diff --git a/spring-cloud-build-tools/src/main/resources/checkstyle.xml b/spring-cloud-build-tools/src/main/resources/checkstyle.xml
index ebc2dfd7..977493ca 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-build-tools/src/main/resources/checkstyle.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-build-tools/src/main/resources/checkstyle.xml
@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@
 		"http://www.puppycrawl.com/dtds/configuration_1_3.dtd">
 <module name="com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.Checker">
 
+	<module name="SuppressionFilter">
+		<property name="file" value="src/checkstyle/checkstyle-suppressions.xml"/>
+		<property name="optional" value="true"/>
+	</module>
+
 	<!-- TAKEN FROM SPRING BOOT -->
 	<!-- Root Checks -->
 	<module name="com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.checks.header.RegexpHeaderCheck">