diff --git a/pmd/etc/grammar/VmParser.jjt b/pmd-vm/etc/grammar/VmParser.jjt
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rename from pmd/etc/grammar/VmParser.jjt
rename to pmd-vm/etc/grammar/VmParser.jjt
diff --git a/pmd-vm/pom.xml b/pmd-vm/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7b84f12c7b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pmd-vm/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,178 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+    <artifactId>pmd-vm</artifactId>
+    <name>PMD Velocity</name>
+
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>net.sourceforge.pmd</groupId>
+        <artifactId>pmd-aggregate</artifactId>
+        <version>5.1.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </parent>
+
+    <build>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
+                <configuration>
+                    <useDefaultDelimiters>false</useDefaultDelimiters>
+                    <delimiters>
+                        <delimiter>${*}</delimiter>
+                    </delimiters>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId>
+                <inherited>true</inherited>
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <id>generate-sources</id>
+                        <phase>generate-sources</phase>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <target>
+                                <ant antfile="src/main/ant/alljavacc.xml">
+                                    <property name="target" value="${project.build.directory}/generated-sources/javacc" />
+                                    <property name="javacc.jar" value="${settings.localRepository}/net/java/dev/javacc/javacc/${javacc.version}/javacc-${javacc.version}.jar" />
+                                </ant>
+                            </target>
+                        </configuration>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>run</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+            </plugin>
+
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+                <artifactId>build-helper-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <id>add-javacc-generated-sources</id>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>add-source</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <sources>
+                                <source>${project.build.directory}/generated-sources/javacc</source>
+                            </sources>
+                        </configuration>
+                    </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>${java.version}</jdk>
+                    <licenseLocation>${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>
+            <artifactId>pmd</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>net.sourceforge.pmd</groupId>
+            <artifactId>pmd-test</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.ant</groupId>
+            <artifactId>ant</artifactId>
+            <scope>provided</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.ant</groupId>
+            <artifactId>ant-testutil</artifactId>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>jaxen</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jaxen</artifactId>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <artifactId>xercesImpl</artifactId>
+                    <groupId>xerces</groupId>
+                </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <artifactId>xalan</artifactId>
+                    <groupId>xalan</groupId>
+                </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <artifactId>icu4j</artifactId>
+                    <groupId>com.ibm.icu</groupId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+          <groupId>com.beust</groupId>
+          <artifactId>jcommander</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.ow2.asm</groupId>
+            <artifactId>asm</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>net.sourceforge.saxon</groupId>
+            <artifactId>saxon</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>net.sourceforge.saxon</groupId>
+            <artifactId>saxon</artifactId>
+            <classifier>dom</classifier>
+            <scope>runtime</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>junit</groupId>
+            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>xerces</groupId>
+            <artifactId>xercesImpl</artifactId>
+            <type>jar</type>
+            <scope>compile</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>net.java.dev.javacc</groupId>
+            <artifactId>javacc</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
+            <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
+            <artifactId>mockito-all</artifactId>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
+            <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/pmd-vm/src/main/ant/alljavacc.xml b/pmd-vm/src/main/ant/alljavacc.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cab38ed72f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pmd-vm/src/main/ant/alljavacc.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+<project name="pmd" default="alljavacc" basedir="../../">
+
+    <property name="javacc-home.path" value="target/lib" />
+
+    <target name="alljavacc"
+            description="Generates all JavaCC aspects within PMD"
+            depends="checkUpToDate,init,vmjjtree,cleanup" />
+
+    <target name="checkUpToDate">
+        <uptodate property="javaccBuildNotRequired" targetfile="${target}/last-generated-timestamp">
+            <srcfiles dir="etc/grammar" includes="*.jj*"/>
+        </uptodate>
+        <echo message="up to date check: javaccBuildNotRequired=${javaccBuildNotRequired}"/>
+    </target>
+
+    <target name="init" unless="javaccBuildNotRequired">
+        <mkdir dir="${javacc-home.path}" />
+        <copy file="${javacc.jar}" tofile="${javacc-home.path}/javacc.jar" />
