diff --git a/pmd-cpp/pom.xml b/pmd-cpp/pom.xml
index 5a60f1e785..a9fec4a315 100644
--- a/pmd-cpp/pom.xml
+++ b/pmd-cpp/pom.xml
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@
         <version>5.1.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
+    <properties>
+        <config.basedir>${basedir}/../pmd</config.basedir>
+    </properties>
+
     <build>
         <plugins>
             <plugin>
@@ -63,25 +67,6 @@
                 </executions>
             </plugin>
 
-            <!-- As Clover can be quite an hassle, know that you can skip 
-                it by using the following option when running mvn: $ mvn clean -Dmaven.clover.skip=true 
-                site -->
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>com.atlassian.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-clover2-plugin</artifactId>
-                <configuration>
-                    <jdk>${java.version}</jdk>
-                    <licenseLocation>${basedir}/../pmd/licences/clover2.license</licenseLocation>
-                </configuration>
-                <executions>
-                    <execution>
-                        <phase>pre-site</phase>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>instrument</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                    </execution>
-                </executions>
-            </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-site-plugin</artifactId>
diff --git a/pmd-dist/pom.xml b/pmd-dist/pom.xml
index 42203d5ccf..637e52cc36 100644
--- a/pmd-dist/pom.xml
+++ b/pmd-dist/pom.xml
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@
         <version>5.1.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
+    <properties>
+        <config.basedir>${basedir}/../pmd</config.basedir>
+    </properties>
+
     <build>
         <plugins>
             <plugin>
diff --git a/pmd-fortran/pom.xml b/pmd-fortran/pom.xml
index 5cb3b57113..5e2e298953 100644
--- a/pmd-fortran/pom.xml
+++ b/pmd-fortran/pom.xml
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@
         <version>5.1.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
+    <properties>
+        <config.basedir>${basedir}/../pmd</config.basedir>
+    </properties>
+
     <build>
         <plugins>
             <plugin>
@@ -21,26 +25,6 @@
                     </delimiters>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
-
-            <!-- As Clover can be quite an hassle, know that you can skip 
-                it by using the following option when running mvn: $ mvn clean -Dmaven.clover.skip=true 
-                site -->
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>com.atlassian.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-clover2-plugin</artifactId>
-                <configuration>
-                    <jdk>${java.version}</jdk>
-                    <licenseLocation>${basedir}/../pmd/licences/clover2.license</licenseLocation>
-                </configuration>
-                <executions>
-                    <execution>
-                        <phase>pre-site</phase>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>instrument</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                    </execution>
-                </executions>
-            </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/pmd-java/pom.xml b/pmd-java/pom.xml
index b303634fe2..50d1529b36 100644
--- a/pmd-java/pom.xml
+++ b/pmd-java/pom.xml
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@
         <version>5.1.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
+    <properties>
+        <config.basedir>${basedir}/../pmd</config.basedir>
+    </properties>
+
     <build>
         <testResources>
             <testResource>
@@ -80,25 +84,6 @@
                 </executions>
             </plugin>
 
-            <!-- As Clover can be quite an hassle, know that you can skip 
-                it by using the following option when running mvn: $ mvn clean -Dmaven.clover.skip=true 
-                site -->
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>com.atlassian.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-clover2-plugin</artifactId>
-                <configuration>
-                    <jdk>${java.version}</jdk>
-                    <licenseLocation>${basedir}/../pmd/licences/clover2.license</licenseLocation>
-                </configuration>
-                <executions>
-                    <execution>
-                        <phase>pre-site</phase>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>instrument</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                    </execution>
-                </executions>
-            </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>net.sourceforge.pmd</groupId>
                 <artifactId>pmd-build</artifactId>
diff --git a/pmd-javascript/pom.xml b/pmd-javascript/pom.xml
index c23173e920..525b91d29f 100644
--- a/pmd-javascript/pom.xml
+++ b/pmd-javascript/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,17 @@
         <version>5.1.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
+    <properties>
+        <config.basedir>${basedir}/../pmd</config.basedir>
+    </properties>
+
     <build>
+        <resources>
+            <resource>
+                <directory>${basedir}/src/main/resources</directory>
+                <filtering>true</filtering>
+            </resource>
+        </resources>
         <plugins>
             <plugin>
                 <artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -22,25 +32,6 @@
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
 
