diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index acf3c889a3..71ff8ba3a5 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ COPY test-data/src/ test-data/src/
 RUN ./mvnw package \
     --define skipTests \
     --activate-profiles branch,DEV \
+    --define checkstyle.skip=true \
     --define skip.npm \
     --define skip.installnodenpm
 
diff --git a/checkstyle.xml b/checkstyle.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bd24b31e31
--- /dev/null
+++ b/checkstyle.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<!DOCTYPE module PUBLIC
+        "-//Checkstyle//DTD Checkstyle Configuration 1.3//EN"
+        "https://checkstyle.org/dtds/configuration_1_3.dtd">
+
+<module name="Checker">
+</module>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 3473242939..8567faf79d 100755
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -211,6 +211,11 @@
                     <artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
                     <version>3.4.0</version>
                 </plugin>
+                <plugin>
+                    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
+                    <version>3.6.0</version>
+                </plugin>
             </plugins>
         </pluginManagement>
         <plugins>
@@ -312,6 +317,23 @@
                     </execution>
                 </executions>
             </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
+                <configuration>
+                    <configLocation>checkstyle.xml</configLocation>
+                    <failOnViolation>true</failOnViolation>
+                </configuration>
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <id>validate</id>
+                        <phase>process-sources</phase>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>check</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+            </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
 </project>
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