+
+        <mkdir dir="${target}"/>
+        <touch file="${target}/last-generated-timestamp"/>
+    </target>
+
+    <target name="cleanup">
+        <delete dir="${javacc-home.path}" />
+    </target>
+
+    <target name="vmjjtree" description="Generates the VM parser and AST source files" unless="javaccBuildNotRequired">
+        <delete dir="${target}/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/ast/" />
+        <mkdir dir="${target}/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/ast/" />
+        <jjtree target="etc/grammar/VmParser.jjt"
+                outputdirectory="${target}/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/ast/"
+                javacchome="${javacc-home.path}" />
+        <!-- Ensure generated using CharStream interface -->
+        <javacc static="false"
+                usercharstream="true"
+                unicodeinput="true"
+                javaunicodeescape="false"
+                target="${target}/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/ast/VmParser.jj"
+                outputdirectory="${target}/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/ast"
+                javacchome="${javacc-home.path}" />
+        <delete file="${target}/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/ast/Node.java" />
+        <delete file="${target}/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/ast/SimpleNode.java" />
+        <delete file="${target}/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/ast/CharStream.java" />
+        <delete file="${target}/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/ast/TokenMgrError.java" />
+
+        <replace file="${target}/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/ast/VmParserTokenManager.java"
+                 token="class VmParserTokenManager"
+                 value="class VmParserTokenManager extends net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.ast.AbstractTokenManager" />
+        <replace file="${target}/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/ast/VmParser.java"
+                 token="throw new Error"
+                 value="throw new RuntimeException" />
+        <replace file="${target}/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/ast/ParseException.java"
+                 token="extends Exception"
+                 value="extends net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.ast.ParseException" />
+    	<replace file="${target}/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/ast/VmParserVisitor.java"
+                 token="SimpleNode"
+                 value="VmNode" />
+        <replace file="${target}/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/ast/JJTVmParserState.java">
+            <replacetoken>public class</replacetoken>
+            <replacevalue><![CDATA[import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.ast.Node;
+
+public class]]></replacevalue>
+        </replace>
+
+        <delete file="${target}/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/ast/ASTAddNode.java"/>
+        <delete file="${target}/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/ast/ASTDirective.java"/>
+        <delete file="${target}/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/ast/ASTDivNode.java"/>
+        <delete file="${target}/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/ast/ASTEscape.java"/>
+        <delete file="${target}/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/ast/ASTMethod.java"/>
+        <delete file="${target}/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/ast/ASTModNode.java"/>
+        <delete file="${target}/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/ast/ASTMulNode.java"/>
+        <delete file="${target}/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/ast/ASTReference.java"/>
+        <delete file="${target}/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/ast/ASTStringLiteral.java"/>
+        <delete file="${target}/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/ast/ASTSubtractNode.java"/>
+    </target>
+</project>
diff --git a/pmd/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/VmHandler.java b/pmd-vm/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/VmHandler.java
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rename from pmd/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/VmHandler.java
rename to pmd-vm/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/VmHandler.java
diff --git a/pmd/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/VmLanguageModule.java b/pmd-vm/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/VmLanguageModule.java
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rename from pmd/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/VmLanguageModule.java
rename to pmd-vm/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/VmLanguageModule.java
diff --git a/pmd/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/VmParser.java b/pmd-vm/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/VmParser.java
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rename from pmd/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/VmParser.java
rename to pmd-vm/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/VmParser.java
diff --git a/pmd/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/VmTokenManager.java b/pmd-vm/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/VmTokenManager.java
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rename from pmd/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/VmTokenManager.java
rename to pmd-vm/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/VmTokenManager.java
diff --git a/pmd/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/ast/ASTAddNode.java b/pmd-vm/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/ast/ASTAddNode.java
