diff --git a/checkstyle_checks.xml b/checkstyle_checks.xml
index 78564985e..a9e9c3b0a 100755
--- a/checkstyle_checks.xml
+++ b/checkstyle_checks.xml
@@ -4,6 +4,13 @@
 	  "http://www.puppycrawl.com/dtds/configuration_1_2.dtd">
 
 <module name="Checker">
+  <!--
+      If you set the basedir property below, then all reported file
+      names will be relative to the specified directory. See
+      http://checkstyle.sourceforge.net/5.x/config.html#Checker
+
+      <property name="basedir" value="${basedir}"/>
+  -->
 
   <metadata name="com.atlas-sw.eclipse" value="I like Sydney"/>
 
diff --git a/sun_checks.xml b/sun_checks.xml
index af8de151e..24929abc7 100755
--- a/sun_checks.xml
+++ b/sun_checks.xml
@@ -31,6 +31,13 @@
 -->
 
 <module name="Checker">
+    <!--
+        If you set the basedir property below, then all reported file
+        names will be relative to the specified directory. See
+        http://checkstyle.sourceforge.net/5.x/config.html#Checker
+
+        <property name="basedir" value="${basedir}"/>
+    -->
 
     <!-- Checks that a package-info.java file exists for each package.     -->
     <!-- See http://checkstyle.sf.net/config_javadoc.html#JavadocPackage -->