diff --git a/.php-censor.yml b/.php-censor.yml
index be55c453..c927f4de 100644
--- a/.php-censor.yml
+++ b/.php-censor.yml
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ test:
 
   php_mess_detector:
     allow_failures: true
+    rules:
+      - phpmd.xml
 
   php_code_sniffer:
     standard:       PSR2
diff --git a/phpmd.xml b/phpmd.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..dfb568bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/phpmd.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<ruleset name="PHP Censor 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>
+        PHP Censor ruleset
+    </description>
+
+    <rule ref="rulesets/cleancode.xml" />
+    <rule ref="rulesets/codesize.xml" />
+    <rule ref="rulesets/controversial.xml" />
+    <rule ref="rulesets/design.xml" />
+    <rule ref="rulesets/unusedcode.xml" />
+
+    <rule ref="rulesets/naming.xml">
+        <exclude name="ShortVariable"/>
+    </rule>
+
+    <rule ref="rulesets/naming.xml/ShortVariable">
+        <properties>
+            <property name="exceptions" value="db,id,i,j" />
+        </properties>
+    </rule>
+</ruleset>