diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0c822a7dd..f9b3040e1 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -589,7 +589,7 @@
           <regex><pattern>.*.PropertiesExpander</pattern><branchRate>50</branchRate><lineRate>83</lineRate></regex>
           <regex><pattern>.*.PropertyCacheFile</pattern><branchRate>22</branchRate><lineRate>18</lineRate></regex>
           <regex><pattern>.*.TreeWalker</pattern><branchRate>90</branchRate><lineRate>83</lineRate></regex>
-          <regex><pattern>com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.Utils</pattern><branchRate>69</branchRate><lineRate>69</lineRate></regex>
+          <regex><pattern>com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.Utils</pattern><branchRate>78</branchRate><lineRate>71</lineRate></regex>
           <regex><pattern>.*.XMLLogger</pattern><branchRate>86</branchRate><lineRate>97</lineRate></regex>
 
 
@@ -616,7 +616,7 @@
           <regex><pattern>.*.api.LocalizedMessage\$.*</pattern><branchRate>41</branchRate><lineRate>66</lineRate></regex>
           <regex><pattern>.*.api.ScopeUtils</pattern><branchRate>90</branchRate><lineRate>94</lineRate></regex>
           <regex><pattern>.*.api.SeverityLevelCounter</pattern><branchRate>50</branchRate><lineRate>76</lineRate></regex>
-          <regex><pattern>.*.api.TokenTypes</pattern><branchRate>62</branchRate><lineRate>72</lineRate></regex>
+          <regex><pattern>.*.api.TokenTypes</pattern><branchRate>62</branchRate><lineRate>80</lineRate></regex>
 
 
           <regex><pattern>.*.checks.AbstractOptionCheck</pattern><branchRate>100</branchRate><lineRate>80</lineRate></regex>
@@ -764,7 +764,7 @@
           <regex><pattern>.*.checks.javadoc.JavadocTag</pattern><branchRate>92</branchRate><lineRate>85</lineRate></regex>
           <regex><pattern>.*.checks.javadoc.JavadocTagContinuationIndentationCheck</pattern><branchRate>81</branchRate><lineRate>86</lineRate></regex>
           <regex><pattern>.*.checks.javadoc.JavadocTypeCheck</pattern><branchRate>95</branchRate><lineRate>91</lineRate></regex>
-          <regex><pattern>.*.checks.javadoc.JavadocUtils</pattern><branchRate>83</branchRate><lineRate>89</lineRate></regex>
+          <regex><pattern>.*.checks.javadoc.JavadocUtils</pattern><branchRate>83</branchRate><lineRate>91</lineRate></regex>
           <regex><pattern>.*.checks.javadoc.JavadocVariableCheck</pattern><branchRate>93</branchRate><lineRate>90</lineRate></regex>
           <regex><pattern>.*.checks.javadoc.SummaryJavadocCheck</pattern><branchRate>93</branchRate><lineRate>100</lineRate></regex>
           <regex><pattern>.*.checks.javadoc.TagParser</pattern><branchRate>92</branchRate><lineRate>98</lineRate></regex>
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/TestUtils.java b/src/test/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/TestUtils.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e1303f116
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/TestUtils.java
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+// checkstyle: Checks Java source code for adherence to a set of rules.
+// Copyright (C) 2001-2015 the original author or authors.
+//
+// This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+// modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+// License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+// version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+// Lesser General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+// License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
+// Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+package com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle;
+
+import org.junit.Assert;
+
+import java.lang.reflect.Constructor;
+import java.lang.reflect.Modifier;
+
+public class TestUtils {
+
+    private TestUtils() {
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Verifies that utils class has private constructor and invokes it to satisfy code coverage.
+     */
+    public static void assertUtilsClassHasPrivateConstructor(final Class<?> utilClass)
+            throws ReflectiveOperationException {
+        final Constructor<?> constructor = utilClass.getDeclaredConstructor();
+        if (!Modifier.isPrivate(constructor.getModifiers())) {
+            Assert.fail("Constructor is not private");
+        }
+        constructor.setAccessible(true);
+        constructor.newInstance();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/UtilsTest.java b/src/test/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/UtilsTest.java
index 25bcccd76..33563364a 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/UtilsTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/UtilsTest.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 package com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle;
 
+import static com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.TestUtils.assertUtilsClassHasPrivateConstructor;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
@@ -77,4 +78,11 @@ public class UtilsTest
         file = new File("file.java");
         assertTrue(fileExtensionMatches(file, fileExtensions));
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testIsProperUtilsClass() throws ReflectiveOperationException
+    {
+        assertUtilsClassHasPrivateConstructor(Utils.class);
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/api/TokenTypesTest.java b/src/test/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/api/TokenTypesTest.java
index ae3f7cbdc..e50933f25 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/api/TokenTypesTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/api/TokenTypesTest.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 package com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api;
 
+import static com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.TestUtils.assertUtilsClassHasPrivateConstructor;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
 
 import org.junit.Test;
@@ -31,4 +32,10 @@ public class TokenTypesTest
                 "The <code>==</code> (equal) operator.", TokenTypes
                         .getShortDescription("EQUAL"));
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testIsProperUtilsClass() throws ReflectiveOperationException
+    {
+        assertUtilsClassHasPrivateConstructor(TokenTypes.class);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/javadoc/JavadocUtilsTest.java b/src/test/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/javadoc/JavadocUtilsTest.java
index 9241c79ca..43c8f8752 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/javadoc/JavadocUtilsTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/javadoc/JavadocUtilsTest.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 package com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.checks.javadoc;
 
+import static com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.TestUtils.assertUtilsClassHasPrivateConstructor;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
@@ -188,4 +189,10 @@ public class JavadocUtilsTest
 
         assertTrue(JavadocUtils.isJavadocComment(commentBegin));
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testIsProperUtilsClass() throws ReflectiveOperationException
+    {
+        assertUtilsClassHasPrivateConstructor(JavadocUtils.class);
+    }
 }