diff --git a/fe/check/checkstyle/checkstyle.xml b/fe/check/checkstyle/checkstyle.xml
index 86f303d84c8113..2b87546548beed 100644
--- a/fe/check/checkstyle/checkstyle.xml
+++ b/fe/check/checkstyle/checkstyle.xml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ under the License.
     </module>
 
     <module name="SuppressionFilter">
-        <property name="file" value="check/checkstyle/suppressions.xml"/>
+        <property name="file" value="${config_loc}/suppressions.xml"/>
         <property name="optional" value="true"/>
     </module>
     <module name="SuppressWithPlainTextCommentFilter">
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ under the License.
         <property name="eachLine" value="true"/>
     </module>
     <module name="Header">
-        <property name="headerFile" value="check/checkstyle/checkstyle-apache-header.txt"/>
+        <property name="headerFile" value="${config_loc}/checkstyle-apache-header.txt"/>
         <property name="fileExtensions" value="java"/>
     </module>
     <module name="LineLength">
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ under the License.
             <property name="tokens" value="IMPORT, STATIC_IMPORT, PACKAGE_DEF"/>
         </module>
         <module name="ImportControl">
-            <property name="file" value="check/checkstyle/import-control.xml"/>
+            <property name="file" value="${config_loc}/import-control.xml"/>
         </module>
         <module name="RedundantImport"/>
         <module name="UnusedImports"/>
diff --git a/fe/pom.xml b/fe/pom.xml
index db6deaf5f3f428..6fa3dcd6b2a209 100644
--- a/fe/pom.xml
+++ b/fe/pom.xml
@@ -191,6 +191,14 @@ under the License.
                         <failsOnError>true</failsOnError>
                         <linkXRef>false</linkXRef>
                         <includeTestSourceDirectory>true</includeTestSourceDirectory>
+                        <!-- Explicitly set config_loc so that checkstyle.xml can reference sibling
+                             files via ${config_loc}/suppressions.xml etc.
+                             maven-checkstyle-plugin 3.0+ sets this automatically, but older
+                             versions do not, causing "Property ${config_loc} has not been set".
+                             ${maven.multiModuleProjectDirectory} always points to the directory
+                             from which Maven was invoked (the fe/ root), so this works for all
+                             submodules regardless of nesting depth. Requires Maven 3.3.1+. -->
+                        <propertyExpansion>config_loc=${maven.multiModuleProjectDirectory}/check/checkstyle</propertyExpansion>
                         <excludes>
                             **/apache/doris/thrift/**/*,
                             **/apache/parquet/**/*