diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index eee33cf9..049d8650 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -314,6 +314,54 @@
                     <stagingDirectory>${stagingBase}/vivo/${project.version}</stagingDirectory>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
+
+            <!-- Used to validate all code style rules in source code using Checkstyle -->
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>3.0.0</version>
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <id>verify-style</id>
+                        <!-- Bind to verify so it runs after package & unit tests, but before install -->
+                        <phase>verify</phase>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>check</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+                <configuration>
+                    <configLocation>
+                      duraspace-checkstyle/checkstyle.xml
+                    </configLocation>
+                    <suppressionsLocation>
+                      vitro-checkstyle/checkstyle-suppressions.xml
+                    </suppressionsLocation>
+                    <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
+                    <consoleOutput>true</consoleOutput>
+                    <logViolationsToConsole>true</logViolationsToConsole>
+                    <failOnViolation>true</failOnViolation>
+                    <includeTestSourceDirectory>true</includeTestSourceDirectory>
+                </configuration>
+                <dependencies>
+                    <!-- Override dependencies to use latest version of checkstyle -->
+                    <dependency>
+                        <groupId>com.puppycrawl.tools</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>checkstyle</artifactId>
+                        <version>8.18</version>
+                    </dependency>
+                    <dependency>
+                        <groupId>org.duraspace</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>codestyle</artifactId>
+                        <version>1.0.0</version>
+                    </dependency>
+                    <dependency>
+                        <groupId>org.vivoweb</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>checkstyle</artifactId>
+                        <version>1.11.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+                    </dependency>
+                </dependencies>
+            </plugin>
         </plugins>
         <pluginManagement>
             <plugins>