diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/annotations/pom.xml b/hadoop-hdds/annotations/pom.xml
index 84696c60945..5ecd5871bb9 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/annotations/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/annotations/pom.xml
@@ -41,6 +41,13 @@
           <proc>none</proc>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <suppressionsLocation>${basedir}/../../hadoop-hdds/dev-support/checkstyle/suppressions-skip-imports.xml</suppressionsLocation>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
 </project>
diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/client/pom.xml b/hadoop-hdds/client/pom.xml
index d1ce5d53019..5e7ad088708 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/client/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/client/pom.xml
@@ -154,6 +154,13 @@
           </execution>
         </executions>
       </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <suppressionsLocation>${basedir}/../../hadoop-hdds/dev-support/checkstyle/suppressions-skip-imports.xml</suppressionsLocation>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
 </project>
diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/common/pom.xml b/hadoop-hdds/common/pom.xml
index d9e5f6b9658..8971a052f40 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/common/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/common/pom.xml
@@ -323,6 +323,13 @@
           </execution>
         </executions>
       </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <suppressionsLocation>${basedir}/../../hadoop-hdds/dev-support/checkstyle/suppressions-skip-imports.xml</suppressionsLocation>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
     </plugins>
     <extensions>
       <extension>
diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/config/pom.xml b/hadoop-hdds/config/pom.xml
index 5809828eccf..995c2ad2b15 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/config/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/config/pom.xml
@@ -79,6 +79,13 @@
           </execution>
         </executions>
       </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <suppressionsLocation>${basedir}/../../hadoop-hdds/dev-support/checkstyle/suppressions-skip-imports.xml</suppressionsLocation>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
 </project>
diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/container-service/pom.xml b/hadoop-hdds/container-service/pom.xml
index 1ee4017fedf..325b28eba41 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/container-service/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/container-service/pom.xml
@@ -296,6 +296,13 @@
           </execution>
         </executions>
       </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <suppressionsLocation>${basedir}/../../hadoop-hdds/dev-support/checkstyle/suppressions-skip-imports.xml</suppressionsLocation>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
 </project>
diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/dev-support/checkstyle/checkstyle.xml b/hadoop-hdds/dev-support/checkstyle/checkstyle.xml
index 288085ef948..47010b89e9a 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/dev-support/checkstyle/checkstyle.xml
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/dev-support/checkstyle/checkstyle.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0"?>
 <!DOCTYPE module PUBLIC
-    "-//Checkstyle//DTD Checkstyle Configuration 1.2//EN"
-    "https://checkstyle.org/dtds/configuration_1_2.dtd">
+        "-//Checkstyle//DTD Checkstyle Configuration 1.2//EN"
+        "https://checkstyle.org/dtds/configuration_1_2.dtd">
 
 <!--
    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
    limitations under the License.
 -->
 <!--
-
   Checkstyle configuration for Hadoop HDDS that is based on the sun_checks.xml file
   that is bundled with Checkstyle and includes checks for:
 
@@ -44,13 +43,16 @@
   To completely disable a check, just comment it out or delete it from the file.
 
   Finally, it is worth reading the documentation.
-
 -->
 
 <module name="Checker">
+    <module name="Header">
+        <property name="fileExtensions" value="java"/>
+        <property name="headerFile" value="hadoop-hdds/dev-support/checkstyle/license.header"/>
+    </module>
 
     <module name="BeforeExecutionExclusionFileFilter">
-      <property name="fileNamePattern" value=".*/target/generated.*"/>
+        <property name="fileNamePattern" value=".*/target/generated.*"/>
     </module>
 
     <module name="SuppressWarningsFilter"/>
@@ -77,18 +79,16 @@
         <property name="ignorePattern" value="^package.*|^import.*|a href|href|http://|https://|ftp://"/>
     </module>
     <module name="TreeWalker">
-
         <module name="SuppressWarningsHolder"/>
         <module name="SuppressionCommentFilter"/>
         <module name="SuppressWithNearbyCommentFilter"/>
 