-            <!-- As Clover can be quite an hassle, know that you can skip 
-                it by using the following option when running mvn: $ mvn clean -Dmaven.clover.skip=true 
-                site -->
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>com.atlassian.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-clover2-plugin</artifactId>
-                <configuration>
-                    <jdk>${java.version}</jdk>
-                    <licenseLocation>${basedir}/../pmd/licences/clover2.license</licenseLocation>
-                </configuration>
-                <executions>
-                    <execution>
-                        <phase>pre-site</phase>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>instrument</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                    </execution>
-                </executions>
-            </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>net.sourceforge.pmd</groupId>
                 <artifactId>pmd-build</artifactId>
diff --git a/pmd-jsp/pom.xml b/pmd-jsp/pom.xml
index a5d36168bf..0381f54597 100644
--- a/pmd-jsp/pom.xml
+++ b/pmd-jsp/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,17 @@
         <version>5.1.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
+    <properties>
+        <config.basedir>${basedir}/../pmd</config.basedir>
+    </properties>
+
     <build>
+        <resources>
+            <resource>
+                <directory>${basedir}/src/main/resources</directory>
+                <filtering>true</filtering>
+            </resource>
+        </resources>
         <plugins>
             <plugin>
                 <artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -63,25 +73,6 @@
                 </executions>
             </plugin>
 
-            <!-- As Clover can be quite an hassle, know that you can skip 
-                it by using the following option when running mvn: $ mvn clean -Dmaven.clover.skip=true 
-                site -->
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>com.atlassian.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-clover2-plugin</artifactId>
-                <configuration>
-                    <jdk>${java.version}</jdk>
-                    <licenseLocation>${basedir}/../pmd/licences/clover2.license</licenseLocation>
-                </configuration>
-                <executions>
-                    <execution>
-                        <phase>pre-site</phase>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>instrument</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                    </execution>
-                </executions>
-            </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>net.sourceforge.pmd</groupId>
                 <artifactId>pmd-build</artifactId>
diff --git a/pmd-php/pom.xml b/pmd-php/pom.xml
index b2b19878f9..ec0775fc8d 100644
--- a/pmd-php/pom.xml
+++ b/pmd-php/pom.xml
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@
         <version>5.1.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
+    <properties>
+        <config.basedir>${basedir}/../pmd</config.basedir>
+    </properties>
+
     <build>
         <plugins>
             <plugin>
@@ -21,26 +25,6 @@
                     </delimiters>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
-
-            <!-- As Clover can be quite an hassle, know that you can skip 
-                it by using the following option when running mvn: $ mvn clean -Dmaven.clover.skip=true 
-                site -->
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>com.atlassian.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-clover2-plugin</artifactId>
-                <configuration>
-                    <jdk>${java.version}</jdk>
-                    <licenseLocation>${basedir}/../pmd/licences/clover2.license</licenseLocation>
-                </configuration>
-                <executions>
-                    <execution>
-                        <phase>pre-site</phase>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>instrument</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                    </execution>
-                </executions>
-            </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/pmd-plsql/pom.xml b/pmd-plsql/pom.xml
index 9fd48bfda2..88916ca35a 100644
--- a/pmd-plsql/pom.xml
+++ b/pmd-plsql/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,17 @@
         <version>5.1.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
+    <properties>
+        <config.basedir>${basedir}/../pmd</config.basedir>
+    </properties>
+
     <build>
+        <resources>
+            <resource>
+                <directory>${basedir}/src/main/resources</directory>
+                <filtering>true</filtering>
+            </resource>
+        </resources>
         <plugins>
             <plugin>
                 <artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -63,25 +73,6 @@
                 </executions>
             </plugin>
 
-            <!-- As Clover can be quite an hassle, know that you can skip 
-                it by using the following option when running mvn: $ mvn clean -Dmaven.clover.skip=true 
-                site -->
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>com.atlassian.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-clover2-plugin</artifactId>
-                <configuration>
-                    <jdk>${java.version}</jdk>
-                    <licenseLocation>${basedir}/../pmd/licences/clover2.license</licenseLocation>
-                </configuration>
-                <executions>
-                    <execution>
-                        <phase>pre-site</phase>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>instrument</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                    </execution>
-                </executions>
-            </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>net.sourceforge.pmd</groupId>
                 <artifactId>pmd-build</artifactId>
diff --git a/pmd-ruby/pom.xml b/pmd-ruby/pom.xml
index 9c990f5e44..0100d77666 100644
--- a/pmd-ruby/pom.xml
+++ b/pmd-ruby/pom.xml
@@ -10,39 +10,10 @@
         <version>5.1.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
-    <build>
-        <plugins>
-            <plugin>
-                <artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
-                <configuration>
-                    <useDefaultDelimiters>false</useDefaultDelimiters>
-                    <delimiters>
-                        <delimiter>${*}</delimiter>
-                    </delimiters>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
+    <properties>
+        <config.basedir>${basedir}/../pmd</config.basedir>
+    </properties>
 
