diff --git a/LICENSE.txt b/LICENSE.txt
index 0f96c54..53c76d3 100644
--- a/LICENSE.txt
+++ b/LICENSE.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 The MIT License (MIT)
 
-Copyright (c) 2016-2017 SendGrid, Inc.
+Copyright (c) 2012-2017 SendGrid, Inc.
 
 Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
 of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
diff --git a/test/unit/LicenceYearTest.php b/test/unit/LicenceYearTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..515a26c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/unit/LicenceYearTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace SendGrid\Test;
+
+class LicenceYearTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
+{
+    public function testConstructor()
+    {
+        $rootDir = __DIR__ . '/../..';
+
+        $license = explode("\n", file_get_contents("$rootDir/LICENSE.txt"));
+        $copyright = $license[2];
+
+        $year = date('Y');
+
+        $expected = "Copyright (c) 2012-{$year} SendGrid, Inc.";
+
+        $this->assertEquals($expected, $copyright);
+    }
+
+}