-
         <!-- Checks for Javadoc comments.                     -->
         <!-- See http://checkstyle.sf.net/config_javadoc.html -->
         <module name="JavadocType">
-          <property name="scope" value="public"/>
-          <property name="allowMissingParamTags" value="true"/>
-          <property name="allowUnknownTags" value="false"/>
+            <property name="scope" value="public"/>
+            <property name="allowMissingParamTags" value="true"/>
+            <property name="allowUnknownTags" value="false"/>
         </module>
         <module name="JavadocStyle"/>
         <module name="MissingJavadocPackage"/>
@@ -106,45 +106,31 @@
         <module name="StaticVariableName"/>
         <module name="TypeName"/>
 
-
-        <!-- Checks for Headers                                -->
-        <!-- See http://checkstyle.sf.net/config_header.html   -->
-        <!-- <module name="Header">                            -->
-            <!-- The follow property value demonstrates the ability     -->
-            <!-- to have access to ANT properties. In this case it uses -->
-            <!-- the ${basedir} property to allow Checkstyle to be run  -->
-            <!-- from any directory within a project. See property      -->
-            <!-- expansion,                                             -->
-            <!-- http://checkstyle.sf.net/config.html#properties        -->
-            <!-- <property                                              -->
-            <!--     name="headerFile"                                  -->
-            <!--     value="${basedir}/java.header"/>                   -->
-        <!-- </module> -->
-
-        <!-- Following interprets the header file as regular expressions. -->
-        <!-- <module name="RegexpHeader"/>                                -->
-
-
-        <!-- Checks for imports                              -->
+        <!-- Checks for imports -->
         <!-- See http://checkstyle.sf.net/config_import.html -->
         <module name="IllegalImport">
-          <property name="regexp" value="true"/>
-          <property name="illegalPkgs" value="^sun\..*, ^.*\.relocated\..*, ^.*\.shaded\..*"/>
-          <property name="illegalClasses" value="^org.apache.hadoop.test.(GenericTestUtils|LambdaTestUtils|TimedOutTestsListener)"/>
+            <property name="regexp" value="true"/>
+            <property name="illegalPkgs" value="^sun\..*, ^.*\.relocated\..*, ^.*\.shaded\..*"/>
+            <property name="illegalClasses"
+                      value="^org.apache.hadoop.test.(GenericTestUtils|LambdaTestUtils|TimedOutTestsListener)"/>
         </module>
         <module name="RedundantImport"/>
         <module name="UnusedImports"/>
-	<module name="AvoidStarImport"/>
-
+        <module name="AvoidStarImport"/>
+        <module name="CustomImportOrder">
+            <property name="sortImportsInGroupAlphabetically" value="true"/>
+            <property name="separateLineBetweenGroups" value="true"/>
+            <property name="customImportOrderRules" value="STATIC###THIRD_PARTY_PACKAGE"/>
+            <property name="tokens" value="IMPORT, STATIC_IMPORT, PACKAGE_DEF"/>
+        </module>
 
         <!-- Checks for Size Violations.                    -->
         <!-- See http://checkstyle.sf.net/config_sizes.html -->
         <module name="MethodLength"/>
         <module name="ParameterNumber">
-          <property name="ignoreOverriddenMethods" value="true"/>
+            <property name="ignoreOverriddenMethods" value="true"/>
         </module>
 
-
         <!-- Checks for whitespace                               -->
         <!-- See http://checkstyle.sf.net/config_whitespace.html -->
         <module name="EmptyForIteratorPad"/>
@@ -154,18 +140,14 @@
         <module name="ParenPad"/>
         <module name="TypecastParenPad"/>
         <module name="WhitespaceAfter">
-          <property name="tokens" value="COMMA, SEMI"/>
+            <property name="tokens" value="COMMA, SEMI"/>
         </module>
         <module name="WhitespaceAround"/>
 
