diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f39e8e18..523d6f6e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@
 		</maven-checkstyle-plugin.includeTestSourceDirectory>
 		<spring-cloud-build-checkstyle.branch>master</spring-cloud-build-checkstyle.branch>
 		<checkstyle.suppressions.file>https://raw.githubusercontent.com/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-build/${spring-cloud-build-checkstyle.branch}/spring-cloud-build-tools/src/checkstyle/checkstyle-suppressions.xml</checkstyle.suppressions.file>
+		<checkstyle.additional.suppressions.file>override me if necessary</checkstyle.additional.suppressions.file>
 	</properties>
 	<dependencyManagement>
 		<dependencies>
@@ -338,7 +339,8 @@ limitations under the License.
 								<configLocation>checkstyle.xml</configLocation>
 								<headerLocation>checkstyle-header.txt</headerLocation>
 								<propertyExpansion>checkstyle.build.directory=${project.build.directory}
-									checkstyle.suppressions.file=${checkstyle.suppressions.file}</propertyExpansion>
+									checkstyle.suppressions.file=${checkstyle.suppressions.file}
+									checkstyle.additional.suppressions.file=${checkstyle.additional.suppressions.file}</propertyExpansion>
 								<consoleOutput>true</consoleOutput>
 								<!-- TODO: Start fixing the errors -->
 								<includeTestSourceDirectory>${maven-checkstyle-plugin.includeTestSourceDirectory}</includeTestSourceDirectory>
diff --git a/spring-cloud-build-tools/src/main/resources/checkstyle.xml b/spring-cloud-build-tools/src/main/resources/checkstyle.xml
index 61573a72..5803182f 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-build-tools/src/main/resources/checkstyle.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-build-tools/src/main/resources/checkstyle.xml
@@ -9,6 +9,11 @@
 		<property name="optional" value="true"/>
 	</module>
 
+	<module name="SuppressionFilter">
+		<property name="file" value="${checkstyle.additional.suppressions.file}"/>
+		<property name="optional" value="true"/>
+	</module>
+
 	<!-- TAKEN FROM SPRING BOOT -->
 	<!-- Root Checks -->
 	<module name="com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.checks.header.RegexpHeaderCheck">