diff --git a/src/main/java/pl/touk/sputnik/configuration/GeneralOption.java b/src/main/java/pl/touk/sputnik/configuration/GeneralOption.java
index 75286f55..4b8c26ee 100644
--- a/src/main/java/pl/touk/sputnik/configuration/GeneralOption.java
+++ b/src/main/java/pl/touk/sputnik/configuration/GeneralOption.java
@@ -45,10 +45,12 @@ public enum GeneralOption implements ConfigurationOption {
     PMD_SHOW_VIOLATION_DETAILS("pmd.showViolationDetails", "Show violation details and URL", "false"),
 
     FINDBUGS_ENABLED("findbugs.enabled", "FindBugs enabled", "false"),
+    FINDBUGS_LOAD_PROPERTIES_FROM("findbugs.loadPropertiesFrom", "FindBugs properties file", ""),
     FINDBUGS_INCLUDE_FILTER("findbugs.includeFilter", "FindBugs include filter file", ""),
     FINDBUGS_EXCLUDE_FILTER("findbugs.excludeFilter", "FindBugs exclude filter file", ""),
 
     SPOTBUGS_ENABLED("spotbugs.enabled", "SpotBugs enabled", "false"),
+    SPOTBUGS_LOAD_PROPERTIES_FROM("spotbugs.loadPropertiesFrom", "SpotBugs properties file", ""),
     SPOTBUGS_INCLUDE_FILTER("spotbugs.includeFilter", "SpotBugs include filter file", ""),
     SPOTBUGS_EXCLUDE_FILTER("spotbugs.excludeFilter", "SpotBugs exclude filter file", ""),
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/pl/touk/sputnik/processor/spotbugs/SpotBugsProcessor.java b/src/main/java/pl/touk/sputnik/processor/spotbugs/SpotBugsProcessor.java
index 050b71ad..8366dc65 100644
--- a/src/main/java/pl/touk/sputnik/processor/spotbugs/SpotBugsProcessor.java
+++ b/src/main/java/pl/touk/sputnik/processor/spotbugs/SpotBugsProcessor.java
@@ -1,11 +1,17 @@
 package pl.touk.sputnik.processor.spotbugs;
 
+import java.net.MalformedURLException;
+import java.nio.file.Paths;
+import java.util.Optional;
+import java.util.stream.Stream;
+
 import edu.umd.cs.findbugs.ClassScreener;
 import edu.umd.cs.findbugs.DetectorFactoryCollection;
 import edu.umd.cs.findbugs.FindBugs2;
 import edu.umd.cs.findbugs.IClassScreener;
 import edu.umd.cs.findbugs.Priorities;
 import edu.umd.cs.findbugs.Project;
+import edu.umd.cs.findbugs.SystemProperties;
 import edu.umd.cs.findbugs.config.UserPreferences;
 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
@@ -36,8 +42,8 @@ public SpotBugsProcessor(@NotNull Configuration configuration) {
     @Nullable
     @Override
     public ReviewResult process(@NotNull Review review) {
-        FindBugs2 spotBugs = createFindBugs2(review);
-        try {
+        loadSystemProperties();
+        try (FindBugs2 spotBugs = createFindBugs2(review)) {
             spotBugs.execute();
         } catch (Exception e) {
             log.error("SpotBugs processing error", e);
@@ -46,6 +52,17 @@ public ReviewResult process(@NotNull Review review) {
         return collectorBugReporter.getReviewResult();
     }
 
+    private void loadSystemProperties() {
+        getPropertiesFileLocation().ifPresent(propertiesFileLocation -> {
+            try {
+                SystemProperties.loadPropertiesFromURL(Paths.get(propertiesFileLocation).toUri().toURL());
+                log.info("Using SpotBugs properties file {}", propertiesFileLocation);
+            } catch (MalformedURLException e) {
+                log.error("Invalid location for properties file: {}", propertiesFileLocation);
+            }
+        });
+    }
+
     @NotNull
     @Override
     public String getName() {
@@ -102,6 +119,13 @@ private IClassScreener createClassScreener(@NotNull Review review) {
         return classScreener;
     }
 
+    private Optional<String> getPropertiesFileLocation() {
+        return Stream.of(GeneralOption.SPOTBUGS_LOAD_PROPERTIES_FROM, GeneralOption.FINDBUGS_LOAD_PROPERTIES_FROM)
+                .map(config::getProperty)
+                .filter(StringUtils::isNotBlank)
+                .findFirst();
+    }
+
     @Nullable
     private String getIncludeFilterFilename() {
         String includeFilterFilename = config.getProperty(GeneralOption.SPOTBUGS_INCLUDE_FILTER);
diff --git a/src/test/java/pl/touk/sputnik/processor/spotbugs/SpotBugsProcessorTest.java b/src/test/java/pl/touk/sputnik/processor/spotbugs/SpotBugsProcessorTest.java
index 1b50d222..15b4fdc9 100644
--- a/src/test/java/pl/touk/sputnik/processor/spotbugs/SpotBugsProcessorTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/pl/touk/sputnik/processor/spotbugs/SpotBugsProcessorTest.java
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import edu.umd.cs.findbugs.SystemProperties;
 import pl.touk.sputnik.TestEnvironment;
 import pl.touk.sputnik.configuration.ConfigurationSetup;
 import pl.touk.sputnik.configuration.GeneralOption;
@@ -24,7 +26,10 @@ class SpotBugsProcessorTest extends TestEnvironment {
 
     @BeforeEach
     void setUp() {
-        config = new ConfigurationSetup().setUp(ImmutableMap.of(GeneralOption.BUILD_TOOL.getKey(), GRADLE));
+        config = new ConfigurationSetup().setUp(ImmutableMap.of(
+                GeneralOption.BUILD_TOOL.getKey(), GRADLE,
+                GeneralOption.SPOTBUGS_LOAD_PROPERTIES_FROM.getKey(), "src/test/resources/spotbugs/spotbugs-config.properties"
+        ));
         spotBugsProcessor = new SpotBugsProcessor(config);
     }
 
@@ -54,4 +59,10 @@ void shouldReturnEmptyWhenNoFilesToReview() {
         assertThat(reviewResult.getViolations()).isEmpty();
     }
 
+    @Test
+    void shouldLoadPropertiesFromExternalLocation() {
+        ReviewResult reviewResult = spotBugsProcessor.process(nonExistentReview());
+
+        assertThat(SystemProperties.getBoolean("findbugs.de.comment")).isTrue();
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/test/resources/spotbugs/spotbugs-config.properties b/src/test/resources/spotbugs/spotbugs-config.properties
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..66649009
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/resources/spotbugs/spotbugs-config.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# Don't report empty catch blocks if a source comment is found in the block.
+findbugs.de.comment = true