diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 612ba79..599a131 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -20,9 +20,10 @@
     },
     "require": {
         "php": ">=5.6",
+        "phpmd/phpmd": "^2.6",
         "phpro/grumphp": "0.*",
-        "squizlabs/php_codesniffer": "2.* | 3.*",
         "pluswerk/grumphp-bom-task": "4.*",
-        "pluswerk/grumphp-xliff-task": "2.*"
+        "pluswerk/grumphp-xliff-task": "2.*",
+        "squizlabs/php_codesniffer": "2.* | 3.*"
     }
 }
diff --git a/grumphp.yml b/grumphp.yml
index b0d419a..9996354 100644
--- a/grumphp.yml
+++ b/grumphp.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ parameters:
         - "DebuggerUtility"
       triggered_by: [php,js,html]
       metadata:
-        blocking: false #show only warnings
+        blocking: false #show only as warnings
     git_commit_message:
       matchers:
         - /(\[(!!!|WIP)]|)(\[(BUGFIX|FEATURE|TASK|CLEANUP|SECURITY)]|Merge (in|branch '.+' into)) .+/
@@ -46,6 +46,12 @@ parameters:
     plus_bom_fixer:
       metadata:
         priority: 1
+    phpmd:
+      exclude: []
+      ruleset: ['./vendor/pluswerk/grumphp-config/phpmd-config.xml']
+      triggered_by: ['php']
+      metadata:
+        blocking: false #show only as warnings
   extensions:
     - PLUS\GrumPHPBomTask\ExtensionLoader
     - PLUS\GrumPHPXliffTask\ExtensionLoader
diff --git a/phpmd-config.xml b/phpmd-config.xml
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..04a747e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/phpmd-config.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<ruleset name="Pluswerk phpmd Ruleset"
+         xmlns="http://pmd.sf.net/ruleset/1.0.0"
+         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://pmd.sf.net/ruleset/1.0.0 http://pmd.sf.net/ruleset_xml_schema.xsd"
+         xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="http://pmd.sf.net/ruleset_xml_schema.xsd">
+  <description>
+    Pluswerk phpmd Ruleset
+  </description>
+
+  <!-- cleancode -->
+  <rule ref="rulesets/cleancode.xml"/>
+
+  <!-- codesize -->
+  <rule ref="rulesets/codesize.xml">
+    <exclude name="CyclomaticComplexity"/>
+    <exclude name="ExcessiveMethodLength"/>
+    <exclude name="ExcessiveClassLength"/>
+    <exclude name="ExcessiveParameterList"/>
+    <exclude name="ExcessivePublicCount"/>
+    <exclude name="TooManyMethods"/>
+  </rule>
+  <rule ref="rulesets/codesize.xml/CyclomaticComplexity">
+    <properties>
+      <property name="reportLevel" value="8"/>
+    </properties>
+  </rule>
+  <rule ref="rulesets/codesize.xml/ExcessiveMethodLength">
+    <properties>
+      <property name="minimum" value="60"/>
+    </properties>
+  </rule>
+  <rule ref="rulesets/codesize.xml/ExcessiveClassLength">
+    <properties>
+      <property name="minimum" value="400"/>
+    </properties>
+  </rule>
+  <rule ref="rulesets/codesize.xml/ExcessiveParameterList">
+    <properties>
+      <property name="minimum" value="5"/>
+    </properties>
+  </rule>
+  <rule ref="rulesets/codesize.xml/ExcessivePublicCount">
+    <properties>
+      <property name="minimum" value="30"/>
+    </properties>
+  </rule>
+  <rule ref="rulesets/codesize.xml/TooManyMethods">
+    <properties>
+      <property name="maxmethods" value="20"/>
+    </properties>
+  </rule>
+
+  <!-- controversial -->
+  <rule ref="rulesets/controversial.xml"/>
+
+  <!-- design -->
+  <rule ref="rulesets/design.xml">
+    <exclude name="CouplingBetweenObjects"/>
+  </rule>
+  <rule ref="rulesets/design.xml/CouplingBetweenObjects">
+    <properties>
+      <property name="minimum" value="8"/>
+    </properties>
+  </rule>
+
+  <!-- naming -->
+  <rule ref="rulesets/naming.xml">
+    <exclude name="LongVariable"/>
+    <exclude name="ShortMethodName"/>
+  </rule>
+  <rule ref="rulesets/naming.xml/LongVariable">
+    <properties>
+      <property name="maximum" value="30"/>
+    </properties>
+  </rule>
+  <rule ref="rulesets/naming.xml/ShortMethodName">
+    <properties>
+      <property name="minimum" value="5"/>
+    </properties>
+  </rule>
+
+  <!-- unusedcode -->
+  <rule ref="rulesets/unusedcode.xml"/>
+
+</ruleset>