diff --git a/scalastyle-config.xml b/scalastyle-config.xml
index 9a35183c6373..7fe0697202cd 100644
--- a/scalastyle-config.xml
+++ b/scalastyle-config.xml
@@ -250,6 +250,14 @@ This file is divided into 3 sections:
     <customMessage>Omit braces in case clauses.</customMessage>
   </check>
 
+  <!-- SPARK-16877: Avoid Java annotations -->
+  <check customId="OverrideJavaCase" level="error" class="org.scalastyle.scalariform.TokenChecker" enabled="true">
+    <parameters><parameter name="regex">^Override$</parameter></parameters>
+    <customMessage>override modifier should be used instead of @java.lang.Override.</customMessage>
+  </check>
+
+  <check level="error" class="org.scalastyle.scalariform.DeprecatedJavaChecker" enabled="true"></check>
+
   <!-- ================================================================================ -->
   <!--       rules we'd like to enforce, but haven't cleaned up the codebase yet        -->
   <!-- ================================================================================ -->