diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/classes/scancode.bbclass b/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/classes/scancode.bbclass
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..701660f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/classes/scancode.bbclass
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+# We use scancode utlity for extacting licence information.
+# scancode itself is an OSS Utlitity.
+# For more informaiton https://github.com/nexB/scancode-toolkit
+
+SCANCODE_FORMAT ?= "html-app"
+EXT = "${@'html' if d.getVar('SCANCODE_FORMAT', True) == 'html-app' else 'json'}"
+SCANCODE_TOOLKIT = "${@get_scancode_toolkit(d)}"
+SCANCODE_TAG = "v2.2.1"
+SCANCODE_GIT_LOCATION ?= "https://github.com/nexB/scancode-toolkit.git"
+SCANCODE_SRC_LOCATION ?= "${DL_DIR}/scancode"
+
+def get_scancode_toolkit(d):
+    lf = bb.utils.lockfile(d.getVar('SCANCODE_SRC_LOCATION', True) + ".lock")
+    if (not os.path.exists(d.getVar('SCANCODE_SRC_LOCATION', True))):
+        os.system("git clone %s %s -b %s" % (d.getVar('SCANCODE_GIT_LOCATION', True), d.getVar('SCANCODE_SRC_LOCATION', True), d.getVar('SCANCODE_TAG', True)))
+    bb.utils.unlockfile(lf)
+    return (d.getVar('SCANCODE_SRC_LOCATION', True))
+
+do_scancode() {
+	mkdir -p ${DEPLOY_DIR_IMAGE}/scancode
+	cd ${SCANCODE_TOOLKIT}
+	if [ -d "${S}" ]; then
+		./scancode ${S} --format  ${SCANCODE_FORMAT} ${DEPLOY_DIR_IMAGE}/scancode/${PN}.${EXT}
+	fi
+}
+
+addtask scancode after do_patch
+
+do_scancode_oss() {
+    echo "We are done running scancode"
+}
+
+do_scancode_oss[recrdeptask] = "do_scancode_oss do_scancode"
+do_scancode_oss[nostamp] = "1"
+addtask do_scancode_oss after do_scancode