre></code>
+     */
+    String getFileHeader(Definition definition);
+
+    /**
+     * @return The Java class file header, e.g. <code><pre>
+     * This file is generated by jOOQ.
+     * </pre></code>
+     */
+    String getFileHeader(Definition definition, Mode mode);
+
     /**
      * @return The overload suffix to be applied when generating overloaded
      *         routine artefacts, e.g.
diff --git a/jOOQ-codegen/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/GeneratorStrategyWrapper.java b/jOOQ-codegen/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/GeneratorStrategyWrapper.java
index 3f037c54f1..77877c3f4f 100644
--- a/jOOQ-codegen/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/GeneratorStrategyWrapper.java
+++ b/jOOQ-codegen/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/GeneratorStrategyWrapper.java
@@ -113,6 +113,11 @@ class GeneratorStrategyWrapper extends AbstractGeneratorStrategy {
         return delegate.getInstanceFields();
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public String getFileHeader(Definition definition, Mode mode) {
+        return delegate.getFileHeader(definition, mode);
+    }
+
     @Override
     public String getJavaIdentifier(Definition definition) {
         String identifier = convertToIdentifier(delegate.getJavaIdentifier(definition), language);
diff --git a/jOOQ-codegen/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/JavaGenerator.java b/jOOQ-codegen/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/JavaGenerator.java
index 9c5f935293..7e2945e47c 100644
--- a/jOOQ-codegen/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/JavaGenerator.java
+++ b/jOOQ-codegen/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/JavaGenerator.java
@@ -4874,9 +4874,13 @@ public class JavaGenerator extends AbstractGenerator {
     }
 
     protected void printPackage(JavaWriter out, Definition definition, Mode mode) {
-        out.println("/*");
-        out.println(" * This file is generated by jOOQ");
-        out.println(" */");
+        String header = getStrategy().getFileHeader(definition, mode);
+
+        if (!StringUtils.isBlank(header)) {
+            out.println("/*");
+            printJavadocParagraph(out, header, "");
+            out.println("*/");
+        }
 
         if (scala)
             out.println("package %s", getStrategy().getJavaPackageName(definition, mode));