diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 1c2006e4bed..67623e0c88f 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -392,9 +392,11 @@ checkstyle {
     // do not use other packages for checkstyle, excluding gen(erated) sources
     checkstyleMain.source = "src/main/java"
     toolVersion = '8.0'
-    ignoreFailures = true
 }
 
+checkstyleMain.shouldRunAfter test
+checkstyleTest.shouldRunAfter test
+
 task release(dependsOn: ["media", "releaseJar"]) {
     group = 'JabRef - Release'
     description 'Creates a release for all target platforms.'