diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
index d60c31a97..0e7548892 100644
--- a/LICENSE
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -338,3 +338,14 @@ proprietary programs.  If your program is a subroutine library, you may
 consider it more useful to permit linking proprietary applications with the
 library.  If this is what you want to do, use the GNU Library General
 Public License instead of this License.
+
+  In addition, as a special exception, the copyright holders give
+  permission to link the code of portions of this program with the OpenSSL
+  library.
+  You must obey the GNU General Public License in all respects for all of
+  the code used other than OpenSSL. If you modify file(s) with this
+  exception, you may extend this exception to your version of the file(s),
+  but you are not obligated to do so. If you do not wish to do so, delete
+  this exception statement from your version. If you delete this exception
+  statement from all source files in the program, then also delete it here.
+  
diff --git a/src/common.py b/src/common.py
index d5af7fe45..68afa8fc0 100644
--- a/src/common.py
+++ b/src/common.py
@@ -17,6 +17,16 @@
 # 	The Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
 # 	51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor
 # 	Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.
+#
+#  In addition, as a special exception, the copyright holders give
+#  permission to link the code of portions of this program with the OpenSSL
+#  library.
+#  You must obey the GNU General Public License in all respects for all of
+#  the code used other than OpenSSL. If you modify file(s) with this
+#  exception, you may extend this exception to your version of the file(s),
+#  but you are not obligated to do so. If you do not wish to do so, delete
+#  this exception statement from your version. If you delete this exception
+#  statement from all source files in the program, then also delete it here.
 
 import sys, os, os.path, webbrowser
 import xdg, xdg.BaseDirectory
diff --git a/src/core.py b/src/core.py
index 46f828980..1f5c1e367 100644
--- a/src/core.py
+++ b/src/core.py
@@ -16,6 +16,16 @@
 # 	The Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
 # 	51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor
 # 	Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.
+#
+#  In addition, as a special exception, the copyright holders give
+#  permission to link the code of portions of this program with the OpenSSL
+#  library.
+#  You must obey the GNU General Public License in all respects for all of
+#  the code used other than OpenSSL. If you modify file(s) with this
+#  exception, you may extend this exception to your version of the file(s),
+#  but you are not obligated to do so. If you do not wish to do so, delete
+#  this exception statement from your version. If you delete this exception
+#  statement from all source files in the program, then also delete it here.
 
 # Deluge Library, previously known as python-libtorrent:
 #
diff --git a/src/deluge_core.cpp b/src/deluge_core.cpp
index fa54a49c8..cc730dd22 100644
--- a/src/deluge_core.cpp
+++ b/src/deluge_core.cpp
@@ -17,6 +17,16 @@
  *
  *  Thank You: Some code portions were derived from BSD-licensed work by
  *             Arvid Norberg, and GPL-licensed work by Christophe Dumez
+ *
+ *   In addition, as a special exception, the copyright holders give
+ *  permission to link the code of portions of this program with the OpenSSL
+ *  library.
+ *  You must obey the GNU General Public License in all respects for all of
+ *  the code used other than OpenSSL. If you modify file(s) with this
+ *  exception, you may extend this exception to your version of the file(s),
+ *  but you are not obligated to do so. If you do not wish to do so, delete
+ *  this exception statement from your version. If you delete this exception
+ *  statement from all source files in the program, then also delete it here.
  */
 
 //------------------
diff --git a/src/deluge_stats.py b/src/deluge_stats.py
index 41caf3a9a..f9b356cb8 100644
--- a/src/deluge_stats.py
+++ b/src/deluge_stats.py
@@ -16,6 +16,16 @@
 # 	The Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
 # 	51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor
 # 	Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.
+#
+#  In addition, as a special exception, the copyright holders give
+#  permission to link the code of portions of this program with the OpenSSL
+#  library.
+#  You must obey the GNU General Public License in all respects for all of
+#  the code used other than OpenSSL. If you modify file(s) with this
+#  exception, you may extend this exception to your version of the file(s),
+#  but you are not obligated to do so. If you do not wish to do so, delete
+#  this exception statement from your version. If you delete this exception
+#  statement from all source files in the program, then also delete it here.
 
 import time
 
diff --git a/src/dgtk.py b/src/dgtk.py
index 083ff3f6a..1e43e88e6 100644
--- a/src/dgtk.py
+++ b/src/dgtk.py
@@ -17,6 +17,16 @@
 # 	The Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
 # 	51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor
 # 	Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.
+#
+#  In addition, as a special exception, the copyright holders give
+#  permission to link the code of portions of this program with the OpenSSL
+#  library.
+#  You must obey the GNU General Public License in all respects for all of
+#  the code used other than OpenSSL. If you modify file(s) with this
+#  exception, you may extend this exception to your version of the file(s),
+#  but you are not obligated to do so. If you do not wish to do so, delete
+#  this exception statement from your version. If you delete this exception
+#  statement from all source files in the program, then also delete it here.
 