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rename from pmd/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/ast/ASTAddNode.java
rename to pmd-vm/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/ast/ASTAddNode.java
diff --git a/pmd/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/ast/ASTDirective.java b/pmd-vm/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/ast/ASTDirective.java
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rename from pmd/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/ast/ASTDirective.java
rename to pmd-vm/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/ast/ASTDirective.java
diff --git a/pmd/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/ast/ASTDivNode.java b/pmd-vm/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/ast/ASTDivNode.java
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rename from pmd/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/ast/ASTDivNode.java
rename to pmd-vm/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/ast/ASTDivNode.java
diff --git a/pmd/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/ast/ASTEscape.java b/pmd-vm/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/ast/ASTEscape.java
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rename from pmd/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/ast/ASTEscape.java
rename to pmd-vm/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/ast/ASTEscape.java
diff --git a/pmd/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/ast/ASTMathNode.java b/pmd-vm/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/ast/ASTMathNode.java
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rename from pmd/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/ast/ASTMathNode.java
rename to pmd-vm/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/ast/ASTMathNode.java
diff --git a/pmd/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/ast/ASTMethod.java b/pmd-vm/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/ast/ASTMethod.java
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rename from pmd/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/ast/ASTMethod.java
rename to pmd-vm/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/ast/ASTMethod.java
diff --git a/pmd/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/ast/ASTModNode.java b/pmd-vm/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/ast/ASTModNode.java
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rename from pmd/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/ast/ASTModNode.java
rename to pmd-vm/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/ast/ASTModNode.java
diff --git a/pmd/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/ast/ASTMulNode.java b/pmd-vm/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/ast/ASTMulNode.java
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rename from pmd/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/ast/ASTMulNode.java
rename to pmd-vm/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/ast/ASTMulNode.java
diff --git a/pmd/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/ast/ASTReference.java b/pmd-vm/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/ast/ASTReference.java
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diff --git a/pmd/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/ast/ASTStringLiteral.java b/pmd-vm/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/ast/ASTStringLiteral.java
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rename to pmd-vm/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/ast/ASTStringLiteral.java
diff --git a/pmd/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/ast/ASTSubtractNode.java b/pmd-vm/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/ast/ASTSubtractNode.java
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rename to pmd-vm/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/ast/ASTSubtractNode.java
diff --git a/pmd/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/ast/AbstractVmNode.java b/pmd-vm/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/ast/AbstractVmNode.java
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rename to pmd-vm/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/ast/AbstractVmNode.java
diff --git a/pmd/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/ast/MacroParseException.java b/pmd-vm/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/ast/MacroParseException.java
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diff --git a/pmd/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/ast/NodeUtils.java b/pmd-vm/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/ast/NodeUtils.java
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diff --git a/pmd/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/ast/TemplateParseException.java b/pmd-vm/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/ast/TemplateParseException.java
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diff --git a/pmd/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/ast/TokenMgrError.java b/pmd-vm/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/ast/TokenMgrError.java
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diff --git a/pmd/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/ast/VmNode.java b/pmd-vm/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/ast/VmNode.java
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diff --git a/pmd/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/ast/VmParserVisitorAdapter.java b/pmd-vm/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/ast/VmParserVisitorAdapter.java
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diff --git a/pmd/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/directive/Block.java b/pmd-vm/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/directive/Block.java