-            <!-- As Clover can be quite an hassle, know that you can skip 
-                it by using the following option when running mvn: $ mvn clean -Dmaven.clover.skip=true 
-                site -->
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>com.atlassian.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-clover2-plugin</artifactId>
-                <configuration>
-                    <jdk>${java.version}</jdk>
-                    <licenseLocation>${basedir}/../pmd/licences/clover2.license</licenseLocation>
-                </configuration>
-                <executions>
-                    <execution>
-                        <phase>pre-site</phase>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>instrument</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                    </execution>
-                </executions>
-            </plugin>
-        </plugins>
-    </build>
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>net.sourceforge.pmd</groupId>
diff --git a/pmd-test/pom.xml b/pmd-test/pom.xml
index 10bf1b1760..c2b6eac391 100644
--- a/pmd-test/pom.xml
+++ b/pmd-test/pom.xml
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@
         <version>5.1.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
+    <properties>
+        <config.basedir>${basedir}/../pmd</config.basedir>
+    </properties>
+
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>net.sourceforge.pmd</groupId>
diff --git a/pmd-vm/pom.xml b/pmd-vm/pom.xml
index ace55cae86..5d86749348 100644
--- a/pmd-vm/pom.xml
+++ b/pmd-vm/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,17 @@
         <version>5.1.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
+    <properties>
+        <config.basedir>${basedir}/../pmd</config.basedir>
+    </properties>
+
     <build>
+        <resources>
+            <resource>
+                <directory>${basedir}/src/main/resources</directory>
+                <filtering>true</filtering>
+            </resource>
+        </resources>
         <plugins>
             <plugin>
                 <artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -63,25 +73,6 @@
                 </executions>
             </plugin>
 
-            <!-- As Clover can be quite an hassle, know that you can skip 
-                it by using the following option when running mvn: $ mvn clean -Dmaven.clover.skip=true 
-                site -->
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>com.atlassian.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-clover2-plugin</artifactId>
-                <configuration>
-                    <jdk>${java.version}</jdk>
-                    <licenseLocation>${basedir}/../pmd/licences/clover2.license</licenseLocation>
-                </configuration>
-                <executions>
-                    <execution>
-                        <phase>pre-site</phase>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>instrument</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                    </execution>
-                </executions>
-            </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>net.sourceforge.pmd</groupId>
                 <artifactId>pmd-build</artifactId>
diff --git a/pmd-xml/pom.xml b/pmd-xml/pom.xml
index 5bc480a421..60c299f820 100644
--- a/pmd-xml/pom.xml
+++ b/pmd-xml/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,17 @@
         <version>5.1.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
+    <properties>
+        <config.basedir>${basedir}/../pmd</config.basedir>
+    </properties>
+
     <build>
+        <resources>
+            <resource>
+                <directory>${basedir}/src/main/resources</directory>
+                <filtering>true</filtering>
+            </resource>
+        </resources>
         <plugins>
             <plugin>
                 <artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -22,25 +32,6 @@
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
 
-            <!-- As Clover can be quite an hassle, know that you can skip 
-                it by using the following option when running mvn: $ mvn clean -Dmaven.clover.skip=true 
-                site -->
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>com.atlassian.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-clover2-plugin</artifactId>
-                <configuration>
-                    <jdk>${java.version}</jdk>
-                    <licenseLocation>${basedir}/../pmd/licences/clover2.license</licenseLocation>
-                </configuration>
-                <executions>
-                    <execution>
-                        <phase>pre-site</phase>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>instrument</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                    </execution>
-                </executions>
-            </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>net.sourceforge.pmd</groupId>
                 <artifactId>pmd-build</artifactId>
diff --git a/pmd/pom.xml b/pmd/pom.xml
index d36c7021e5..78e8a1508f 100644
--- a/pmd/pom.xml
+++ b/pmd/pom.xml
@@ -10,35 +10,12 @@
         <version>5.1.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
-    <build>
-        <testResources>
-            <testResource>
-                <directory>${basedir}/src/test/resources</directory>
-            </testResource>
-            <testResource>
-                <directory>${basedir}/src/test/java</directory>
-                <includes>
-                    <include>**/testdata/*.java</include>
-                </includes>
-            </testResource>
-        </testResources>
-        <resources>
-            <resource>
-                <directory>${basedir}/src/main/resources</directory>
-                <filtering>true</filtering>
-            </resource>
-        </resources>
-        <plugins>
-            <plugin>
-                <artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
-                <configuration>
-                    <useDefaultDelimiters>false</useDefaultDelimiters>
-                    <delimiters>
-                        <delimiter>${*}</delimiter>
-                    </delimiters>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
+    <properties>
+        <config.basedir>${basedir}</config.basedir>
+    </properties>
 
