diff --git a/config/checkstyle_checks.xml b/config/checkstyle_checks.xml
index 021f92d54..1b4abbbca 100644
--- a/config/checkstyle_checks.xml
+++ b/config/checkstyle_checks.xml
@@ -109,6 +109,8 @@
     <module name="InnerAssignment"/>
     <module name="JavadocType">
       <property name="authorFormat" value="\S"/>
+      <!-- avoid errors on tag '@noinspection' -->
+      <property name="allowUnknownTags" value="true"/>
     </module>
     <module name="JavadocMethod">
       <property name="allowUndeclaredRTE" value="true"/>