-
         <!-- Modifier Checks                                    -->
         <!-- See http://checkstyle.sf.net/config_modifiers.html -->
-        <!-- This one is nitty, disable -->
-        <!-- <module name="ModifierOrder"/> -->
         <module name="RedundantModifier"/>
 
-
         <!-- Checks for blocks. You know, those {}'s         -->
         <!-- See http://checkstyle.sf.net/config_blocks.html -->
         <module name="AvoidNestedBlocks"/>
@@ -174,16 +156,14 @@
         <module name="NeedBraces"/>
         <module name="RightCurly"/>
 
-
         <!-- Checks for common coding problems               -->
         <!-- See http://checkstyle.sf.net/config_coding.html -->
-        <!-- module name="AvoidInlineConditionals"/-->
         <module name="EmptyStatement"/>
         <module name="EqualsHashCode"/>
         <module name="HiddenField">
-          <property name="ignoreConstructorParameter" value="true"/>
-          <property name="ignoreSetter" value="true"/>
-          <property name="setterCanReturnItsClass" value="true"/>
+            <property name="ignoreConstructorParameter" value="true"/>
+            <property name="ignoreSetter" value="true"/>
+            <property name="setterCanReturnItsClass" value="true"/>
         </module>
         <module name="IllegalInstantiation"/>
         <module name="InnerAssignment"/>
@@ -198,18 +178,16 @@
         <module name="InterfaceIsType"/>
         <module name="VisibilityModifier"/>
 
-
         <!-- Miscellaneous other checks.                   -->
         <!-- See http://checkstyle.sf.net/config_misc.html -->
         <module name="ArrayTypeStyle"/>
         <module name="Indentation">
-            <property name="basicOffset" value="2" />
-            <property name="caseIndent" value="0" />
+            <property name="basicOffset" value="2"/>
+            <property name="caseIndent" value="0"/>
         </module>
-        <!--<module name="TodoComment"/>-->
+
         <module name="UpperEll"/>
 
