diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e8f2ce294..21fb790eb 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -44,6 +44,25 @@
           </execution>
         </executions>
       </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+        <artifactId>findbugs-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>3.0.1</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <xmlOutput>true</xmlOutput>
+          <findbugsXmlWithMessages>true</findbugsXmlWithMessages>
+          <failOnError>false</failOnError>
+        </configuration>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>run-findbugs</id>
+            <phase>verify</phase> 
+            <goals>
+              <goal>check</goal> 
+            </goals>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
 
@@ -109,6 +128,12 @@
       <version>1.9.5</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.google.code.findbugs</groupId>
+      <artifactId>annotations</artifactId>
+      <version>3.0.0</version>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
+    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
   <repositories>
     <repository>