diff --git a/project/AkkaBuild.scala b/project/AkkaBuild.scala
index 2f507c9432..b05bc5b6b6 100644
--- a/project/AkkaBuild.scala
+++ b/project/AkkaBuild.scala
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 import sbt._
 import Keys._
 import MultiJvmPlugin.{ MultiJvm, extraOptions }
+import com.github.oforero.sbtformatter.SbtFormatter._
+import com.github.oforero.sbtformatter.SbtFormatterSettings._
 
 object AkkaBuild extends Build {
   lazy val buildSettings = Seq(
@@ -273,7 +275,7 @@ object AkkaBuild extends Build {
 
   override lazy val settings = super.settings ++ buildSettings ++ Publish.versionSettings
 
-  lazy val baseSettings = Defaults.defaultSettings ++ Publish.settings
+  lazy val baseSettings = Defaults.defaultSettings ++ Publish.settings ++ formatterPreferences ++ formatterTasks
 
   lazy val parentSettings = baseSettings ++ Seq(
     publishArtifact in Compile := false