+    <build>
+        <plugins>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -59,22 +36,6 @@
                             <goal>run</goal>
                         </goals>
                     </execution>
-                    <execution>
-                        <id>pmd-clean</id>
-                        <phase>clean</phase>
-                        <configuration>
-                            <target>
-                                <echo>PMD specific tasks: cleaning generated xdocs</echo>
-                                <delete quiet="true">
-                                    <fileset dir="${src.xdocs.dir}/rules" includes="**/*.xml" />
-                                    <fileset dir="${src.xdocs.dir}/" includes="mergedruleset.xml" />
-                                </delete>
-                            </target>
-                        </configuration>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>run</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                    </execution>
                 </executions>
             </plugin>
 
@@ -95,26 +56,6 @@
                     </execution>
                 </executions>
             </plugin>
-
-            <!-- As Clover can be quite an hassle, know that you can skip 
-                it by using the following option when running mvn: $ mvn clean -Dmaven.clover.skip=true 
-                site -->
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>com.atlassian.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-clover2-plugin</artifactId>
-                <configuration>
-                    <jdk>${java.version}</jdk>
-                    <licenseLocation>licences/clover2.license</licenseLocation>
-                </configuration>
-                <executions>
-                    <execution>
-                        <phase>pre-site</phase>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>instrument</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                    </execution>
-                </executions>
-            </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
     <dependencies>
@@ -202,52 +143,4 @@
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
-
-    <profiles>
-        <profile>
-            <id>reports</id>
-            <activation>
-                <activeByDefault>true</activeByDefault>
-            </activation>
-            <build>
-                <plugins>
-                    <plugin>
-                        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                        <artifactId>maven-pmd-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <executions>
-                            <execution>
-                                <phase>verify</phase>
-                                <goals>
-                                    <goal>pmd</goal>
-                                </goals>
-                            </execution>
-                        </executions>
-                        <configuration>
-                            <minimumTokens>100</minimumTokens>
-                            <targetJdk>${java.version}</targetJdk>
-                            <rulesets>
-                                <ruleset>src/main/resources/rulesets/internal/dogfood.xml</ruleset>
-                            </rulesets>
-                        </configuration>
-                    </plugin>
-                    <plugin>
-                        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                        <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <executions>
-                            <execution>
-                                <phase>verify</phase>
-                                <goals>
-                                    <goal>checkstyle</goal>
-                                </goals>
-                            </execution>
-                        </executions>
-                        <configuration>
-                            <configLocation>etc/checkstyle-config.xml</configLocation>
-                            <suppressionsFile>etc/checkstyle-suppressions.xml</suppressionsFile>
-                        </configuration>
-                    </plugin>
-                </plugins>
-            </build>
-        </profile>
-    </profiles>
 </project>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d98f5c03e4..8c877e5bfd 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -262,6 +262,7 @@
         <javacc.version>5.0</javacc.version>
         <surefire.version>2.17</surefire.version>
         <checkstyle.version>2.12.1</checkstyle.version>
+        <clover.version>2.5.1</clover.version>
         <pmd.plugin.version>3.2</pmd.plugin.version>
         <java.version>1.6</java.version>
 
@@ -272,6 +273,11 @@
             one, and complains... -->
         <src.xdocs.dir>src/site/xdocs</src.xdocs.dir>
         <pmd.website.baseurl>http://pmd.sourceforge.net/snapshot/${project.artifactId}</pmd.website.baseurl>
+
+        <config.basedir>${basedir}/pmd</config.basedir>
+        <pmd.dogfood.ruleset>${config.basedir}/src/main/resources/rulesets/internal/dogfood.xml</pmd.dogfood.ruleset>
+        <checkstyle.configLocation>${config.basedir}/etc/checkstyle-config.xml</checkstyle.configLocation>
+        <checkstyle.suppressionsFile>${config.basedir}/etc/checkstyle-suppressions.xml</checkstyle.suppressionsFile>
     </properties>
 
