diff --git a/project/AkkaBuild.scala b/project/AkkaBuild.scala
index 2beac404b8..9dec7aedad 100644
--- a/project/AkkaBuild.scala
+++ b/project/AkkaBuild.scala
@@ -10,7 +10,9 @@ import java.util.Properties
 import akka.TestExtras.JUnitFileReporting
 import com.typesafe.sbt.pgp.PgpKeys.publishSigned
 import sbt.Keys._
-import sbt.{TestResult, _}
+import sbt._
+import sbtwhitesource.WhiteSourcePlugin.autoImport._
+import com.typesafe.sbt.SbtGit.GitKeys._
 
 object AkkaBuild {
 
@@ -105,6 +107,23 @@ object AkkaBuild {
     ivyLoggingLevel in ThisBuild := UpdateLogging.Quiet,
 
     licenses := Seq(("Apache License, Version 2.0", url("http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0"))),
+    // do not change the value of whitesourceProduct
+    whitesourceProduct in ThisBuild := "Lightbend Reactive Platform",
+    whitesourceAggregateProjectName in ThisBuild  := {
+      "akka-" + (
+        if (version.value.endsWith("SNAPSHOT"))
+          if (gitCurrentBranch.value == "master") "master"
+          else "adhoc"
+        else majorMinor(version.value).map(_ + "-current").getOrElse("snapshot"))
+    },
+    whitesourceAggregateProjectToken in ThisBuild := {
+      // These are not secrets but integration identifiers:
+      whitesourceAggregateProjectName.value match {
+        case "akka-master" => "d6ca7d74-d8d8-4682-b32c-6d62ea76d26a"
+        case "akka-adhoc" => "754219db-b6ef-4e5d-89af-9594ff654b63"
+        case other => throw new Exception(s"Please add project '$other' to whitesource and record the integration token here")
+      }
+    },
     homepage := Some(url("http://akka.io/")),
 
     apiURL := Some(url(s"http://doc.akka.io/api/akka/${version.value}")),
@@ -179,4 +198,5 @@ object AkkaBuild {
     }
   }
 
+  def majorMinor(version: String): Option[String] ="""\d+\.\d+""".r.findFirstIn(version)
 }
diff --git a/project/plugins.sbt b/project/plugins.sbt
index b6a042af87..bad9b1c6a0 100644
--- a/project/plugins.sbt
+++ b/project/plugins.sbt
@@ -39,3 +39,7 @@ addSbtPlugin("io.spray" % "sbt-boilerplate" % "0.6.0")
 addSbtPlugin("com.timushev.sbt" % "sbt-updates" % "0.1.10")
 
 addSbtPlugin("com.lightbend.akka" % "sbt-paradox-akka" % "0.3")
+
+addSbtPlugin("com.lightbend" % "sbt-whitesource" % "0.1.1")
+
+addSbtPlugin("com.typesafe.sbt" % "sbt-git" % "0.9.3")
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