diff --git a/scripts/check-licence-header.sh b/scripts/check-licence-header.sh
index a9b2502c26029057c4b05579ab0be0bb302c363e..72a58410a7867bc572102210e3265b2b0782bd84 100755
--- a/scripts/check-licence-header.sh
+++ b/scripts/check-licence-header.sh
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ external
 # inherited from the ALICE experiment. The code was copied by the
 # original author when he started working for CBM.
 papaframework
+# The parameter server was copied from FairRoot and modified
+# Since we are not sure yet how this needs to be handled the
+# files are not tested
+ParameterMQServer
 )
 
 RETURN_CODE="0"