Guidewire Software (GWRE) 10-K 2016 FY Annual report

Exhibit 23.1

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The Board of Directors

Guidewire Software, Inc.:

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statement (Nos. 333-209906, 333-202541, 333-179799, 333-187004, and 333-194290) on Form S-8, and in the registration statements (Nos. 333-191856 and 333-191834) on Form S-3 of Guidewire Software, Inc. of our report dated September 15, 2016, with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of Guidewire Software, Inc. as of July 31, 2016 and 2015, and the related consolidated statements of income, comprehensive income, stockholders' equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended July 31, 2016, and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of July 31, 2016, which report appears in the July 31, 2016 annual report on Form 10-K of Guidewire Software, Inc.

/S/KPMG LLP

Santa Clara, California

September 15, 2016