diff --git a/hack/verify_boilerplate.py b/hack/verify_boilerplate.py
index ad2f94809..898f2ea83 100755
--- a/hack/verify_boilerplate.py
+++ b/hack/verify_boilerplate.py
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 
+# +skip_license_check
+
 # Copyright 2015 The Kubernetes Authors.
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
@@ -119,7 +121,9 @@ SKIPPED_DIRS = [
 # even when generated by bazel we will complain about some generated files
 # not having the headers. since they're just generated, ignore them
 IGNORE_HEADERS = [
-    '// Code generated by go-bindata.'
+    '// Code generated by go-bindata.',
+    '// +skip_license_check',
+    '# +skip_license_check',
 ]
 
 
@@ -127,7 +131,7 @@ def has_ignored_header(pathname):
     with open(pathname, 'r') as myfile:
         data = myfile.read()
         for header in IGNORE_HEADERS:
-            if data.startswith(header):
+            if header in data:
                 return True
     return False