diff --git a/maven/core-unittests/checkstyle.xml b/maven/core-unittests/checkstyle.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0a98b313aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven/core-unittests/checkstyle.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<!DOCTYPE module PUBLIC "-//Checkstyle//DTD Checkstyle Configuration 1.3//EN"
+        "https://checkstyle.org/dtds/configuration_1_3.dtd">
+<module name="Checker">
+    <module name="FileTabCharacter">
+        <property name="eachLine" value="true"/>
+    </module>
+    <module name="NewlineAtEndOfFile"/>
+
+    <module name="TreeWalker">
+        <module name="Indentation">
+            <property name="basicOffset" value="4"/>
+            <property name="braceAdjustment" value="0"/>
+            <property name="caseIndent" value="4"/>
+            <property name="lineWrappingIndentation" value="8"/>
+            <property name="tabWidth" value="4"/>
+        </module>
+        <module name="WhitespaceAfter"/>
+        <module name="WhitespaceAround"/>
+        <module name="LeftCurly"/>
+        <module name="RightCurly"/>
+    </module>
+</module>
diff --git a/maven/core-unittests/pom.xml b/maven/core-unittests/pom.xml
index 1096be32c0..28d4621ef4 100644
--- a/maven/core-unittests/pom.xml
+++ b/maven/core-unittests/pom.xml
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@
                 <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
                 <version>3.3.0</version>
                 <configuration>
-                    <configLocation>google_checks.xml</configLocation>
+                    <configLocation>${project.basedir}/checkstyle.xml</configLocation>
                     <encoding>${project.build.sourceEncoding}</encoding>
                     <consoleOutput>false</consoleOutput>
                     <failsOnError>false</failsOnError>