diff --git a/checkstyle/src/plugin-test/checkstyle.xml b/checkstyle/src/plugin-test/checkstyle.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3c6b525b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/checkstyle/src/plugin-test/checkstyle.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<!DOCTYPE module PUBLIC
+    "-//Puppy Crawl//DTD Check Configuration 1.1//EN"
+    "http://www.puppycrawl.com/dtds/configuration_1_1.dtd">
+
+<module name="Checker">
+  <property name="severity" value="error"/>
+
+  <module name="TreeWalker">
+
+    <module name="IllegalInstantiation">
+      <property name="classes" value="java.lang.Boolean"/>
+    </module>
+  
+  </module>
+
+  <module name="SuppressionFilter">
+    <property name="file" value="${basedir}/suppressions.xml"/>
+  </module>
+
+</module>
diff --git a/checkstyle/src/plugin-test/maven.xml b/checkstyle/src/plugin-test/maven.xml
index f62c042d..842d7639 100644
--- a/checkstyle/src/plugin-test/maven.xml
+++ b/checkstyle/src/plugin-test/maven.xml
@@ -15,20 +15,30 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
  -->
-<project xmlns:util="jelly:util"
-         xmlns:j="jelly:core">
+<project 
+    xmlns:util="jelly:util"
+    xmlns:j="jelly:core"
+    xmlns:x="jelly:xml">
          
   <goal name="testPlugin" prereqs="clean,test-checkstyle-report">
   </goal>
   
   <goal name="test-checkstyle-report">
-    <!-- work around maven checkstyle being inherited :( -->
-    <j:set var="maven.checkstyle.properties" value=""/>
     <attainGoal name="checkstyle:report"/>
     <j:set var="expectedFile" value="${maven.gen.docs}/checkstyle-report.xml"/>
     <util:file var="file" name="${expectedFile}" />
     <j:if test="${!(file.exists())}">
       <fail>${expectedFile} not generated</fail>
     </j:if>
+
+    <!-- Verify that there are no Boolean instantiation errors as we have
+         excluded the SuppressionFilterSample java file from the checks -->
+    <util:file var="rawFile" name="${maven.build.dir}/checkstyle-raw-report.xml"/>
+    <x:parse var="doc" xml="${rawFile}"/>
+
+    <x:if select="$doc//file[contains(@name,'SuppressionFilterSample')]/error[contains(@source,'IllegalInstantiationCheck')]">
+      <fail>Should not have generated an error as we have a suppression filter set on SuppressionFilterSample</fail>
+    </x:if>
+
   </goal>
 </project>
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diff --git a/checkstyle/src/plugin-test/project.properties b/checkstyle/src/plugin-test/project.properties
index b9ae4c45..7aa4fa61 100644
--- a/checkstyle/src/plugin-test/project.properties
+++ b/checkstyle/src/plugin-test/project.properties
@@ -16,3 +16,5 @@
 
 # required so it can be called from reactor
 maven.checkstyle.header.file = ${basedir}/LICENSE.txt
+maven.checkstyle.properties=${basedir}/checkstyle.xml
+
diff --git a/checkstyle/src/plugin-test/src/main/org/apache/maven/Dummy.java b/checkstyle/src/plugin-test/src/main/org/apache/maven/Dummy.java
index b966b0c8..3e34d7d6 100644
--- a/checkstyle/src/plugin-test/src/main/org/apache/maven/Dummy.java
+++ b/checkstyle/src/plugin-test/src/main/org/apache/maven/Dummy.java
@@ -2,5 +2,7 @@ package org.apache.maven;
 
 public class Dummy
 {
+    // Voluntarily missing static keyword in order to trigger the
+    // VisibilityModifier check (only static members must be private).
     public String badChecky = "error";
 } 
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diff --git a/checkstyle/src/plugin-test/src/main/org/apache/maven/SuppressionFilterSample.java b/checkstyle/src/plugin-test/src/main/org/apache/maven/SuppressionFilterSample.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..08db441c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/checkstyle/src/plugin-test/src/main/org/apache/maven/SuppressionFilterSample.java
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+package org.apache.maven;
+
+import java.lang.Boolean;
+
+public class SuppressionFilterSample
+{
+	// Voluntarily instantiate a boolean in order to have the
+    // IllegalInstantiationCheck check fail. We let it pass using a
+    // suppression filter in order to test that feature.
+    public Boolean forbidden = new Boolean(true);
+}
diff --git a/checkstyle/src/plugin-test/suppressions.xml b/checkstyle/src/plugin-test/suppressions.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fa5b3307
--- /dev/null
+++ b/checkstyle/src/plugin-test/suppressions.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+<?xml version="1.0"?> 
+<!DOCTYPE suppressions PUBLIC 
+      "-//Puppy Crawl//DTD Suppressions 1.0//EN" 
+      "http://www.puppycrawl.com/dtds/suppressions_1_0.dtd"> 
+
+<suppressions>
+	<suppress checks="IllegalInstantiation"
+        files="org.apache.maven.SuppressionFilterSample.java"/>
+</suppressions>