diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7eec1ea396..504450cb33 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -595,6 +595,33 @@
           <addVersionToProjectName>true</addVersionToProjectName>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>2.8</version>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>check-style</id>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>check</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <phase>validate</phase>
+            <configuration>
+              <consoleOutput>true</consoleOutput>
+              <logViolationsToConsole>true</logViolationsToConsole>
+              <failsOnError>true</failsOnError>
+              <failOnViolation>true</failOnViolation>
+              <configLocation>io/netty/checkstyle.xml</configLocation>
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+        <dependencies>
+          <dependency>
+            <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+            <artifactId>netty-build</artifactId>
+            <version>4</version>
+          </dependency>
+        </dependencies>
+      </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
 </project>