diff --git a/client/pom.xml b/client/pom.xml
index f59e1a059d3..03a141d810a 100644
--- a/client/pom.xml
+++ b/client/pom.xml
@@ -571,6 +571,17 @@
           </execution>
         </executions>
       </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
+          <executions>
+            <execution>
+              <id>cloudstack-checkstyle</id>
+              <phase>none</phase>
+              <inherited>false</inherited>
+            </execution>
+          </executions>
+      </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
   <profiles>
diff --git a/engine/pom.xml b/engine/pom.xml
index f95007cae83..5f1b95b9116 100644
--- a/engine/pom.xml
+++ b/engine/pom.xml
@@ -29,6 +29,19 @@
   </parent>
   <build>
     <defaultGoal>install</defaultGoal>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
+          <executions>
+            <execution>
+              <id>cloudstack-checkstyle</id>
+              <phase>none</phase>
+              <inherited>false</inherited>
+            </execution>
+          </executions>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
   </build>
   <modules>
     <module>api</module>
diff --git a/framework/pom.xml b/framework/pom.xml
index 505c49e99c4..a1f4321e98f 100644
--- a/framework/pom.xml
+++ b/framework/pom.xml
@@ -28,6 +28,19 @@
   </parent>
   <build>
     <defaultGoal>install</defaultGoal>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
+          <executions>
+            <execution>
+              <id>cloudstack-checkstyle</id>
+              <phase>none</phase>
+              <inherited>false</inherited>
+            </execution>
+          </executions>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
   </build>
   <modules>
     <module>ipc</module>
diff --git a/plugins/pom.xml b/plugins/pom.xml
index b1bafee1524..a9cf6179634 100755
--- a/plugins/pom.xml
+++ b/plugins/pom.xml
@@ -22,6 +22,19 @@
 
   <build>
     <defaultGoal>install</defaultGoal>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
+          <executions>
+            <execution>
+              <id>cloudstack-checkstyle</id>
+              <phase>none</phase>
+              <inherited>false</inherited>
+            </execution>
+          </executions>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
   </build>
   <modules>
     <module>api/rate-limit</module>
diff --git a/services/pom.xml b/services/pom.xml
index 0e61a615527..def30271f9b 100644
--- a/services/pom.xml
+++ b/services/pom.xml
@@ -29,6 +29,19 @@
   </parent>
   <build>
     <defaultGoal>install</defaultGoal>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
+          <executions>
+            <execution>
+              <id>cloudstack-checkstyle</id>
+              <phase>none</phase>
+              <inherited>false</inherited>
+            </execution>
+          </executions>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
   </build>
   <modules>
     <module>console-proxy</module>