     <build>
@@ -373,7 +379,7 @@
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>com.atlassian.maven.plugins</groupId>
                     <artifactId>maven-clover2-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>2.5.1</version>
+                    <version>${clover.version}</version>
                 </plugin>
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>net.sourceforge.pmd</groupId>
@@ -429,12 +435,34 @@
                         </lifecycleMappingMetadata>
                     </configuration>
                 </plugin>
+                <!-- As Clover can be quite an hassle, know that you can skip 
+                    it by using the following option when running mvn: $ mvn clean -Dmaven.clover.skip=true 
+                    site -->
+                <plugin>
+                    <groupId>com.atlassian.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>maven-clover2-plugin</artifactId>
+                    <version>${clover.version}</version>
+                    <inherited>true</inherited>
+                    <configuration>
+                        <jdk>${java.version}</jdk>
+                        <licenseLocation>${config.basedir}/licences/clover2.license</licenseLocation>
+                    </configuration>
+                    <executions>
+                        <execution>
+                            <phase>pre-site</phase>
+                            <goals>
+                                <goal>instrument</goal>
+                            </goals>
+                        </execution>
+                    </executions>
+                </plugin>
             </plugins>
         </pluginManagement>
         <plugins>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-site-plugin</artifactId>
+                <inherited>false</inherited>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <id>attach-site-descriptor</id>
@@ -444,6 +472,29 @@
                     </execution>
                 </executions>
             </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId>
+                <inherited>true</inherited>
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <id>pmd-clean</id>
+                        <phase>clean</phase>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <target>
+                                <echo>PMD specific tasks: cleaning generated xdocs</echo>
+                                <delete quiet="true">
+                                    <fileset dir="${src.xdocs.dir}/rules" includes="**/*.xml" />
+                                    <fileset dir="${src.xdocs.dir}/" includes="mergedruleset.xml" />
+                                </delete>
+                            </target>
+                        </configuration>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>run</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+            </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
 
@@ -478,7 +529,7 @@
                     <minimumTokens>100</minimumTokens>
                     <targetJdk>${java.version}</targetJdk>
                     <rulesets>
-                        <ruleset>src/main/resources/rulesets/internal/dogfood.xml</ruleset>
+                        <ruleset>${pmd.dogfood.ruleset}</ruleset>
                     </rulesets>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
@@ -495,8 +546,8 @@
                 <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
                 <version>${checkstyle.version}</version>
                 <configuration>
-                    <configLocation>etc/checkstyle-config.xml</configLocation>
-                    <suppressionsFile>etc/checkstyle-suppressions.xml</suppressionsFile>
+                    <configLocation>${checkstyle.configLocation}</configLocation>
+                    <suppressionsFile>${checkstyle.suppressionsFile}</suppressionsFile>
                 </configuration>
                 <reportSets>
                     <reportSet>
@@ -535,10 +586,10 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>com.atlassian.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-clover2-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.5.1</version>
+                <version>${clover.version}</version>
                 <configuration>
-                    <licenseLocation>licences/clover2.license</licenseLocation>
-                    <reportDescriptor>etc/default-clover-report.xml</reportDescriptor>
+                    <licenseLocation>${config.basedir}/licences/clover2.license</licenseLocation>
+                    <reportDescriptor>${config.basedir}/etc/default-clover-report.xml</reportDescriptor>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
 
@@ -735,6 +786,52 @@
                 </site>
             </distributionManagement>
         </profile>
+
+        <profile>
+            <id>reports</id>
+            <activation>
+                <activeByDefault>true</activeByDefault>
+            </activation>
+            <build>
+                <plugins>
+                    <plugin>
+                        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>maven-pmd-plugin</artifactId>
+                        <executions>
+                            <execution>
+                                <phase>verify</phase>
+                                <goals>
+                                    <goal>pmd</goal>
+                                </goals>
+                            </execution>
+                        </executions>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <minimumTokens>100</minimumTokens>
+                            <targetJdk>${java.version}</targetJdk>
+                            <rulesets>
+                                <ruleset>${pmd.dogfood.ruleset}</ruleset>
+                            </rulesets>
+                        </configuration>
+                    </plugin>
+                    <plugin>
+                        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
+                        <executions>
+                            <execution>
+                                <phase>verify</phase>
+                                <goals>
+                                    <goal>checkstyle</goal>
+                                </goals>
+                            </execution>
+                        </executions>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <configLocation>${checkstyle.configLocation}</configLocation>
+                            <suppressionsFile>${checkstyle.suppressionsFile}</suppressionsFile>
+                        </configuration>
+                    </plugin>
+                </plugins>
+            </build>
+        </profile>
     </profiles>
 
     <modules>