diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 517a10ac..9f463907 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -125,6 +125,26 @@
                     </execution>
                 </executions>
             </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>3.1.2</version>
+                <configuration>
+                    <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
+                    <consoleOutput>true</consoleOutput>
+                    <failsOnError>true</failsOnError>
+                    <linkXRef>false</linkXRef>
+                </configuration>
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <id>validate</id>
+                        <phase>validate</phase>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>check</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+            </plugin>
         </plugins>
 
         <resources>