diff --git a/checkstyle.xml b/checkstyle.xml
index 58bcb7e70..c39cf7cad 100644
--- a/checkstyle.xml
+++ b/checkstyle.xml
@@ -97,7 +97,6 @@
       <property name="illegalPattern" value="true"/>
       <property name="message" value="Trailing whitespace"/>
     </module>
-    
 
     <!--
     <module name="DeclarationOrder" />
@@ -112,6 +111,9 @@
     -->
   </module>
   
+  <!-- Require files to end with newline characters -->
+  <module name="NewlineAtEndOfFile"/>
+  
   <!-- Require package javadoc -->
   <module name="PackageHtml"/>