diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-gradle-plugin/src/main/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/plugin/SpringCloudContractVerifierGradlePlugin.groovy b/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-gradle-plugin/src/main/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/plugin/SpringCloudContractVerifierGradlePlugin.groovy
index 007d1543ec..9c1eda169e 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-gradle-plugin/src/main/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/plugin/SpringCloudContractVerifierGradlePlugin.groovy
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-gradle-plugin/src/main/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/plugin/SpringCloudContractVerifierGradlePlugin.groovy
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ class SpringCloudContractVerifierGradlePlugin implements Plugin<Project> {
 			configProperties = { extension }
 		}
 		task.dependsOn copyContracts
+		project.tasks.findByName("compileTestJava").dependsOn(task)
 	}
 
 	private void createAndConfigureGenerateWireMockClientStubsFromDslTask(ContractVerifierExtension extension,
diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-gradle-plugin/src/test/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/plugin/SampleJerseyProjectSpec.groovy b/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-gradle-plugin/src/test/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/plugin/SampleJerseyProjectSpec.groovy
index 7144f30a30..801deb3373 100755
--- a/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-gradle-plugin/src/test/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/plugin/SampleJerseyProjectSpec.groovy
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-gradle-plugin/src/test/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/plugin/SampleJerseyProjectSpec.groovy
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ class SampleJerseyProjectSpec extends ContractVerifierIntegrationSpec {
 		expect:
 			runTasksSuccessfully(checkAndPublishToMavenLocal())
 			jarContainsContractVerifierContracts('fraudDetectionService/build/libs')
+			fileExists("fraudDetectionService/build/test-results/test/TEST-org.springframework.cloud.contract.verifier.tests.contracts.com.example.jersey.FraudDetectionServiceSpec.xml")
 	}
 
 	def "should pass basic flow for JUnit"() {
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@ class SampleJerseyProjectSpec extends ContractVerifierIntegrationSpec {
 		expect:
 			runTasksSuccessfully(checkAndPublishToMavenLocal())
 			jarContainsContractVerifierContracts('fraudDetectionService/build/libs')
+			fileExists("fraudDetectionService/build/test-results/test/TEST-org.springframework.cloud.contract.verifier.tests.contracts.com.example.jersey.FraudDetectionServiceTest.xml")
 	}
 
 }
diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-gradle-plugin/src/test/resources/functionalTest/sampleJerseyProject/build.gradle b/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-gradle-plugin/src/test/resources/functionalTest/sampleJerseyProject/build.gradle
index 440aab9102..abc6e3006d 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-gradle-plugin/src/test/resources/functionalTest/sampleJerseyProject/build.gradle
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-gradle-plugin/src/test/resources/functionalTest/sampleJerseyProject/build.gradle
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ buildscript {
 	}
 }
 
+apply plugin: 'checkstyle'
+
 allprojects {
 	group = 'com.example.jersey'
 }