diff --git a/dev-support/ci/selective_ci_checks.bats b/dev-support/ci/selective_ci_checks.bats
index a95a981bdd3e..12a7987ffb41 100644
--- a/dev-support/ci/selective_ci_checks.bats
+++ b/dev-support/ci/selective_ci_checks.bats
@@ -429,3 +429,15 @@ load bats-assert/load.bash
   assert_output -p needs-integration-tests=false
   assert_output -p needs-kubernetes-tests=false
 }
+
+@test "properties file in resources" {
+  run dev-support/ci/selective_ci_checks.sh 71b8bdd8becf72d6f7d4e7986895504b8259b3e5
+
+  assert_output -p 'basic-checks=["rat","checkstyle","native"]'
+  assert_output -p needs-build=false
+  assert_output -p needs-compile=false
+  assert_output -p needs-compose-tests=false
+  assert_output -p needs-dependency-check=false
+  assert_output -p needs-integration-tests=true
+  assert_output -p needs-kubernetes-tests=false
+}
diff --git a/dev-support/ci/selective_ci_checks.sh b/dev-support/ci/selective_ci_checks.sh
index e512b4a5d626..f6b06326a320 100755
--- a/dev-support/ci/selective_ci_checks.sh
+++ b/dev-support/ci/selective_ci_checks.sh
@@ -373,6 +373,7 @@ function check_needs_checkstyle() {
         "^hadoop-hdds/dev-support/checkstyle"
         "pom.xml"
         "src/..../java"
+        "src/..../resources/.*\.properties"
     )
     local ignore_array=(
         "^hadoop-ozone/dist"