diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 53aa2d39..3046017e 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -60,6 +60,13 @@ workflows:
           filters:
             tags:
               only: /.*/
+      - sonar:
+          context: "OpenNMS Build"
+          requires:
+            - build
+          filters:
+            tags:
+              only: /.*/
       - build-docs:
           context: "OpenNMS Build"
           requires:
@@ -427,3 +434,14 @@ jobs:
             name: Push packages to CloudSmith
             command: .circleci/scripts/publish-cloudsmith.sh
 
+  sonar:
+    executor: build-executor
+    steps:
+      - attach_workspace:
+          at: ~/
+      - run:
+          name: Run SonarQube Code Analysis
+          when: always
+          command: |
+            mvn -Psonar,coverage -Dbuild.packages clean verify dependency:resolve-plugins dependency:go-offline \
+            sonar:sonar -Dsonar.login=$SONARCLOUD_LOGIN
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index cb7acc61..146f74c1 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -95,6 +95,8 @@
         <json-simple.version>1.1.1</json-simple.version>
         <httpclient-osgi.version>4.5.13</httpclient-osgi.version>
         <httpcore-osgi.version>4.4.15</httpcore-osgi.version>
+        <sonarVersion>3.7.0.1746</sonarVersion>
+        <jacoco.version>0.8.8</jacoco.version>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencyManagement>
@@ -415,6 +417,16 @@
                         </instructions>
                     </configuration>
                 </plugin>
+                <plugin>
+                    <groupId>org.sonarsource.scanner.maven</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>sonar-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                    <version>${sonarVersion}</version>
+                </plugin>
+                <plugin>
+                    <groupId>org.jacoco</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>jacoco-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                    <version>${jacoco.version}</version>
+                </plugin>
             </plugins>
         </pluginManagement>
         <plugins>
@@ -517,10 +529,11 @@
             <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
             <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
             <version>2.22.1</version>
-            <configuration>
-                <!-- see: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/53010200/maven-surefire-could-not-find-forkedbooter-class -->
-                <argLine>-Xmx1024m -Xms1024m -XX:MaxPermSize=512m -Djdk.net.URLClassPath.disableClassPathURLCheck=true</argLine>
-            </configuration>
+<!--        this causes the sonar scan to fail-->
+<!--            <configuration>-->
+<!--                 see: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/53010200/maven-surefire-could-not-find-forkedbooter-class -->
+<!--                <argLine> -Xmx1024m -Xms1024m -XX:MaxPermSize=512m -Djdk.net.URLClassPath.disableClassPathURLCheck=true</argLine>-->
+<!--            </configuration>-->
           </plugin>
           <plugin>
             <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
@@ -594,5 +607,47 @@
                 <additionalparam>-Xdoclint:none</additionalparam>
             </properties>
         </profile>
+        <profile>
+            <id>sonar</id>
+            <activation>
+                <activeByDefault>false</activeByDefault>
+            </activation>
+            <properties>
+                <sonar.host.url>https://sonarcloud.io</sonar.host.url>
+                <sonar.organization>opennms</sonar.organization>
+                <sonar.projectKey>OpenNMS_alec</sonar.projectKey>
+                <sonar.moduleKey>${project.artifactId}</sonar.moduleKey>
+            </properties>
+        </profile>
+        <profile>
+            <id>coverage</id>
+            <build>
+                <plugins>
+                    <plugin>
+                        <groupId>org.jacoco</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>jacoco-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                        <executions>
+                            <execution>
+                                <id>prepare-agent</id>
+                                <goals>
+                                    <goal>prepare-agent</goal>
+                                </goals>
+                            </execution>
+                            <execution>
+                                <id>report</id>
+                                <goals>
+                                    <goal>report</goal>
+                                </goals>
+                                <configuration>
+                                    <formats>
+                                        <format>XML</format>
+                                    </formats>
+                                </configuration>
+                            </execution>
+                        </executions>
+                    </plugin>
+                </plugins>
+            </build>
+        </profile>
     </profiles>
 </project>