diff --git a/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/maven/ConfigurableRewriteMojo.java b/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/maven/ConfigurableRewriteMojo.java
index 1eb0e45b..ff4ad106 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/maven/ConfigurableRewriteMojo.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/maven/ConfigurableRewriteMojo.java
@@ -23,12 +23,15 @@
 import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.Parameter;
 import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject;
 import org.codehaus.plexus.util.xml.Xpp3Dom;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.util.xml.pull.MXSerializer;
+import org.intellij.lang.annotations.Language;
 import org.openrewrite.config.Environment;
 import org.openrewrite.internal.lang.Nullable;
-import org.openrewrite.java.style.CheckstyleConfigLoader;
 import org.openrewrite.style.NamedStyles;
 
+import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.io.StringWriter;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.nio.file.Paths;
 import java.util.*;
@@ -36,10 +39,15 @@
 import java.util.stream.Stream;
 
 import static java.util.Collections.emptyMap;
+import static org.openrewrite.java.style.CheckstyleConfigLoader.loadCheckstyleConfig;
 
 @SuppressWarnings("FieldMayBeFinal")
 public abstract class ConfigurableRewriteMojo extends AbstractMojo {
 
+    private static final String CHECKSTYLE_DOCTYPE = "module PUBLIC "
+                                                     + "\"-//Checkstyle//DTD Checkstyle Configuration 1.3//EN\" "
+                                                     + "\"https://checkstyle.org/dtds/configuration_1_3.dtd\"";
+
     @Parameter(property = "rewrite.configLocation", alias = "configLocation", defaultValue = "${maven.multiModuleProjectDirectory}/rewrite.yml")
     protected String configLocation;
 
@@ -192,6 +200,7 @@ protected enum State {
         PROCESSED,
         TO_BE_PROCESSED
     }
+
     private static final String OPENREWRITE_PROCESSED_MARKER = "openrewrite.processed";
 
     protected void putState(State state) {
@@ -248,26 +257,28 @@ protected List<NamedStyles> loadStyles(MavenProject project, Environment env) {
         try {
             Plugin checkstylePlugin = project.getPlugin("org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-checkstyle-plugin");
             if (checkstyleConfigFile != null && !checkstyleConfigFile.isEmpty()) {
-                styles.add(CheckstyleConfigLoader.loadCheckstyleConfig(Paths.get(checkstyleConfigFile), emptyMap()));
+                styles.add(loadCheckstyleConfig(Paths.get(checkstyleConfigFile), emptyMap()));
             } else if (checkstyleDetectionEnabled && checkstylePlugin != null) {
                 Object checkstyleConfRaw = checkstylePlugin.getConfiguration();
                 if (checkstyleConfRaw instanceof Xpp3Dom) {
                     Xpp3Dom xmlCheckstyleConf = (Xpp3Dom) checkstyleConfRaw;
                     Xpp3Dom xmlConfigLocation = xmlCheckstyleConf.getChild("configLocation");
-
-                    if (xmlConfigLocation == null) {
-                        // When no config location is specified, the maven-checkstyle-plugin falls back on sun_checks.xml
-                        try (InputStream is = Checker.class.getResourceAsStream("/sun_checks.xml")) {
-                            if (is != null) {
-                                styles.add(CheckstyleConfigLoader.loadCheckstyleConfig(is, emptyMap()));
-                            }
-                        }
-                    } else {
+                    Xpp3Dom xmlCheckstyleRules = xmlCheckstyleConf.getChild("checkstyleRules");
+                    if (xmlConfigLocation != null) {
                         // resolve location against plugin location (could be in parent pom)
                         Path configPath = Paths.get(checkstylePlugin.getLocation("").getSource().getLocation())
                                 .resolveSibling(xmlConfigLocation.getValue());
                         if (configPath.toFile().exists()) {
-                            styles.add(CheckstyleConfigLoader.loadCheckstyleConfig(configPath, emptyMap()));
+                            styles.add(loadCheckstyleConfig(configPath, emptyMap()));
+                        }
+                    } else if (xmlCheckstyleRules != null && xmlCheckstyleRules.getChildCount() > 0) {
+                        styles.add(loadCheckstyleConfig(toCheckStyleDocument(xmlCheckstyleRules.getChild(0)), emptyMap()));
+                    } else {
+                        // When no config location is specified, the maven-checkstyle-plugin falls back on sun_checks.xml
+                        try (InputStream is = Checker.class.getResourceAsStream("/sun_checks.xml")) {
+                            if (is != null) {
+                                styles.add(loadCheckstyleConfig(is, emptyMap()));
+                            }
                         }
                     }
                 }
@@ -278,6 +289,18 @@ protected List<NamedStyles> loadStyles(MavenProject project, Environment env) {
         return styles;
     }
 
