diff --git a/checkstyle-suppressions.xml b/checkstyle-suppressions.xml
index 77e27b8768..46bd9ca80d 100644
--- a/checkstyle-suppressions.xml
+++ b/checkstyle-suppressions.xml
@@ -7,4 +7,5 @@
     <!-- TODO: We should have these turned on. But, currently there's a known bug with indentation checks
          on JMockIt Expectations blocks and similar. See https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3739 -->
     <suppress checks="Indentation" files="src[/\\]test[/\\]java"/>
+    <suppress checks="Regexp" files="DSpaceHttpClientFactory\.java"/>
 </suppressions>
diff --git a/checkstyle.xml b/checkstyle.xml
index a33fc48319..36d2b15bd8 100644
--- a/checkstyle.xml
+++ b/checkstyle.xml
@@ -136,5 +136,22 @@ For more information on CheckStyle configurations below, see: http://checkstyle.
         <module name="OneStatementPerLine"/>
         <!-- Require that "catch" statements are not empty (must at least contain a comment) -->
         <module name="EmptyCatchBlock"/>
+
+        <!-- Require to use DSpaceHttpClientFactory.getClient() statement instead of creating directly the client -->
+        <module name="Regexp">
+            <property name="format" value="HttpClientBuilder\.create\s*\(\s*\)" />
+            <property name="message" value="Use DSpaceHttpClientFactory.getClient() instead of HttpClientBuilder.create()" />
+            <property name="illegalPattern" value="true"/>
+            <property name="ignoreComments" value="true"/>
+        </module>
+        <!-- Require to use DSpaceHttpClientFactory.getClient() statement instead of creating directly the client -->
+        <module name="Regexp">
+            <property name="format" value="HttpClients\.createDefault\s*\(\s*\)" />
+            <property name="message" value="Use DSpaceHttpClientFactory.getClient() instead of HttpClients.createDefault()" />
+            <property name="illegalPattern" value="true"/>
+            <property name="ignoreComments" value="true"/>
+        </module>
+
+
     </module>
 </module>