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diff --git a/pmd/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/directive/BlockMacro.java b/pmd-vm/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/directive/BlockMacro.java
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diff --git a/pmd/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/directive/Break.java b/pmd-vm/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/directive/Break.java
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diff --git a/pmd/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/directive/Define.java b/pmd-vm/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/directive/Define.java
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diff --git a/pmd/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/directive/Directive.java b/pmd-vm/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/directive/Directive.java
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diff --git a/pmd/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/directive/DirectiveConstants.java b/pmd-vm/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/directive/DirectiveConstants.java
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diff --git a/pmd/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/directive/Evaluate.java b/pmd-vm/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/directive/Evaluate.java
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diff --git a/pmd/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/directive/Foreach.java b/pmd-vm/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/directive/Foreach.java
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diff --git a/pmd/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/directive/Include.java b/pmd-vm/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/directive/Include.java
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diff --git a/pmd/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/directive/InputBase.java b/pmd-vm/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/directive/InputBase.java
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rename from pmd/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/directive/InputBase.java
rename to pmd-vm/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/directive/InputBase.java
diff --git a/pmd/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/directive/Literal.java b/pmd-vm/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/directive/Literal.java
similarity index 100%
rename from pmd/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/directive/Literal.java
rename to pmd-vm/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/directive/Literal.java
diff --git a/pmd/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/directive/Macro.java b/pmd-vm/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/directive/Macro.java
similarity index 100%
rename from pmd/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/directive/Macro.java
rename to pmd-vm/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/directive/Macro.java
diff --git a/pmd/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/directive/Parse.java b/pmd-vm/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/directive/Parse.java
similarity index 100%
rename from pmd/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/directive/Parse.java
rename to pmd-vm/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/directive/Parse.java
diff --git a/pmd/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/directive/RuntimeMacro.java b/pmd-vm/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/directive/RuntimeMacro.java
similarity index 100%
rename from pmd/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/directive/RuntimeMacro.java
rename to pmd-vm/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/directive/RuntimeMacro.java
diff --git a/pmd/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/directive/Stop.java b/pmd-vm/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/directive/Stop.java
similarity index 100%
rename from pmd/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/directive/Stop.java
rename to pmd-vm/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/directive/Stop.java
diff --git a/pmd/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/directive/VelocimacroProxy.java b/pmd-vm/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/directive/VelocimacroProxy.java
similarity index 100%
rename from pmd/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/directive/VelocimacroProxy.java
rename to pmd-vm/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/directive/VelocimacroProxy.java
diff --git a/pmd/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/rule/AbstractStatisticalVmRule.java b/pmd-vm/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/rule/AbstractStatisticalVmRule.java
similarity index 100%
rename from pmd/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/rule/AbstractStatisticalVmRule.java
rename to pmd-vm/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/rule/AbstractStatisticalVmRule.java
diff --git a/pmd/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/rule/AbstractVmRule.java b/pmd-vm/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/rule/AbstractVmRule.java
similarity index 100%
rename from pmd/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/rule/AbstractVmRule.java
rename to pmd-vm/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/rule/AbstractVmRule.java
diff --git a/pmd/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/rule/VmRuleChainVisitor.java b/pmd-vm/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/rule/VmRuleChainVisitor.java
similarity index 100%
rename from pmd/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/rule/VmRuleChainVisitor.java
rename to pmd-vm/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/rule/VmRuleChainVisitor.java
