diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index d7ca5ff4d..43545453c 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -86,6 +86,10 @@ subprojects {
         }
     }
 
+    task licenseFile {
+        outputs.file(project.parent.file('LICENSE.txt'))
+    }
+
     task dependencySearch(type: DependencyInsightReportTask) {
         description 'Searches all projects for a dependency'
         group 'help'
@@ -102,6 +106,25 @@ subprojects {
             }
         }
     }
+
+    // copied from https://stackoverflow.com/a/38058671/568723
+    task depSize  {
+        description 'Lists all dependencies sorted by their size'
+        doLast {
+            final formatStr = "%,10.2f"
+            final conf = configurations.default
+            final size = conf.collect { it.length() / (1024 * 1024) }.sum()
+            final out = new StringBuffer()
+            out << 'Total dependencies size:'.padRight(45)
+            out << "${String.format(formatStr, size)} Mb\n\n"
+            conf.sort { -it.length() }
+                    .each {
+                        out << "${it.name}".padRight(45)
+                        out << "${String.format(formatStr, (it.length() / 1024))} kb\n"
+                    }
+            println(out)
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 apply from: 'build.publishing.gradle'
diff --git a/okapi-shade/build.gradle b/okapi-shade/build.gradle
index 7e071c54f..ca885049e 100644
--- a/okapi-shade/build.gradle
+++ b/okapi-shade/build.gradle
@@ -64,11 +64,15 @@ shadowJar {
             exclude(dependency("$it:"))
         }
     }
+    exclude "META-INF/maven/org.apache*/**"
     exclude "META-INF/versions/**/*"
     exclude "META-INF/services/**/*"
     exclude "META-INF/NOTICE*"
     exclude "META-INF/LICENSE*"
+    exclude "META-INF/DEPENDENCIES*"
     exclude "utf8.json"
+
+    metaInf { from tasks.licenseFile } 
 }
 
 assemble.dependsOn shadowJar