diff --git a/etc/pmd-configuration.xml b/etc/pmd-configuration.xml
index c1639ae1..e5fd962e 100644
--- a/etc/pmd-configuration.xml
+++ b/etc/pmd-configuration.xml
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
   <rule ref="category/java/codestyle.xml/ClassNamingConventions">
     <properties>
       <property name="utilityClassPattern" value="[A-Z][a-zA-Z0-9]+"/>
+      <property name="testClassPattern" value="^Test.*$|^Benchmark.*$|"/>
     </properties>
   </rule>
   <rule ref="category/java/codestyle.xml/LinguisticNaming">