diff --git a/pmd/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/rule/VmRuleViolationFactory.java b/pmd-vm/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/rule/VmRuleViolationFactory.java
similarity index 100%
rename from pmd/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/rule/VmRuleViolationFactory.java
rename to pmd-vm/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/rule/VmRuleViolationFactory.java
diff --git a/pmd/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/rule/basic/AvoidDeeplyNestedIfStmtsRule.java b/pmd-vm/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/rule/basic/AvoidDeeplyNestedIfStmtsRule.java
similarity index 100%
rename from pmd/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/rule/basic/AvoidDeeplyNestedIfStmtsRule.java
rename to pmd-vm/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/rule/basic/AvoidDeeplyNestedIfStmtsRule.java
diff --git a/pmd/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/rule/basic/AvoidReassigningParametersRule.java b/pmd-vm/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/rule/basic/AvoidReassigningParametersRule.java
similarity index 100%
rename from pmd/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/rule/basic/AvoidReassigningParametersRule.java
rename to pmd-vm/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/rule/basic/AvoidReassigningParametersRule.java
diff --git a/pmd/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/rule/basic/CollapsibleIfStatementsRule.java b/pmd-vm/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/rule/basic/CollapsibleIfStatementsRule.java
similarity index 100%
rename from pmd/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/rule/basic/CollapsibleIfStatementsRule.java
rename to pmd-vm/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/rule/basic/CollapsibleIfStatementsRule.java
diff --git a/pmd/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/rule/basic/EmptyForeachStmtRule.java b/pmd-vm/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/rule/basic/EmptyForeachStmtRule.java
similarity index 100%
rename from pmd/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/rule/basic/EmptyForeachStmtRule.java
rename to pmd-vm/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/rule/basic/EmptyForeachStmtRule.java
diff --git a/pmd/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/rule/basic/EmptyIfStmtRule.java b/pmd-vm/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/rule/basic/EmptyIfStmtRule.java
similarity index 100%
rename from pmd/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/rule/basic/EmptyIfStmtRule.java
rename to pmd-vm/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/rule/basic/EmptyIfStmtRule.java
diff --git a/pmd/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/rule/basic/ExcessiveTemplateLengthRule.java b/pmd-vm/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/rule/basic/ExcessiveTemplateLengthRule.java
similarity index 100%
rename from pmd/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/rule/basic/ExcessiveTemplateLengthRule.java
rename to pmd-vm/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/rule/basic/ExcessiveTemplateLengthRule.java
diff --git a/pmd/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/rule/basic/NoInlineJavaScriptRule.java b/pmd-vm/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/rule/basic/NoInlineJavaScriptRule.java
similarity index 100%
rename from pmd/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/rule/basic/NoInlineJavaScriptRule.java
rename to pmd-vm/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/rule/basic/NoInlineJavaScriptRule.java
diff --git a/pmd/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/rule/basic/UnusedMacroParameterRule.java b/pmd-vm/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/rule/basic/UnusedMacroParameterRule.java
similarity index 100%
rename from pmd/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/rule/basic/UnusedMacroParameterRule.java
rename to pmd-vm/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/rule/basic/UnusedMacroParameterRule.java
diff --git a/pmd/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/util/DirectiveMapper.java b/pmd-vm/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/util/DirectiveMapper.java
similarity index 100%
rename from pmd/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/util/DirectiveMapper.java
rename to pmd-vm/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/util/DirectiveMapper.java
diff --git a/pmd/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/util/LogUtil.java b/pmd-vm/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/util/LogUtil.java
similarity index 100%
rename from pmd/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/util/LogUtil.java
rename to pmd-vm/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/util/LogUtil.java
diff --git a/pmd/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/util/VelocityCharStream.java b/pmd-vm/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/util/VelocityCharStream.java
similarity index 100%
rename from pmd/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/util/VelocityCharStream.java
rename to pmd-vm/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/util/VelocityCharStream.java
diff --git a/pmd-vm/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.Language b/pmd-vm/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.Language
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..aa6c6924ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pmd-vm/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.Language
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.vm.VmLanguageModule
diff --git a/pmd/src/main/resources/rulesets/vm/basic.xml b/pmd-vm/src/main/resources/rulesets/vm/basic.xml
similarity index 100%
