diff --git a/src/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/ClassResolver.java b/src/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/ClassResolver.java
index a231cee68..dd1f510bb 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/ClassResolver.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/ClassResolver.java
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ public class ClassResolver {
             safeLoad(name);
             return true;
         }
-        catch (final ClassNotFoundException ignored) {
+        catch (final ClassNotFoundException | NoClassDefFoundError ignored) {
             return false;
         }
     }
@@ -180,8 +180,9 @@ public class ClassResolver {
      * @param name name of the class to load
      * @return the {@code Class} for the specified class
      * @throws ClassNotFoundException if an error occurs
+     * @throws NoClassDefFoundError if an error occurs
      */
-    public Class<?> safeLoad(String name) throws ClassNotFoundException {
+    private Class<?> safeLoad(String name) throws ClassNotFoundException, NoClassDefFoundError {
         // The next line will load the class using the specified class
         // loader. The magic is having the "false" parameter. This means the
         // class will not be initialised. Very, very important.
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/ClassResolverTest.java b/src/test/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/ClassResolverTest.java
index 7a3061f3d..bf1c2a471 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/ClassResolverTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/ClassResolverTest.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 package com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.checks;
 
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
 import static org.junit.Assert.fail;
@@ -150,4 +151,32 @@ public class ClassResolverTest {
             assertTrue(ex.getMessage().endsWith("expected exception"));
         }
     }
+
+    /**
+     * This test exists to prevent any possible regression and let of
+     * https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1192 to be persistent
+     * event is not very obvious
+     *
+     * @throws Exception when smth is not expected
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void testIsLoadableWithNoClassDefFoundError() throws Exception {
+        final Set<String> imports = Sets.newHashSet();
+        imports.add("java.applet.someClass");
+
+        final ClassResolver classResolver = PowerMockito.spy(new ClassResolver(Thread
+                .currentThread().getContextClassLoader(), "", imports));
+
+        PowerMockito.doThrow(new NoClassDefFoundError("expected exception"))
+                .when(classResolver, "safeLoad", anyObject());
+
+        try {
+            final boolean result = classResolver.isLoadable("someClass");
+            assertFalse("result should be false", result);
+        }
+        catch (NoClassDefFoundError ex) {
+            fail("NoClassDefFoundError is not expected");
+            assertTrue(ex.getMessage().endsWith("expected exception"));
+        }
+    }
 }