diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/container-service/dev-support/findbugsExcludeFile.xml b/hadoop-hdds/container-service/dev-support/findbugsExcludeFile.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3571a8929e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/container-service/dev-support/findbugsExcludeFile.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+<!--
+   Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+   contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+   this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+   The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+   (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+   the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+   Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+   distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+   WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+   See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+   limitations under the License.
+-->
+<FindBugsFilter>
+  <Match>
+    <Package name="org.apache.hadoop.hdds.protocol.proto"/>
+  </Match>
+</FindBugsFilter>
diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/container-service/pom.xml b/hadoop-hdds/container-service/pom.xml
index 3dc84706cea..36c7235b37a 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/container-service/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/container-service/pom.xml
@@ -98,6 +98,13 @@ http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
           </execution>
         </executions>
       </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+        <artifactId>findbugs-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <excludeFilterFile>${basedir}/dev-support/findbugsExcludeFile.xml</excludeFilterFile>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/tools/dev-support/findbugsExcludeFile.xml b/hadoop-ozone/tools/dev-support/findbugsExcludeFile.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e6a345eea55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/tools/dev-support/findbugsExcludeFile.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  limitations under the License. See accompanying LICENSE file.
+-->
+<FindBugsFilter>
+     <Match>
+       <Package name="org.apache.hadoop.ozone.genesis.generated" />
+     </Match>
+ </FindBugsFilter>
diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/tools/pom.xml b/hadoop-ozone/tools/pom.xml
index 918a675b0fb..839ca0d347a 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/tools/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/tools/pom.xml
@@ -68,4 +68,18 @@ http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
       <version>1.19</version>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+        <artifactId>findbugs-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <excludeFilterFile>${basedir}/dev-support/findbugsExcludeFile.xml
+          </excludeFilterFile>
+          <fork>true</fork>
+          <maxHeap>2048</maxHeap>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
 </project>