rename from pmd/src/main/resources/rulesets/vm/basic.xml
rename to pmd-vm/src/main/resources/rulesets/vm/basic.xml
diff --git a/pmd/src/main/resources/rulesets/vm/rulesets.properties b/pmd-vm/src/main/resources/rulesets/vm/rulesets.properties
similarity index 100%
rename from pmd/src/main/resources/rulesets/vm/rulesets.properties
rename to pmd-vm/src/main/resources/rulesets/vm/rulesets.properties
diff --git a/pmd/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/VmParserTest.java b/pmd-vm/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/VmParserTest.java
similarity index 97%
rename from pmd/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/VmParserTest.java
rename to pmd-vm/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/VmParserTest.java
index a3f41622af..e8568cd9a2 100644
--- a/pmd/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/VmParserTest.java
+++ b/pmd-vm/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/VmParserTest.java
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.LanguageVersionHandler;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.Parser;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.ast.Node;
 
-import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.java.JavaLanguageModule;
 import org.junit.Assert;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
diff --git a/pmd/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/rule/basic/BasicRulesTest.java b/pmd-vm/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/rule/basic/BasicRulesTest.java
similarity index 100%
rename from pmd/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/rule/basic/BasicRulesTest.java
rename to pmd-vm/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/rule/basic/BasicRulesTest.java
diff --git a/pmd/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/rule/basic/xml/AvoidDeeplyNestedIfStmts.xml b/pmd-vm/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/rule/basic/xml/AvoidDeeplyNestedIfStmts.xml
similarity index 100%
rename from pmd/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/rule/basic/xml/AvoidDeeplyNestedIfStmts.xml
rename to pmd-vm/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/rule/basic/xml/AvoidDeeplyNestedIfStmts.xml
diff --git a/pmd/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/rule/basic/xml/AvoidReassigningParameters.xml b/pmd-vm/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/rule/basic/xml/AvoidReassigningParameters.xml
similarity index 100%
rename from pmd/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/rule/basic/xml/AvoidReassigningParameters.xml
rename to pmd-vm/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/rule/basic/xml/AvoidReassigningParameters.xml
diff --git a/pmd/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/rule/basic/xml/CollapsibleIfStatements.xml b/pmd-vm/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/rule/basic/xml/CollapsibleIfStatements.xml
similarity index 100%
rename from pmd/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/rule/basic/xml/CollapsibleIfStatements.xml
rename to pmd-vm/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/rule/basic/xml/CollapsibleIfStatements.xml
diff --git a/pmd/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/rule/basic/xml/EmptyForeachStmt.xml b/pmd-vm/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/rule/basic/xml/EmptyForeachStmt.xml
similarity index 100%
rename from pmd/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/rule/basic/xml/EmptyForeachStmt.xml
rename to pmd-vm/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/rule/basic/xml/EmptyForeachStmt.xml
diff --git a/pmd/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/rule/basic/xml/EmptyIfStmt.xml b/pmd-vm/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/rule/basic/xml/EmptyIfStmt.xml
similarity index 100%
rename from pmd/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/rule/basic/xml/EmptyIfStmt.xml
rename to pmd-vm/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/rule/basic/xml/EmptyIfStmt.xml
diff --git a/pmd/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/rule/basic/xml/ExcessiveTemplateLength.xml b/pmd-vm/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/rule/basic/xml/ExcessiveTemplateLength.xml
similarity index 100%
rename from pmd/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/rule/basic/xml/ExcessiveTemplateLength.xml
rename to pmd-vm/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/rule/basic/xml/ExcessiveTemplateLength.xml
diff --git a/pmd/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/rule/basic/xml/NoInlineJavaScript.xml b/pmd-vm/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/rule/basic/xml/NoInlineJavaScript.xml
similarity index 100%
rename from pmd/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/rule/basic/xml/NoInlineJavaScript.xml
rename to pmd-vm/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/rule/basic/xml/NoInlineJavaScript.xml
diff --git a/pmd/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/rule/basic/xml/NoInlineStyles.xml b/pmd-vm/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/rule/basic/xml/NoInlineStyles.xml
similarity index 100%
rename from pmd/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/rule/basic/xml/NoInlineStyles.xml
rename to pmd-vm/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/rule/basic/xml/NoInlineStyles.xml
diff --git a/pmd/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/rule/basic/xml/UnusedMacroParameter.xml b/pmd-vm/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/rule/basic/xml/UnusedMacroParameter.xml
similarity index 100%
rename from pmd/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/rule/basic/xml/UnusedMacroParameter.xml
rename to pmd-vm/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/rule/basic/xml/UnusedMacroParameter.xml
diff --git a/pmd/src/main/ant/alljavacc.xml b/pmd/src/main/ant/alljavacc.xml
