diff --git a/project/pom.xml b/project/pom.xml
index 7a6e90b1f6..c063d1db66 100644
--- a/project/pom.xml
+++ b/project/pom.xml
@@ -541,6 +541,15 @@
                     </execution>          
                 </executions>
             </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>2.9.1</version>
+                <configuration>
+                    <configLocation>../resources/checkstyle.xml</configLocation>
+                    <violationSeverity>warning</violationSeverity>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
         </plugins>
         <pluginManagement>
             <plugins>
diff --git a/resources/checkstyle.xml b/resources/checkstyle.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..323ade8339
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/checkstyle.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE module PUBLIC "-//Puppy Crawl//DTD Check Configuration 1.3//EN" "http://www.puppycrawl.com/dtds/configuration_1_3.dtd">
+
+<module name="Checker">
+    <property name="severity" value="warning"/>
+    <module name="TreeWalker">
+        <module name="LineLength">
+            <property name="ignorePattern" value="^import\s.*;$"/>
+            <property name="max" value="120"/>
+        </module>
+    </module>
+</module>