diff --git a/checkstyle.xml b/checkstyle.xml
index 6df53bc6..a61ca81d 100644
--- a/checkstyle.xml
+++ b/checkstyle.xml
@@ -70,6 +70,9 @@
       <property name="tokens" value="LITERAL_TRY, LITERAL_FINALLY, LITERAL_IF, LITERAL_ELSE, LITERAL_SWITCH"/>
     </module>
 
+    <!-- Suppression via comments -->
+    <module name="SuppressionCommentFilter"/>
+
     <!-- No unused imports -->
     <module name="UnusedImports"/>