index 7b30050e7a..f2ffd9d646 100644
--- a/pmd/src/main/ant/alljavacc.xml
+++ b/pmd/src/main/ant/alljavacc.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
     <target name="alljavacc"
             description="Generates all JavaCC aspects within PMD"
-            depends="checkUpToDate,init,dummyjjtree,jspjjtree,cppjavacc,plsqljjtree,vmjjtree,cleanup" />
+            depends="checkUpToDate,init,dummyjjtree,jspjjtree,cppjavacc,plsqljjtree,cleanup" />
 
     <target name="checkUpToDate">
         <uptodate property="javaccBuildNotRequired" targetfile="${target}/last-generated-timestamp">
@@ -218,53 +218,4 @@ public class]]></replacevalue>
         <delete file="${target}/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/cpp/ast/TokenMgrError.java" />
     </target>
 	
-    <target name="vmjjtree" description="Generates the VM parser and AST source files" unless="javaccBuildNotRequired">
-        <delete dir="${target}/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/ast/" />
-        <mkdir dir="${target}/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/ast/" />
-        <jjtree target="etc/grammar/VmParser.jjt"
-                outputdirectory="${target}/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/ast/"
-                javacchome="${javacc-home.path}" />
-        <!-- Ensure generated using CharStream interface -->
-        <javacc static="false"
-                usercharstream="true"
-                unicodeinput="true"
-                javaunicodeescape="false"
-                target="${target}/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/ast/VmParser.jj"
-                outputdirectory="${target}/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/ast"
-                javacchome="${javacc-home.path}" />
-        <delete file="${target}/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/ast/Node.java" />
-        <delete file="${target}/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/ast/SimpleNode.java" />
-        <delete file="${target}/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/ast/CharStream.java" />
-        <delete file="${target}/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/ast/TokenMgrError.java" />
-
-        <replace file="${target}/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/ast/VmParserTokenManager.java"
-                 token="class VmParserTokenManager"
-                 value="class VmParserTokenManager extends net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.ast.AbstractTokenManager" />
-        <replace file="${target}/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/ast/VmParser.java"
-                 token="throw new Error"
-                 value="throw new RuntimeException" />
-        <replace file="${target}/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/ast/ParseException.java"
-                 token="extends Exception"
-                 value="extends net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.ast.ParseException" />
-    	<replace file="${target}/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/ast/VmParserVisitor.java"
-                 token="SimpleNode"
-                 value="VmNode" />
-        <replace file="${target}/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/ast/JJTVmParserState.java">
-            <replacetoken>public class</replacetoken>
-            <replacevalue><![CDATA[import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.ast.Node;
-
-public class]]></replacevalue>
-        </replace>
-
-        <delete file="${target}/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/ast/ASTAddNode.java"/>
-        <delete file="${target}/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/ast/ASTDirective.java"/>
-        <delete file="${target}/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/ast/ASTDivNode.java"/>
-        <delete file="${target}/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/ast/ASTEscape.java"/>
-        <delete file="${target}/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/ast/ASTMethod.java"/>
-        <delete file="${target}/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/ast/ASTModNode.java"/>
-        <delete file="${target}/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/ast/ASTMulNode.java"/>
-        <delete file="${target}/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/ast/ASTReference.java"/>
-        <delete file="${target}/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/ast/ASTStringLiteral.java"/>
-        <delete file="${target}/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/ast/ASTSubtractNode.java"/>
-    </target>
 </project>
diff --git a/pmd/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.Language b/pmd/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.Language
index 9a9da64fbf..0104075131 100644
--- a/pmd/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.Language
+++ b/pmd/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.Language
@@ -4,6 +4,5 @@ net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.jsp.JspLanguageModule
 net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.php.PhpLanguageModule
 net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.plsql.PLSQLLanguageModule
 net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.ruby.RubyLanguageModule
-net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.vm.VmLanguageModule
 net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.xml.XmlLanguageModule
 net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.xsl.XslLanguageModule
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7a75abd77f..bb987ed014 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -630,6 +630,7 @@
         <module>pmd-test</module>
         <module>pmd-java</module>
         <module>pmd-javascript</module>
+        <module>pmd-vm</module>
         <module>pmd-dist</module>
     </modules>
 </project>