         <module name="ModifierOrder"/>
     </module>
-
 </module>
diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/dev-support/checkstyle/license.header b/hadoop-hdds/dev-support/checkstyle/license.header
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..805b579a3fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/dev-support/checkstyle/license.header
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You 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.
+ */
+
diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/dev-support/checkstyle/suppressions-skip-imports.xml b/hadoop-hdds/dev-support/checkstyle/suppressions-skip-imports.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ed8c510d315
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/dev-support/checkstyle/suppressions-skip-imports.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+<?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.
+-->
+<!-- TODO: To be removed as soon as epic https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HDDS-12251 is done. -->
+<!DOCTYPE suppressions PUBLIC
+    "-//Checkstyle//DTD SuppressionFilter Configuration 1.1//EN"
+    "https://checkstyle.org/dtds/suppressions_1_1.dtd">
+
+<suppressions>
+  <suppress checks="JavadocPackage" files="[\\/]src[\\/]test[\\/].*"/>
+  <suppress checks="JavadocPackage" files="src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/io/erasurecode/rawcoder"/>
+  <suppress checks="IllegalImport" files="src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/contract/.*java"/>
+  <suppress checks="MissingJavadocType" files="src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/contract/.*java"/>
+  <suppress checks="IllegalImport" files="src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/tools/contract/.*java"/>
+  <suppress checks="CustomImportOrder" files=".*"/>
+  <suppress checks="Header" files=".*"/>
+</suppressions>
diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/erasurecode/pom.xml b/hadoop-hdds/erasurecode/pom.xml
index b84b6e087c3..f1596f08004 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/erasurecode/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/erasurecode/pom.xml
@@ -73,6 +73,13 @@
           <proc>none</proc>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <suppressionsLocation>${basedir}/../../hadoop-hdds/dev-support/checkstyle/suppressions-skip-imports.xml</suppressionsLocation>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
 </project>
diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/framework/pom.xml b/hadoop-hdds/framework/pom.xml
index b2f5907cc68..bdf7f655cec 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/framework/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/framework/pom.xml
@@ -352,6 +352,13 @@
           </execution>
         </executions>
       </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <suppressionsLocation>${basedir}/../../hadoop-hdds/dev-support/checkstyle/suppressions-skip-imports.xml</suppressionsLocation>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
 </project>
diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/managed-rocksdb/pom.xml b/hadoop-hdds/managed-rocksdb/pom.xml
index 82b58b5a4db..81173d8147a 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/managed-rocksdb/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/managed-rocksdb/pom.xml
@@ -66,6 +66,13 @@
           <proc>none</proc>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <suppressionsLocation>${basedir}/../../hadoop-hdds/dev-support/checkstyle/suppressions-skip-imports.xml</suppressionsLocation>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
 </project>
diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/rocks-native/pom.xml b/hadoop-hdds/rocks-native/pom.xml
index 47d94d60df2..34a685421e8 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/rocks-native/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/rocks-native/pom.xml
@@ -81,6 +81,13 @@
           <proc>none</proc>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <suppressionsLocation>${basedir}/../../hadoop-hdds/dev-support/checkstyle/suppressions-skip-imports.xml</suppressionsLocation>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
   <profiles>
diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/rocksdb-checkpoint-differ/pom.xml b/hadoop-hdds/rocksdb-checkpoint-differ/pom.xml
index 8e6cfecea08..2d69d64377e 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/rocksdb-checkpoint-differ/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/rocksdb-checkpoint-differ/pom.xml
@@ -127,6 +127,13 @@
           <proc>none</proc>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <suppressionsLocation>${basedir}/../../hadoop-hdds/dev-support/checkstyle/suppressions-skip-imports.xml</suppressionsLocation>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
   <profiles>
diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/pom.xml b/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/pom.xml
index 140c77557d5..2429ddca00f 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/pom.xml
@@ -299,6 +299,13 @@
           <excludeFilterFile>${basedir}/dev-support/findbugsExcludeFile.xml</excludeFilterFile>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <suppressionsLocation>${basedir}/../../hadoop-hdds/dev-support/checkstyle/suppressions-skip-imports.xml</suppressionsLocation>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
 </project>
diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/test-utils/pom.xml b/hadoop-hdds/test-utils/pom.xml
index 0c4d5598192..92165c187b7 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/test-utils/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/test-utils/pom.xml
@@ -108,6 +108,13 @@
