diff --git a/dev-support/checkstyle/suppressions.xml b/dev-support/checkstyle/suppressions.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ccc89c8bf0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-support/checkstyle/suppressions.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<!--
+  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  limitations under the License. See accompanying LICENSE file.
+-->
+<!DOCTYPE suppressions PUBLIC
+"-//Puppy Crawl//DTD Suppressions 1.1//EN"
+"http://www.puppycrawl.com/dtds/suppressions_1_1.dtd">
+
+<suppressions>
+  <suppress checks="JavadocPackage" files="[\\/]src[\\/]test[\\/].*"/>
+</suppressions>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d819caaad5..c908340993 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -317,6 +317,7 @@ xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xs
           </dependencies>
           <configuration>
             <configLocation>checkstyle/checkstyle.xml</configLocation>
+            <suppressionsLocation>dev-support/checkstyle/suppressions.xml</suppressionsLocation>
             <includeTestSourceDirectory>true</includeTestSourceDirectory>
             <failOnViolation>false</failOnViolation>
             <format>xml</format>