diff --git a/.codeclimate.yml b/.codeclimate.yml
index bff422a1a1..32d996bcc9 100644
--- a/.codeclimate.yml
+++ b/.codeclimate.yml
@@ -41,31 +41,7 @@ plugins:
     enabled: true
     config:
       file_extensions: "php"
-
-    checks:
-      Naming/LongVariable:
-        enabled: false
-
-      Controversial/Superglobals:
-        enabled: false
-
-      Design/WeightedMethodCount:
-        enabled: false
-
-      Design/TooManyPublicMethods:
-        enabled: false
-
-      Naming/ShortVariable:
-        enabled: false
-
-      Design/TooManyFields:
-        enabled: false
-
-      Design/TooManyMethods:
-        enabled: false
-
-      Design/TooManyPublicMethods:
-        enabled: false
+      rulesets: "ruleset.xml"
 
   sonar-php:
     enabled: false
diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index 0eb0be5e9b..4810665dbe 100755
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 .scrutinizer.yml export-ignore
 .styleci.yml export-ignore
 .travis.yml export-ignore
+ruleset.xml export-ignore
+
 /tests export-ignore
 .editorconfig export-ignore
 
diff --git a/ruleset.xml b/ruleset.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..360f89fb4f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ruleset.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<ruleset name="Chamilo rule set"
+         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>
+        Chamilo rule set.
+    </description>
+
+    <!-- Import the entire unused code rule set -->
+    <rule ref="rulesets/cleancode.xml">
+        <exclude name="StaticAccess" />
+    </rule>
+
+    <!--
+    Import the entire cyclomatic complexity rule and
+    customize the rule configuration.
+    -->
+    <rule ref="rulesets/codesize.xml">
+        <exclude name="TooManyPublicMethods" />
+        <exclude name="TooManyFields" />
+        <exclude name="TooManyMethods" />
+        <exclude name="CyclomaticComplexity" />
+        <exclude name="ExcessiveMethodLength" />
+        <exclude name="ExcessiveClassLength" />
+        <exclude name="ExcessivePublicCount" />
+        <exclude name="ExcessiveClassComplexity" />
+    </rule>
+
+    <rule ref="rulesets/controversial.xml" >
+        <exclude name="Superglobals" />
+    </rule>
+
+    <rule ref="rulesets/design.xml" >
+        <exclude name="WeightedMethodCount" />
+    </rule>
+
+    <!-- Import entire naming rule set and exclude rules -->
+    <rule ref="rulesets/naming.xml">
+        <exclude name="ShortVariable" />
+        <exclude name="LongVariable" />
+        <exclude name="ShortMethodName" />
+    </rule>
+
+    <rule ref="rulesets/unusedcode.xml" />
+</ruleset>
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