 # Similar to common, this contains any common functions
 # related to gtk that are needed by the client
diff --git a/src/dialogs.py b/src/dialogs.py
index b2664678c..6f7a3ee90 100644
--- a/src/dialogs.py
+++ b/src/dialogs.py
@@ -17,6 +17,16 @@
 # 	The Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
 # 	51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor
 # 	Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.
+#
+#  In addition, as a special exception, the copyright holders give
+#  permission to link the code of portions of this program with the OpenSSL
+#  library.
+#  You must obey the GNU General Public License in all respects for all of
+#  the code used other than OpenSSL. If you modify file(s) with this
+#  exception, you may extend this exception to your version of the file(s),
+#  but you are not obligated to do so. If you do not wish to do so, delete
+#  this exception statement from your version. If you delete this exception
+#  statement from all source files in the program, then also delete it here.
 
 import common, dgtk
 import gtk, gtk.glade
diff --git a/src/interface.py b/src/interface.py
index 1b0352531..b84ab5c50 100644
--- a/src/interface.py
+++ b/src/interface.py
@@ -19,6 +19,16 @@
 # 	The Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
 # 	51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor
 # 	Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.
+#
+#  In addition, as a special exception, the copyright holders give
+#  permission to link the code of portions of this program with the OpenSSL
+#  library.
+#  You must obey the GNU General Public License in all respects for all of
+#  the code used other than OpenSSL. If you modify file(s) with this
+#  exception, you may extend this exception to your version of the file(s),
+#  but you are not obligated to do so. If you do not wish to do so, delete
+#  this exception statement from your version. If you delete this exception
+#  statement from all source files in the program, then also delete it here.
 
 import sys, os, os.path, urllib
 import core, common, dgtk, ipc_manager, dialogs
diff --git a/src/ipc_manager.py b/src/ipc_manager.py
index aed04a6fe..c5de29ddf 100644
--- a/src/ipc_manager.py
+++ b/src/ipc_manager.py
@@ -17,6 +17,16 @@
 # 	The Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
 # 	51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor
 # 	Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.
+#
+#  In addition, as a special exception, the copyright holders give
+#  permission to link the code of portions of this program with the OpenSSL
+#  library.
+#  You must obey the GNU General Public License in all respects for all of
+#  the code used other than OpenSSL. If you modify file(s) with this
+#  exception, you may extend this exception to your version of the file(s),
+#  but you are not obligated to do so. If you do not wish to do so, delete
+#  this exception statement from your version. If you delete this exception
+#  statement from all source files in the program, then also delete it here.
 
 
 # Code for dbus_importing borrowed from Listen (http://listen-project.org)
diff --git a/src/plugins.py b/src/plugins.py
index 912f2cc8c..bf8c9065c 100644
--- a/src/plugins.py
+++ b/src/plugins.py
@@ -19,6 +19,16 @@
 # 	The Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
 # 	51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor
 # 	Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.
+#
+#  In addition, as a special exception, the copyright holders give
+#  permission to link the code of portions of this program with the OpenSSL
+#  library.
+#  You must obey the GNU General Public License in all respects for all of
+#  the code used other than OpenSSL. If you modify file(s) with this
+#  exception, you may extend this exception to your version of the file(s),
+#  but you are not obligated to do so. If you do not wish to do so, delete
+#  this exception statement from your version. If you delete this exception
+#  statement from all source files in the program, then also delete it here.
 
 import os
 
diff --git a/src/pref.py b/src/pref.py
index da2b40812..9153f2af1 100644
--- a/src/pref.py
+++ b/src/pref.py
@@ -17,6 +17,16 @@
 # 	The Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
 # 	51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor
 # 	Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.
+#
+#  In addition, as a special exception, the copyright holders give
+#  permission to link the code of portions of this program with the OpenSSL
+#  library.
+#  You must obey the GNU General Public License in all respects for all of
+#  the code used other than OpenSSL. If you modify file(s) with this
+#  exception, you may extend this exception to your version of the file(s),
+#  but you are not obligated to do so. If you do not wish to do so, delete
+#  this exception statement from your version. If you delete this exception
+#  statement from all source files in the program, then also delete it here.
 
 
 # Preferences is basically a wrapper around a simple Python dictionary