diff --git a/changelog/@unreleased/pr-1205.v2.yml b/changelog/@unreleased/pr-1205.v2.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..92c905cb7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/@unreleased/pr-1205.v2.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+type: fix
+fix:
+  description: Checkstyle's `ParenPad` rule is turned off when using palantir-java-format,
+    to avoid disagreements that can't be fixed by the user.
+  links:
+  - https://github.com/palantir/gradle-baseline/pull/1205
diff --git a/gradle-baseline-java/src/main/groovy/com/palantir/baseline/plugins/BaselineConfig.java b/gradle-baseline-java/src/main/groovy/com/palantir/baseline/plugins/BaselineConfig.java
index b44ab31c4..4585935bc 100644
--- a/gradle-baseline-java/src/main/groovy/com/palantir/baseline/plugins/BaselineConfig.java
+++ b/gradle-baseline-java/src/main/groovy/com/palantir/baseline/plugins/BaselineConfig.java
@@ -98,12 +98,16 @@ public void execute(Task task) {
                 try {
                     String contents = new String(Files.readAllBytes(checkstyleXml), StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
                     String replaced = contents.replace(
-                            "        <module name=\"Indentation\"> "
-                                    + "<!-- Java Style Guide: Block indentation: +4 spaces -->\n"
-                                    + "            <property name=\"arrayInitIndent\" value=\"8\"/>\n"
-                                    + "            <property name=\"lineWrappingIndentation\" value=\"8\"/>\n"
-                                    + "        </module>\n",
-                            "");
+                                    "        <module name=\"Indentation\"> "
+                                            + "<!-- Java Style Guide: Block indentation: +4 spaces -->\n"
+                                            + "            <property name=\"arrayInitIndent\" value=\"8\"/>\n"
+                                            + "            <property name=\"lineWrappingIndentation\" value=\"8\"/>\n"
+                                            + "        </module>\n",
+                                    "")
+                            .replace(
+                                    "        <module name=\"ParenPad\"/> <!-- Java Style Guide: Horizontal whitespace"
+                                            + " -->\n",
+                                    "");
                     Preconditions.checkState(!contents.equals(replaced), "Patching checkstyle.xml must make a change");
                     Files.write(checkstyleXml, replaced.getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
                 } catch (IOException e) {
diff --git a/gradle-baseline-java/src/test/groovy/com/palantir/baseline/BaselineConfigIntegrationTest.groovy b/gradle-baseline-java/src/test/groovy/com/palantir/baseline/BaselineConfigIntegrationTest.groovy
index 439cd9611..d0de6364a 100644
--- a/gradle-baseline-java/src/test/groovy/com/palantir/baseline/BaselineConfigIntegrationTest.groovy
+++ b/gradle-baseline-java/src/test/groovy/com/palantir/baseline/BaselineConfigIntegrationTest.groovy
@@ -149,5 +149,8 @@ class BaselineConfigIntegrationTest extends AbstractPluginTest {
         !new File(projectDir, '.baseline/checkstyle/checkstyle.xml').readLines().any {
             it.contains '<module name="Indentation">'
         }
+        !new File(projectDir, '.baseline/checkstyle/checkstyle.xml').readLines().any {
+            it.contains '<module name="ParenPad">'
+        }
     }
 }