+    private @Language("XML") String toCheckStyleDocument(final Xpp3Dom dom) throws IOException {
+        StringWriter stringWriter = new StringWriter();
+
+        MXSerializer serializer = new MXSerializer();
+        serializer.setOutput(stringWriter);
+        serializer.docdecl(CHECKSTYLE_DOCTYPE);
+
+        dom.writeToSerializer("", serializer);
+
+        return stringWriter.toString();
+    }
+
     protected Set<String> getRecipeArtifactCoordinates() {
         if (computedRecipeArtifactCoordinates == null) {
             synchronized (this) {
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/openrewrite/maven/RewriteRunIT.java b/src/test/java/org/openrewrite/maven/RewriteRunIT.java
index a3d7da96..2c94b03a 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/openrewrite/maven/RewriteRunIT.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/openrewrite/maven/RewriteRunIT.java
@@ -49,6 +49,15 @@ void single_project(MavenExecutionResult result) {
                 .anySatisfy(line -> assertThat(line).contains("org.openrewrite.java.format.AutoFormat"));
     }
 
+    @MavenTest
+    void checkstyle_inline_rules(MavenExecutionResult result) {
+        assertThat(result)
+                .isSuccessful()
+                .out()
+                .warn()
+                .noneSatisfy(line -> assertThat(line).contains("Unable to parse checkstyle configuration"));
+    }
+
     @MavenTest
     void recipe_project(MavenExecutionResult result) {
         assertThat(result)
diff --git a/src/test/resources-its/org/openrewrite/maven/RewriteRunIT/checkstyle_inline_rules/pom.xml b/src/test/resources-its/org/openrewrite/maven/RewriteRunIT/checkstyle_inline_rules/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..171ae17a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/resources-its/org/openrewrite/maven/RewriteRunIT/checkstyle_inline_rules/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+<project xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+		 xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+		 xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+	<groupId>org.openrewrite.maven</groupId>
+	<artifactId>checkstyle_inline_rules</artifactId>
+	<version>1.0</version>
+	<packaging>jar</packaging>
+	<name>RewriteRunIT#checkstyle_inline_rules</name>
+
+	<properties>
+		<maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
+		<maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
+		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+	</properties>
+
+	<build>
+		<plugins>
+			<plugin>
+				<groupId>@project.groupId@</groupId>
+				<artifactId>@project.artifactId@</artifactId>
+				<version>@project.version@</version>
+				<configuration>
+					<activeRecipes>
+						<recipe>org.openrewrite.java.format.AutoFormat</recipe>
+					</activeRecipes>
+				</configuration>
+			</plugin>
+			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+				<artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
+				<version>3.3.1</version>
+				<executions>
+					<execution>
+						<id>verify-style</id>
+						<phase>process-classes</phase>
+						<goals>
+							<goal>check</goal>
+						</goals>
+					</execution>
+				</executions>
+				<configuration>
+					<failsOnError>false</failsOnError>
+					<checkstyleRules>
+						<module name="Checker">
+							<module name="FileLength">
+								<property name="max" value="3500" />
+								<property name="fileExtensions" value="java"/>
+							</module>
+							<module name="FileTabCharacter"/>
+							<module name="TreeWalker">
+								<module name="StaticVariableName"/>
+								<module name="TypeName">
+									<property name="format" value="^_?[A-Z][a-zA-Z0-9]*$"/>
+								</module>
+							</module>
+						</module>
+					</checkstyleRules>
+				</configuration>
+			</plugin>
+		</plugins>
+	</build>
+</project>
diff --git a/src/test/resources-its/org/openrewrite/maven/RewriteRunIT/checkstyle_inline_rules/src/main/java/sample/SimplifyBooleanSample.java b/src/test/resources-its/org/openrewrite/maven/RewriteRunIT/checkstyle_inline_rules/src/main/java/sample/SimplifyBooleanSample.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6eed11ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/resources-its/org/openrewrite/maven/RewriteRunIT/checkstyle_inline_rules/src/main/java/sample/SimplifyBooleanSample.java
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+package sample;
+
+public class SimplifyBooleanSample {
+    boolean ifNoElse() {
+        if (isOddMillis()) {
+            return true;
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    static boolean isOddMillis() {
+        boolean even = System.currentTimeMillis() % 2 == 0;
+        if (even == true) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        else {
+            return true;
+        }
+    }
+}
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