diff --git a/tools/test/travis-ci/scancode-evaluate.py b/tools/test/travis-ci/scancode-evaluate.py
index 0156c200fd2..c487ae5e717 100644
--- a/tools/test/travis-ci/scancode-evaluate.py
+++ b/tools/test/travis-ci/scancode-evaluate.py
@@ -89,7 +89,8 @@ def license_check(scancode_output_path):
     ReturnCode.ERROR.value if any error in file licenses found
     """
 
-    offenders = []
+    license_offenders = []
+    spdx_offenders = []
     try:
         with open(scancode_output_path, 'r') as read_file:
             scancode_output_data = json.load(read_file)
@@ -107,13 +108,13 @@ def license_check(scancode_output_path):
 
         if not scancode_output_data_file['licenses']:
             scancode_output_data_file['fail_reason'] = MISSING_LICENSE_TEXT
-            offenders.append(scancode_output_data_file)
+            license_offenders.append(scancode_output_data_file)
             # check the next file in the scancode output
             continue
 
         if not has_permissive_text_in_scancode_output(scancode_output_data_file['licenses']):
             scancode_output_data_file['fail_reason'] = MISSING_PERMISSIVE_LICENSE_TEXT
-            offenders.append(scancode_output_data_file)
+            license_offenders.append(scancode_output_data_file)
 
         if not has_spdx_text_in_scancode_output(scancode_output_data_file['licenses']):
             # Scancode does not recognize license notice in Python file headers.
@@ -131,13 +132,17 @@ def license_check(scancode_output_path):
 
             if not has_spdx_text_in_analysed_file(scanned_file_content):
                 scancode_output_data_file['fail_reason'] = MISSING_SPDX_TEXT
-                offenders.append(scancode_output_data_file)
+                spdx_offenders.append(scancode_output_data_file)
 
-    if offenders:
+    if license_offenders:
         userlog.warning("Found files with missing license details, please review and fix")
-        for offender in offenders:
+        for offender in license_offenders:
             userlog.warning("File: %s reason: %s" % (path_leaf(offender['path']), offender['fail_reason']))
-    return len(offenders)
+    if spdx_offenders:
+        userlog.warning("Found files with missing SPDX identifier, please review and fix")
+        for offender in spdx_offenders:
+            userlog.warning("File: %s reason: %s" % (path_leaf(offender['path']), offender['fail_reason']))
+    return len(license_offenders)
 
 
 def parse_args():
diff --git a/tools/test/travis-ci/scancode_evaluate_test.py b/tools/test/travis-ci/scancode_evaluate_test.py
index 19d527f6786..fc2e068e6cf 100644
--- a/tools/test/travis-ci/scancode_evaluate_test.py
+++ b/tools/test/travis-ci/scancode_evaluate_test.py
@@ -78,18 +78,18 @@ def test_various_combinations_permissive_license_with_spdx(self):
     def test_missing_license_permissive_license_and_spdx(self, create_scanned_files):
         """ Test four files scanned with various issues.
             test.h: Missing license text (error count += 1)
-            test3.h: Missing `Permissive` license text and `spdx` in match.identifier and not in file tested by ScanCode (error count += 2)
+            test3.h: Missing `Permissive` license text and `spdx` in match.identifier and not in file tested by ScanCode (error count += 1)
             test4.h: Missing `Permissive` license text and `spdx` in match.identifier but found in file tested by ScanCode (error count += 1)
             test5.h: Missing `spdx` in match.identifier but found in file tested by ScanCode. (error count += 0)
             @inputs scancode_test/scancode_test_2.json
-            @output 4
+            @output 3
         """
-        assert license_check(os.path.join(STUBS_PATH, "scancode_test_3.json")) == 4
+        assert license_check(os.path.join(STUBS_PATH, "scancode_test_3.json")) == 3
 
     def test_permissive_license_no_spdx(self, create_scanned_files):
         """ Multiple `Permissive` licenses in one file but none with `spdx` in
-            match.identifier and not in file tested by ScanCode (error count += 1)
+            match.identifier and not in file tested by ScanCode (error count += 0)
             @inputs scancode_test/scancode_test_2.json
-            @outputs 1
+            @outputs 0
         """
-        assert license_check(os.path.join(STUBS_PATH, "scancode_test_4.json")) == 1
+        assert license_check(os.path.join(STUBS_PATH, "scancode_test_4.json")) == 0