diff --git a/doc/sphinx-guides/source/installation/config.rst b/doc/sphinx-guides/source/installation/config.rst
index ab37d7ad1d8..3b69f72ca24 100644
--- a/doc/sphinx-guides/source/installation/config.rst
+++ b/doc/sphinx-guides/source/installation/config.rst
@@ -265,6 +265,13 @@ This is the email address that "system" emails are sent from such as password re
 
 ``curl -X PUT -d "Support <support@example.edu>" http://localhost:8080/api/admin/settings/:SystemEmail``
 
+:FooterCopyright
+++++++++++++++++
+
+By default the footer says "Copyright © [YYYY]" but you can add text after the year, as in the example below.
+
+``curl -X PUT -d ", The President &#38; Fellows of Harvard College" http://localhost:8080/api/admin/settings/:FooterCopyright``
+
 :DoiProvider
 ++++++++++++
 .. _:DoiProvider:
diff --git a/scripts/api/setup-optional-harvard.sh b/scripts/api/setup-optional-harvard.sh
index 52caa31c1e0..3433e823014 100755
--- a/scripts/api/setup-optional-harvard.sh
+++ b/scripts/api/setup-optional-harvard.sh
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ curl -s -X PUT -d true "$SERVER/admin/settings/:GeoconnectCreateEditMaps"
 curl -s -X PUT -d true "$SERVER/admin/settings/:GeoconnectViewMaps"
 echo  "- Setting system email"
 curl -X PUT -d "Dataverse Support <support@dataverse.org>" http://localhost:8080/api/admin/settings/:SystemEmail
+curl -X PUT -d ", The President &#38; Fellows of Harvard College" http://localhost:8080/api/admin/settings/:FooterCopyright
 echo "- Setting up the Harvard Shibboleth institutional group"
 curl -s -X POST -H 'Content-type:application/json' --upload-file data/shibGroupHarvard.json "$SERVER/admin/groups/shib?key=$adminKey"
 echo
diff --git a/src/main/java/Bundle.properties b/src/main/java/Bundle.properties
index 2ca4fd5de66..ca19a51533e 100755
--- a/src/main/java/Bundle.properties
+++ b/src/main/java/Bundle.properties
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ footer.dataverseOnGitHub=Dataverse On GitHub
 footer.dataverseProjectOn=Dataverse Project on
 footer.Twitter=Twitter
 footer.dataScienceIQSS=Developed at the <a href="http://www.iq.harvard.edu/" title="Institute for Quantitative Social Science" target="_blank">Institute for Quantitative Social Science</a>
-footer.copyright=Copyright &#169; 2016, The President &#38; Fellows of Harvard College
+footer.copyright=Copyright &#169; {0}
 footer.widget.datastored=Data is stored at {0}.
 footer.widget.login=Log in to
 footer.privacyPolicy=Privacy Policy
diff --git a/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/settings/SettingsServiceBean.java b/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/settings/SettingsServiceBean.java
index c4aedb81a71..9235ab19dab 100644
--- a/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/settings/SettingsServiceBean.java
+++ b/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/settings/SettingsServiceBean.java
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ public class SettingsServiceBean {
      * So there.
      */
     public enum Key {
+        FooterCopyright,
         MinutesUntilConfirmEmailTokenExpires,
         /**
          * Override Solr highlighting "fragsize"
diff --git a/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/util/SystemConfig.java b/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/util/SystemConfig.java
index 5246be6acd2..1912642ea9b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/util/SystemConfig.java
+++ b/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/util/SystemConfig.java
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.net.InetAddress;
 import java.net.UnknownHostException;
+import java.time.Year;
+import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.MissingResourceException;
 import java.util.Properties;
 import java.util.ResourceBundle;
@@ -528,4 +530,8 @@ public boolean isTimerServer() {
         }
         return false;
     }
+
+    public String getFooterCopyrightAndYear() {
+        return BundleUtil.getStringFromBundle("footer.copyright", Arrays.asList(Year.now().getValue() + ""));
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/webapp/dataverse_footer.xhtml b/src/main/webapp/dataverse_footer.xhtml
index 97141f69b69..285c4408f19 100644
--- a/src/main/webapp/dataverse_footer.xhtml
+++ b/src/main/webapp/dataverse_footer.xhtml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
                         <h:outputText value="#{bundle['footer.dataScienceIQSS']}" escape="false"/> &#160;|&#160; #{bundle['footer.dataverseProjectOn']} <a href="https://twitter.com/dataverseorg" target="_blank" title="#{bundle['footer.dataverseProjectOn']} #{bundle['footer.Twitter']}"><span class="socicon socicon-twitter" title="#{bundle['footer.dataverseProjectOn']} #{bundle['footer.Twitter']}"/></a> &#160;|&#160; #{bundle['footer.codeAvailable']} <a href="https://github.com/IQSS/dataverse" target="_blank" title="#{bundle['footer.dataverseOnGitHub']}"><span class="socicon socicon-github" title="#{bundle['footer.dataverseOnGitHub']}"/></a>
                     </p>
                     <p>
-                        <h:outputText value="#{bundle['footer.copyright']}" escape="false"/> <ui:fragment rendered="#{!empty settingsWrapper.get(':ApplicationPrivacyPolicyUrl')}">&#160;|&#160; <h:outputLink value="#{settingsWrapper.get(':ApplicationPrivacyPolicyUrl')}" target="_blank">#{bundle['footer.privacyPolicy']}</h:outputLink></ui:fragment>
+                        <h:outputText value="#{systemConfig.footerCopyrightAndYear}#{settingsWrapper.get(':FooterCopyright')}" escape="false"/> <ui:fragment rendered="#{!empty settingsWrapper.get(':ApplicationPrivacyPolicyUrl')}">&#160;|&#160; <h:outputLink value="#{settingsWrapper.get(':ApplicationPrivacyPolicyUrl')}" target="_blank">#{bundle['footer.privacyPolicy']}</h:outputLink></ui:fragment>
                     </p>
                 </div>
                 <div class="col-xs-7 small" jsf:rendered="#{widgetView}">