diff --git a/build-config/src/main/resources/build-config/checkstyle.xml b/build-config/src/main/resources/build-config/checkstyle.xml
index 3da240ac0..233289bc4 100644
--- a/build-config/src/main/resources/build-config/checkstyle.xml
+++ b/build-config/src/main/resources/build-config/checkstyle.xml
@@ -108,7 +108,9 @@
 
         <!-- Checks for whitespace                               -->
         <!-- See http://checkstyle.sf.net/config_whitespace.html -->
-        <module name="EmptyForIteratorPad"/>
+        <module name="EmptyForIteratorPad">
+            <property name="option" value="space" />
+        </module>
         <module name="MethodParamPad"/>
         <module name="NoWhitespaceAfter">
             <property name="tokens" value="BNOT, DEC, DOT, INC, LNOT, UNARY_MINUS, UNARY_PLUS"/>