diff --git a/lib/NGCP/Panel/Utils/License.pm b/lib/NGCP/Panel/Utils/License.pm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..88b64c2dfd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/NGCP/Panel/Utils/License.pm
@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+package NGCP::Panel::Utils::License;
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+
+use Sipwise::Base;
+
+sub get_license_status {
+    my ($ref) = @_;
+
+    my $fd;
+    if (!open($fd, '<', '/proc/ngcp/check')) {
+        return 'missing';
+    }
+    my $status = <$fd>;
+    close($fd);
+    chomp($status);
+    if ($status =~ /^ok/) {
+        return 'ok';
+    }
+    if ($status =~ /missing license/) {
+        return 'missing';
+    }
+    if ($status =~ /^(warning|error) \((.*)\)$/) {
+        if (ref($ref) eq 'SCALAR') {
+            $$ref = $2;
+        }
+        return $1;
+    }
+
+    if (ref($ref) eq 'SCALAR') {
+        $$ref = 'internal error';
+    }
+    return 'error';
+}
+
+sub is_license_status {
+    my (@allowed) = @_;
+    my $status = get_license_status();
+    return scalar grep {$_ eq $status} @allowed;
+}
+
+sub is_license_error {
+    my (@allowed) = @_;
+    @allowed or @allowed = ('error');
+    my $ext;
+    my $status = get_license_status(\$ext);
+    if (!grep {$_ eq $status} @allowed) {
+        return 0;
+    }
+    return $ext || $status;
+}
+
+1;
+
+=head1 NAME
+
+NGCP::Panel::Utils::License
+
+=head1 DESCRIPTION
+
+Helper module for license handling
+
+=head1 METHODS
+
+=head2 get_license_status
+
+Performs the actual check of the license status. Returns one of:
+
+'missing': No license data present.
+'ok': License present and all limits observed.
+'warning': License present but some limits exceeded within the grace thresholds.
+'error': License limits exceeded beyond the grace thresholds, or internal error.
+
+A reference to a scalar can be passed as an optional first argument, in which case
+a more detailed status description is written into that scalar in the 'warning'
+and 'error' cases.
+
+Example:
+my $status = get_license_status(\$ext_status);
+
+=head2 is_license_status
+
+Takes a list of strings as argument list. Returns true or false if the license
+status is one of the status names given in the argument list.
+
+Example:
+if (is_license_status(qw(missing error))) ...
+
+=head2 is_license_error
+
+Similar to is_license_status() but returns the status string instead of true if
+the license status is one of the values given. If the argument list is empty, it
+defaults to ('error').
+
+Example:
+if (my $status = is_license_error()) ...
+
+=head1 AUTHOR
+
+Richard Fuchs
+
+=head1 LICENSE
+
+This library is free software. You can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the same terms as Perl itself.
+
+=cut
+# vim: set tabstop=4 expandtab:
diff --git a/lib/NGCP/Panel/Utils/Subscriber.pm b/lib/NGCP/Panel/Utils/Subscriber.pm
index 677048233c..628a97f822 100644
--- a/lib/NGCP/Panel/Utils/Subscriber.pm
+++ b/lib/NGCP/Panel/Utils/Subscriber.pm
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ use NGCP::Panel::Utils::Preferences;
 use NGCP::Panel::Utils::Email;
 use NGCP::Panel::Utils::Events;
 use NGCP::Panel::Utils::DateTime qw();
+use NGCP::Panel::Utils::License;
 use UUID qw/generate unparse/;
 use JSON qw/decode_json encode_json/;
 use IPC::System::Simple qw/capturex/;
@@ -187,6 +188,11 @@ sub create_subscriber {
     my $prov_domain = $schema->resultset('voip_domains')
             ->find({domain => $billing_domain->domain});
 
+    if (my $status = NGCP::Panel::Utils::License::is_license_error()) {
+        $c->log->warn("invalid license status: $status");
+        # die("invalid license status: $status");
+    }
+
     my ($profile_set, $profile);
     if($params->{profile_set}{id}) {
         my $profile_set_rs = $c->model('DB')->resultset('voip_subscriber_profile_sets');