diff --git a/api/pom.xml b/api/pom.xml
index 8dbd653c9fa..9029a9317a0 100644
--- a/api/pom.xml
+++ b/api/pom.xml
@@ -83,6 +83,10 @@
             <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.google.code.findbugs</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jsr305</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
 
         <!-- Tests -->
         <dependency>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 40ce8549925..d032c5a4bb8 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -200,6 +200,13 @@
                 <groupId>io.airlift</groupId>
                 <artifactId>airline</artifactId>
                 <version>0.7</version>
+                <exclusions>
+                    <exclusion>
+                        <!--LGPL licenced library-->
+                        <groupId>com.google.code.findbugs</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>annotations</artifactId>
+                    </exclusion>
+                </exclusions>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.skife.config</groupId>
@@ -807,6 +814,30 @@
                     </execution>
                 </executions>
             </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-enforcer-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>1.4.1</version>
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <id>enforce-banned-dependencies</id>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>enforce</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <rules>
+                                <bannedDependencies>
+                                    <excludes>
+                                        <!--LGPL licenced library-->
+                                        <exclude>com.google.code.findbugs:annotations</exclude>
+                                    </excludes>
+                                </bannedDependencies>
+                            </rules>
+                            <fail>true</fail>
+                        </configuration>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+            </plugin>
         </plugins>
         <pluginManagement>
             <plugins>