           <proc>none</proc>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <suppressionsLocation>${basedir}/../../hadoop-hdds/dev-support/checkstyle/suppressions-skip-imports.xml</suppressionsLocation>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
 </project>
diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/tools/pom.xml b/hadoop-hdds/tools/pom.xml
index 3eef19f323b..1e7888f0276 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/tools/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/tools/pom.xml
@@ -199,6 +199,13 @@
           </execution>
         </executions>
       </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <suppressionsLocation>${basedir}/../../hadoop-hdds/dev-support/checkstyle/suppressions-skip-imports.xml</suppressionsLocation>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
 </project>
diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/cli-shell/pom.xml b/hadoop-ozone/cli-shell/pom.xml
index 92059864f29..4cf1efde07d 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/cli-shell/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/cli-shell/pom.xml
@@ -188,6 +188,13 @@
           </execution>
         </executions>
       </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <suppressionsLocation>${basedir}/../../hadoop-hdds/dev-support/checkstyle/suppressions-skip-imports.xml</suppressionsLocation>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
 </project>
diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/client/pom.xml b/hadoop-ozone/client/pom.xml
index d0cb463ad6f..ae8c25aff17 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/client/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/client/pom.xml
@@ -163,6 +163,13 @@
           </execution>
         </executions>
       </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <suppressionsLocation>${basedir}/../../hadoop-hdds/dev-support/checkstyle/suppressions-skip-imports.xml</suppressionsLocation>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
 </project>
diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/common/pom.xml b/hadoop-ozone/common/pom.xml
index 8bdf3bde308..8e2837d9b3b 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/common/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/common/pom.xml
@@ -249,6 +249,13 @@
           </execution>
         </executions>
       </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <suppressionsLocation>${basedir}/../../hadoop-hdds/dev-support/checkstyle/suppressions-skip-imports.xml</suppressionsLocation>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
   <profiles>
diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/csi/pom.xml b/hadoop-ozone/csi/pom.xml
index dd07311c98a..d7adbb93369 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/csi/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/csi/pom.xml
@@ -274,6 +274,13 @@
           <excludeFilterFile>${basedir}/dev-support/findbugsExcludeFile.xml</excludeFilterFile>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <suppressionsLocation>${basedir}/../../hadoop-hdds/dev-support/checkstyle/suppressions-skip-imports.xml</suppressionsLocation>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
     </plugins>
     <extensions>
       <extension>
diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/fault-injection-test/mini-chaos-tests/pom.xml b/hadoop-ozone/fault-injection-test/mini-chaos-tests/pom.xml
index 622565a6431..b6193ce76ef 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/fault-injection-test/mini-chaos-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/fault-injection-test/mini-chaos-tests/pom.xml
@@ -77,6 +77,13 @@
           <excludeFilterFile>${basedir}/dev-support/findbugsExcludeFile.xml</excludeFilterFile>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <suppressionsLocation>${basedir}/../../../hadoop-hdds/dev-support/checkstyle/suppressions-skip-imports.xml</suppressionsLocation>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
 </project>
diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/httpfsgateway/pom.xml b/hadoop-ozone/httpfsgateway/pom.xml
index 4bb4aa24b0d..a1fe21aa104 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/httpfsgateway/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/httpfsgateway/pom.xml
@@ -215,6 +215,7 @@
         <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
         <configuration>
           <includeTestSourceDirectory>false</includeTestSourceDirectory>
+          <suppressionsLocation>${basedir}/../../hadoop-hdds/dev-support/checkstyle/suppressions-skip-imports.xml</suppressionsLocation>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/insight/pom.xml b/hadoop-ozone/insight/pom.xml
index cdbef482ef3..e63b44de52c 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/insight/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/insight/pom.xml
@@ -172,6 +172,13 @@
           </execution>
         </executions>
       </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <suppressionsLocation>${basedir}/../../hadoop-hdds/dev-support/checkstyle/suppressions-skip-imports.xml</suppressionsLocation>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
 </project>
diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/integration-test/pom.xml b/hadoop-ozone/integration-test/pom.xml
index 3e332d63470..ab8a2ac5991 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/integration-test/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/integration-test/pom.xml
@@ -283,6 +283,13 @@
           <proc>none</proc>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <suppressionsLocation>${basedir}/../../hadoop-hdds/dev-support/checkstyle/suppressions-skip-imports.xml</suppressionsLocation>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
 
diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/interface-storage/pom.xml b/hadoop-ozone/interface-storage/pom.xml
index 3f97007520c..6462790509b 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/interface-storage/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/interface-storage/pom.xml
@@ -152,6 +152,13 @@
           <excludeFilterFile>${basedir}/dev-support/findbugsExcludeFile.xml</excludeFilterFile>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <suppressionsLocation>${basedir}/../../hadoop-hdds/dev-support/checkstyle/suppressions-skip-imports.xml</suppressionsLocation>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
 </project>
diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/ozone-manager/pom.xml b/hadoop-ozone/ozone-manager/pom.xml
index 3df66eb5033..7aae1196606 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/ozone-manager/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/ozone-manager/pom.xml
@@ -482,6 +482,13 @@
           <excludeFilterFile>${basedir}/dev-support/findbugsExcludeFile.xml</excludeFilterFile>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <suppressionsLocation>${basedir}/../../hadoop-hdds/dev-support/checkstyle/suppressions-skip-imports.xml</suppressionsLocation>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
 </project>
diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/ozonefs-common/pom.xml b/hadoop-ozone/ozonefs-common/pom.xml
index 2bad40c885c..537bb79a9e2 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/ozonefs-common/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/ozonefs-common/pom.xml
@@ -110,6 +110,13 @@
           <proc>none</proc>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <suppressionsLocation>${basedir}/../../hadoop-hdds/dev-support/checkstyle/suppressions-skip-imports.xml</suppressionsLocation>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
 </project>
diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/ozonefs-hadoop2/pom.xml b/hadoop-ozone/ozonefs-hadoop2/pom.xml
index b9964f547ee..6a1f21a0025 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/ozonefs-hadoop2/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/ozonefs-hadoop2/pom.xml
@@ -153,6 +153,13 @@
           <onlyAnalyze>org.apache.hadoop.fs.ozone.*</onlyAnalyze>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <suppressionsLocation>${basedir}/../../hadoop-hdds/dev-support/checkstyle/suppressions-skip-imports.xml</suppressionsLocation>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
 </project>
diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/ozonefs-hadoop3/pom.xml b/hadoop-ozone/ozonefs-hadoop3/pom.xml
index bcaee248d6c..6f917ee33e9 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/ozonefs-hadoop3/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/ozonefs-hadoop3/pom.xml
@@ -101,6 +101,13 @@
           <onlyAnalyze>org.apache.hadoop.fs.ozone.*</onlyAnalyze>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <suppressionsLocation>${basedir}/../../hadoop-hdds/dev-support/checkstyle/suppressions-skip-imports.xml</suppressionsLocation>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
 </project>
diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/ozonefs/pom.xml b/hadoop-ozone/ozonefs/pom.xml
index 6cb03099d7a..e9a82222905 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/ozonefs/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/ozonefs/pom.xml
@@ -114,6 +114,13 @@
           </execution>
         </executions>
       </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <suppressionsLocation>${basedir}/../../hadoop-hdds/dev-support/checkstyle/suppressions-skip-imports.xml</suppressionsLocation>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
 </project>
diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/recon-codegen/pom.xml b/hadoop-ozone/recon-codegen/pom.xml
index 2dfb77e9e97..3a166b71ca0 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/recon-codegen/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/recon-codegen/pom.xml
@@ -113,6 +113,13 @@
           </execution>
         </executions>
       </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <suppressionsLocation>${basedir}/../../hadoop-hdds/dev-support/checkstyle/suppressions-skip-imports.xml</suppressionsLocation>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
 </project>
diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/recon/pom.xml b/hadoop-ozone/recon/pom.xml
index 7006a5d7b75..28f8ce6f70e 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/recon/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/recon/pom.xml
@@ -511,6 +511,13 @@
           </execution>
         </executions>
       </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <suppressionsLocation>${basedir}/../../hadoop-hdds/dev-support/checkstyle/suppressions-skip-imports.xml</suppressionsLocation>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
 </project>
diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/s3-secret-store/pom.xml b/hadoop-ozone/s3-secret-store/pom.xml
index d44d9e0cf3e..05d7b70883a 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/s3-secret-store/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/s3-secret-store/pom.xml
@@ -67,6 +67,13 @@
           <proc>none</proc>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <suppressionsLocation>${basedir}/../../hadoop-hdds/dev-support/checkstyle/suppressions-skip-imports.xml</suppressionsLocation>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
 </project>
diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/s3gateway/pom.xml b/hadoop-ozone/s3gateway/pom.xml
index ef5440caf87..2fe93d11e07 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/s3gateway/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/s3gateway/pom.xml
@@ -327,6 +327,13 @@
           <excludeFilterFile>${basedir}/dev-support/findbugsExcludeFile.xml</excludeFilterFile>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <suppressionsLocation>${basedir}/../../hadoop-hdds/dev-support/checkstyle/suppressions-skip-imports.xml</suppressionsLocation>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
 </project>
diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/tools/pom.xml b/hadoop-ozone/tools/pom.xml
index 8bd9d8905c0..ef254eee004 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/tools/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/tools/pom.xml
@@ -324,6 +324,13 @@
           </execution>
         </executions>
       </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <suppressionsLocation>${basedir}/../../hadoop-hdds/dev-support/checkstyle/suppressions-skip-imports.xml</suppressionsLocation>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
 </project>