diff --git a/microsoft-azure-api/src/config/checkstyle.xml b/microsoft-azure-api/src/config/checkstyle.xml
index 655ed45e76079..0f628e43c5c52 100644
--- a/microsoft-azure-api/src/config/checkstyle.xml
+++ b/microsoft-azure-api/src/config/checkstyle.xml
@@ -118,7 +118,9 @@
 
         <!-- Checks for Size Violations.                    -->
         <!-- See http://checkstyle.sf.net/config_sizes.html -->
-        <module name="LineLength"/>
+        <module name="LineLength">
+          <property name="max" value="160" />
+        </module>
         <module name="MethodLength"/>
         <module name="ParameterNumber"/>