diff --git a/sdk-platform-java-config/java.header b/sdk-platform-java-config/java.header
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d0970ba7d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sdk-platform-java-config/java.header
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+^/\*$
+^ \* Copyright \d\d\d\d,? Google (Inc\.|LLC)$
+^ \*$
+^ \* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2\.0 \(the "License"\);$
+^ \* you may not use this file except in compliance with the License\.$
+^ \* You may obtain a copy of the License at$
+^ \*$
+^ \*[ ]+https?://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2\.0$
+^ \*$
+^ \* Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software$
+^ \* distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,$
+^ \* WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied\.$
+^ \* See the License for the specific language governing permissions and$
+^ \* limitations under the License\.$
+^ \*/$
diff --git a/sdk-platform-java-config/license-checks.xml b/sdk-platform-java-config/license-checks.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6597fced80
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sdk-platform-java-config/license-checks.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<!DOCTYPE module PUBLIC
+    "-//Puppy Crawl//DTD Check Configuration 1.3//EN"
+    "http://www.puppycrawl.com/dtds/configuration_1_3.dtd">
+<module name="Checker">
+  <module name="RegexpHeader">
+    <property name="fileExtensions" value="java"/>
+    <property name="headerFile" value="${checkstyle.header.file}"/>
+  </module>
+</module>
diff --git a/sdk-platform-java-config/pom.xml b/sdk-platform-java-config/pom.xml
index dc79d70a68..63b82f2bce 100644
--- a/sdk-platform-java-config/pom.xml
+++ b/sdk-platform-java-config/pom.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
     </parent>
 
     <properties>
-        <checkstyle.skip>true</checkstyle.skip>
         <google-cloud-shared-dependencies.version>3.20.1-SNAPSHOT</google-cloud-shared-dependencies.version> <!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-shared-dependencies:current} -->
     </properties>
 </project>
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