diff --git a/checkstyle.xml b/checkstyle.xml
index c57c7edcb9..b59a33f81a 100644
--- a/checkstyle.xml
+++ b/checkstyle.xml
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@
             <property name="allowMissingThrowsTags" value="true"/>
             <property name="allowMissingReturnTag" value="true"/>
             <property name="minLineCount" value="2"/>
-            <property name="allowedAnnotations" value="Override, Test"/>
+            <property name="allowedAnnotations" value="Override, Test, Before, After, BeforeClass, AfterClass"/>
             <property name="allowThrowsTagsForSubclasses" value="true"/>
         </module>
         <module name="MethodName">