diff --git a/build-resources/src/main/resources/jetty-checkstyle.xml b/build-resources/src/main/resources/jetty-checkstyle.xml
index 334f05a2c63..d6e91cdc4b0 100644
--- a/build-resources/src/main/resources/jetty-checkstyle.xml
+++ b/build-resources/src/main/resources/jetty-checkstyle.xml
@@ -14,6 +14,12 @@
 
   <property name="fileExtensions" value="java"/>
 
+  <!-- reference to suppressions filter for both eclipse and intellij checkstyle plugins -->
+  <module name="SuppressionFilter">
+    <property name="file" value="${checkstyle.suppressions.file}"/>
+    <property name="optional" value="true"/>
+  </module>
+
   <!-- Excludes all 'module-info.java' files              -->
   <!-- See https://checkstyle.org/config_filefilters.html -->
   <module name="BeforeExecutionExclusionFileFilter">
diff --git a/build-resources/src/main/resources/jetty-suppressions.xml b/build-resources/src/main/resources/jetty-suppressions.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0e0b3d39b7b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build-resources/src/main/resources/jetty-suppressions.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+
+<!DOCTYPE suppressions PUBLIC
+  "-//Checkstyle//DTD SuppressionFilter Configuration 1.2//EN"
+  "https://checkstyle.org/dtds/suppressions_1_2.dtd">
+
+<suppressions>
+  <!-- General JUnit Test Cases -->
+  <suppress checks="AbbreviationAsWordInNameCheck"
+    files="[/\\]src[/\\]test[/\\]java[/\\]" />
+  <suppress checks="AvoidEscapedUnicodeCharactersCheck"
+    files="[/\\]src[/\\]test[/\\]java[/\\]" />
+  <suppress checks="LocalVariableNameCheck"
+    files="[/\\]src[/\\]test[/\\]java[/\\]" />
+  <suppress checks="MethodNameCheck"
+    files="[/\\]src[/\\]test[/\\]java[/\\]" />
+  <suppress checks="TypeNameCheck"
+    files="[/\\]src[/\\]test[/\\]java[/\\]" />
+
+  <!-- jetty-jmh specific -->
+  <suppress checks="AbbreviationAsWordInNameCheck"
+    files="[/\\]jetty-jmh[/\\]src[/\\]main[/\\]java[/\\]" />
+  <suppress checks="AvoidEscapedUnicodeCharactersCheck"
+    files="[/\\]jetty-jmh[/\\]src[/\\]main[/\\]java[/\\]" />
+  <suppress checks="LocalVariableNameCheck"
+    files="[/\\]jetty-jmh[/\\]src[/\\]main[/\\]java[/\\]" />
+  <suppress checks="MethodNameCheck"
+    files="[/\\]jetty-jmh[/\\]src[/\\]main[/\\]java[/\\]" />
+  <suppress checks="TypeNameCheck"
+    files="[/\\]jetty-jmh[/\\]src[/\\]main[/\\]java[/\\]" />
+
+</suppressions>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2b21004400b..2963505d1c9 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1133,6 +1133,8 @@
               <version>3.0.0</version>
               <configuration>
                 <configLocation>jetty-checkstyle.xml</configLocation>
+                <suppressionsLocation>jetty-suppressions.xml</suppressionsLocation>
+                <suppressionsFileExpression>checkstyle.suppressions.file</suppressionsFileExpression>
               </configuration>
               <dependencies>
                 <dependency>