diff --git a/changelog/@unreleased/pr-1023.v2.yml b/changelog/@unreleased/pr-1023.v2.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c171105fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/@unreleased/pr-1023.v2.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+type: fix
+fix:
+  description: Ignore module-info.java files to support projects with Jigsaw.
+  links:
+  - https://github.com/palantir/gradle-baseline/pull/1023
diff --git a/gradle-baseline-java-config/resources/checkstyle/checkstyle.xml b/gradle-baseline-java-config/resources/checkstyle/checkstyle.xml
index d698c182e..d1d0ffaf0 100644
--- a/gradle-baseline-java-config/resources/checkstyle/checkstyle.xml
+++ b/gradle-baseline-java-config/resources/checkstyle/checkstyle.xml
@@ -53,6 +53,9 @@
         <property name="optional" value="true"/>
     </module>
     <module name="SuppressWarningsFilter"/> <!-- baseline-gradle: README.md -->
+    <module name="BeforeExecutionExclusionFileFilter">
+        <property name="fileNamePattern" value="module\-info\.java$"/>
+    </module>
     <module name="TreeWalker">
         <module name="SuppressionCommentFilter"/> <!-- baseline-gradle: README.md -->
         <module name="SuppressionCommentFilter">