diff --git a/phpcs.xml.dist b/phpcs.xml.dist
index d7c05d7..3eef46a 100644
--- a/phpcs.xml.dist
+++ b/phpcs.xml.dist
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
         <exclude name="Generic.Files.LineLength"/>
         <exclude name="PEAR.Commenting.ClassComment"/>
         <exclude name="PEAR.Commenting.FileComment"/>
+        <exclude name="SlevomatCodingStandard.Namespaces.ReferenceUsedNamesOnly"/>
     </rule>
 
     <!-- PHPCS does not understand yield -->