diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 212a39bdb2..e2bf03e137 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -210,6 +210,26 @@ The MIT License (MIT)
               </execution>
             </executions>
           </plugin>
+          <plugin>
+            <groupId>de.thetaphi</groupId>
+            <artifactId>forbiddenapis</artifactId>
+            <version>2.4.1</version>
+            <configuration>
+              <failOnUnsupportedJava>false</failOnUnsupportedJava>
+              <signaturesFiles>
+                <signaturesFile>./src/verifier/forbiddenapis.txt</signaturesFile>
+              </signaturesFiles>
+            </configuration>
+            <executions>
+              <execution>
+                <id>forbiddenapis</id>
+                <phase>test-compile</phase>
+                <goals>
+                  <goal>testCheck</goal>
+                </goals>
+              </execution>
+            </executions>
+          </plugin>
         </plugins>
       </build>
     </profile>
diff --git a/src/verifier/forbiddenapis.txt b/src/verifier/forbiddenapis.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4e9c8d2bb5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/verifier/forbiddenapis.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+
+@defaultMessage Please specify failure reason
+org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert#assertThat(java.lang.Object, org.hamcrest.Matcher)
+
+@defaultMessage Please specify failure reason
+org.junit.Assert#assertThat(java.lang.Object, org.hamcrest.Matcher)