diff --git a/pmd/etc/changelog.txt b/pmd/etc/changelog.txt
index 3b2ac54dbb..d24e9b194d 100644
--- a/pmd/etc/changelog.txt
+++ b/pmd/etc/changelog.txt
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
 Add options --ignore-literals and --ignore-identifiers to the CPD command line task, thanks to Cd-Man
 Fixed character reference in xml report - thanks to Seko
 
+New Rule:
+	basic: DontCallThreadRun - thanks to Andy Throgmorton
+
 September 14, 2011 - 4.2.6:
 Fixed bug 2920057 - False + : CloseRessource whith an external getter
 Fixed bug 1808110 - Fixed performance issue on PreserveStackTrace
diff --git a/pmd/regress/test/net/sourceforge/pmd/rules/basic/BasicRulesTest.java b/pmd/regress/test/net/sourceforge/pmd/rules/basic/BasicRulesTest.java
index f0f42c1db1..9d113b1ba5 100644
--- a/pmd/regress/test/net/sourceforge/pmd/rules/basic/BasicRulesTest.java
+++ b/pmd/regress/test/net/sourceforge/pmd/rules/basic/BasicRulesTest.java
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ public class BasicRulesTest extends SimpleAggregatorTst {
         addRule("basic", "UnnecessaryConversionTemporary");
         addRule("basic", "UselessOperationOnImmutable");
         addRule("basic", "UselessOverridingMethod");
+        addRule("basic", "DontCallThreadRun");
     }
 
     public static junit.framework.Test suite() {
diff --git a/pmd/regress/test/net/sourceforge/pmd/rules/basic/xml/DontCallThreadRun.xml b/pmd/regress/test/net/sourceforge/pmd/rules/basic/xml/DontCallThreadRun.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6ce4ed27c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pmd/regress/test/net/sourceforge/pmd/rules/basic/xml/DontCallThreadRun.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<test-data>
+    <test-code>
+        <description><![CDATA[
+basic use case - calls to run()
+     ]]></description>
+        <expected-problems>1</expected-problems>
+        <code><![CDATA[
+public class Foo {
+ public void bar() {
+    Thread t = new Thread();
+    t.run();                // use t.start() instead
+ }
+}
+     ]]></code>
+    </test-code>
+    <test-code>
+        <description><![CDATA[
+basic use case - call to Thread().run()
+     ]]></description>
+        <expected-problems>1</expected-problems>
+        <code><![CDATA[
+public class Foo {
+ public void bar() {
+    new Thread().run();
+ }
+}
+     ]]></code>
+    </test-code>
+</test-data>
diff --git a/pmd/rulesets/basic.xml b/pmd/rulesets/basic.xml
index 482726ec6f..3228327722 100644
--- a/pmd/rulesets/basic.xml
+++ b/pmd/rulesets/basic.xml
@@ -1211,7 +1211,7 @@ public class Test {
     </rule>
 
     <rule name="EmptyInitializer"
-	  since="5.0"
+	      since="5.0"
           message="Empty initializer was found"
           class="net.sourceforge.pmd.rules.XPathRule"
           externalInfoUrl="http://pmd.sourceforge.net/rules/basic.html#EmptyInitializer">
@@ -1240,6 +1240,41 @@ public class Foo {
     ]]>
     </example>
   </rule>
-
+  <rule  name="DontCallThreadRun"
+         since="4.3"
+         message="Don't call Thread.run() explicitly, use Thread.start()"
+         class="net.sourceforge.pmd.rules.XPathRule"
+         externalInfoUrl="http://pmd.sourceforge.net/rules/basic.html#DontCallThreadRun">
+    <description>
+Explicitly calling Thread.run() method will execute in the caller's thread of control.  Instead, call Thread.start() for the intended behavior.
+    </description>
+    <priority>4</priority>
+    <properties>
+      <property name="xpath">
+        <value>
+<![CDATA[
+//StatementExpression/PrimaryExpression
+[
+    PrimaryPrefix
+    [
+        ./Name[ends-with(@Image, '.run') or @Image = 'run']
+        and substring-before(Name/@Image, '.') =//VariableDeclarator/VariableDeclaratorId/@Image
+        [../../../Type/ReferenceType[ClassOrInterfaceType/@Image = 'Thread']]
+        or (
+        ./AllocationExpression/ClassOrInterfaceType[@Image = 'Thread']
+        and ../PrimarySuffix[@Image = 'run'])
+    ]
+]
+]]>
+        </value>
+      </property>
+    </properties>
+    <example>
+<![CDATA[
+Thread t = new Thread();
+t.run();            // use t.start() instead
+new Thread().run(); // same violation
+]]>
+    </example>
+  </rule>
 </ruleset>
-