diff --git a/android/guava/pom.xml b/android/guava/pom.xml
index 5deda6e057fc..2997108a20e2 100644
--- a/android/guava/pom.xml
+++ b/android/guava/pom.xml
@@ -151,6 +151,12 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
         <artifactId>animal-sniffer-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <ignores>
+            <!-- Allow requireNonNull: Android desugaring rewrites it (so it's safe for us to use), and it's useful for null checks. Note that this line allows *all* methods from java.util.Objects. That's the best that we can do with the configuration options that Animal Sniffer offers. -->
+            <ignore>java.util.Objects</ignore>
+          </ignores>
+        </configuration>
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>