diff --git a/checkstyle/config.xml b/checkstyle/config.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2b99e29fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/checkstyle/config.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<!DOCTYPE module PUBLIC
+		"-//Checkstyle//DTD Checkstyle Configuration 1.3//EN"
+		"https://checkstyle.org/dtds/configuration_1_3.dtd">
+
+<module name="Checker">
+    <property name="fileExtensions" value="java, properties, xml"/>
+
+    <module name="BeforeExecutionExclusionFileFilter">
+        <property name="fileNamePattern" value="module\-info\.java$"/>
+    </module>
+
+    <module name="RegexpHeader">
+        <property name="headerFile" value="${checkstyle.header.file}" />
+        <property name="fileExtensions" value="java" />
+    </module>
+
+    <module name="NewlineAtEndOfFile"/>
+
+    <module name="SuppressWarningsFilter" />
+</module>
diff --git a/checkstyle/java-header.txt b/checkstyle/java-header.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..83fac9e97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/checkstyle/java-header.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+^\Q/*\E$
+^\Q * Copyright 2011-2019 the original author or authors.\E$
+^\Q *\E$
+^\Q * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");\E$
+^\Q * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.\E$
+^\Q * You may obtain a copy of the License at\E$
+^\Q *\E$
+^\Q *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0\E$
+^\Q *\E$
+^\Q * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software\E$
+^\Q * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,\E$
+^\Q * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.\E$
+^\Q * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and\E$
+^\Q * limitations under the License.\E$
+^\Q */\E$
+^\Qpackage\E .+;$
+^.*$
diff --git a/checkstyle/suppressions.xml b/checkstyle/suppressions.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3875722d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/checkstyle/suppressions.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<!DOCTYPE suppressions PUBLIC
+		"-//Puppy Crawl//DTD Suppressions 1.1//EN"
+		"http://www.puppycrawl.com/dtds/suppressions_1_1.dtd">
+<suppressions>
+	<suppress checks="RegexpHeader" files="package-info\.java"/>
+</suppressions>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b6ea82952..a13db8e16 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -35,11 +35,14 @@
 	</modules>
 
 	<properties>
-		<project.type>multi</project.type>
 		<dist.id>spring-data-neo4j</dist.id>
+
+		<project.type>multi</project.type>
+
+		<checkstyle.version>8.16</checkstyle.version>
+		<maven-checkstyle-plugin.version>3.0.0</maven-checkstyle-plugin.version>
 		<neo4j.ogm.version>3.2.0-alpha01</neo4j.ogm.version>
 		<springdata.commons>2.2.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</springdata.commons>
-		<source.level>1.8</source.level>
 	</properties>
 
 	<developers>
@@ -206,4 +209,45 @@
 		</pluginRepository>
 	</pluginRepositories>
 
+	<build>
+		<pluginManagement>
+			<plugins>
+				<plugin>
+					<artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
+					<version>${maven-checkstyle-plugin.version}</version>
+					<dependencies>
+						<dependency>
+							<groupId>com.puppycrawl.tools</groupId>
+							<artifactId>checkstyle</artifactId>
+							<version>${checkstyle.version}</version>
+						</dependency>
+					</dependencies>
+					<configuration>
+						<configLocation>checkstyle/config.xml</configLocation>
+						<suppressionsLocation>checkstyle/suppressions.xml</suppressionsLocation>
+						<headerLocation>checkstyle/java-header.txt</headerLocation>
+						<encoding>${project.build.sourceEncoding}</encoding>
+						<consoleOutput>true</consoleOutput>
+						<failsOnError>true</failsOnError>
+						<includeTestSourceDirectory>true</includeTestSourceDirectory>
+					</configuration>
+				</plugin>
+			</plugins>
+		</pluginManagement>
+		<plugins>
+			<plugin>
+				<artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
+				<executions>
+					<execution>
+						<id>validate</id>
+						<phase>validate</phase>
+						<goals>
+							<goal>check</goal>
+						</goals>
+					</execution>
+				</executions>
+			</plugin>
+		</plugins>
+	</build>
+
 </project>