diff --git a/checkstyle/checkstyle.xml b/checkstyle/checkstyle.xml
index 5fd275ba6ee..7e2caf651d8 100644
--- a/checkstyle/checkstyle.xml
+++ b/checkstyle/checkstyle.xml
@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@
         <module name="IllegalImport"/> <!-- defaults to sun.* packages -->
         <module name="RedundantImport"/>
         <module name="UnusedImports"/>
+        <module name="AvoidStarImport"/>
 
 
         <!-- Checks for Size Violations.                    -->