diff --git a/Settings.StyleCop b/Settings.StyleCop
index 822dd88428..94d2d29259 100644
--- a/Settings.StyleCop
+++ b/Settings.StyleCop
@@ -252,6 +252,11 @@
             <BooleanProperty Name="Enabled">False</BooleanProperty>
           </RuleSettings>
         </Rule>
+        <Rule Name="OpeningCurlyBracketsMustNotBePrecededByBlankLine">
+          <RuleSettings>
+            <BooleanProperty Name="Enabled">False</BooleanProperty>
+          </RuleSettings>
+        </Rule>
       </Rules>
       <AnalyzerSettings />
     </Analyzer>