diff --git a/pmd/etc/changelog.txt b/pmd/etc/changelog.txt
index 26f1c3666e..f57fe02d2c 100644
--- a/pmd/etc/changelog.txt
+++ b/pmd/etc/changelog.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 ????? - 1.06:
 Removed "verbose" attribute from PMD and CPD Ant tasks; now they use built in logging so you can do a "ant -verbose cpd" or "ant -verbose pmd".  Thanks to Philippe T'Seyen for the code.
+Added "excludes" feature to rulesets; thanks to Gael Marziou for the suggestion.
 TODO - fix it so tests and rules don't duplicate the xpath expressions
 
 April 17 - 1.05:
diff --git a/pmd/etc/doing_the_next_pmd_release.txt b/pmd/etc/doing_the_next_pmd_release.txt
index 306f3f4c0f..0f9bf2b93a 100644
--- a/pmd/etc/doing_the_next_pmd_release.txt
+++ b/pmd/etc/doing_the_next_pmd_release.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 --------> Update ant docs - remove verbose attribute and make a note about -verbose
+--------> Update custom ruleset docs - add exclude example
+
 update run.bat to point to pmd-1.05.jar
 update run.sh to point to pmd-1.05.jar
 update cpdgui.bat to point to pmd-1.05.jar
diff --git a/pmd/regress/test/net/sourceforge/pmd/ExternalRuleIDTest.java b/pmd/regress/test/net/sourceforge/pmd/ExternalRuleIDTest.java
index 4268d9a971..20f1480002 100644
--- a/pmd/regress/test/net/sourceforge/pmd/ExternalRuleIDTest.java
+++ b/pmd/regress/test/net/sourceforge/pmd/ExternalRuleIDTest.java
@@ -4,11 +4,8 @@ import junit.framework.TestCase;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.ExternalRuleID;
 
 public class ExternalRuleIDTest extends TestCase {
-    public ExternalRuleIDTest(String name) {
-        super(name);
-    }
 
-    public void testParse() {
+    public void testSimpleRef() {
         String xrefString = "rulesets/basic.xml/EmptyCatchBlock";
         ExternalRuleID xref = new ExternalRuleID(xrefString);
         assertEquals("Filename mismatch!", "rulesets/basic.xml", xref.getFilename());
diff --git a/pmd/regress/test/net/sourceforge/pmd/RuleSetFactoryTest.java b/pmd/regress/test/net/sourceforge/pmd/RuleSetFactoryTest.java
index 21111ead15..5d8551e6d9 100644
--- a/pmd/regress/test/net/sourceforge/pmd/RuleSetFactoryTest.java
+++ b/pmd/regress/test/net/sourceforge/pmd/RuleSetFactoryTest.java
@@ -102,7 +102,6 @@ public class RuleSetFactoryTest extends TestCase {
             "<priority>3</priority>" + EOL +
             "</rule></ruleset>";
 
-
     public void testSingleRuleWithPriority() {
         RuleSetFactory rsf = new RuleSetFactory();
         RuleSet rs = rsf.createRuleSet(new ByteArrayInputStream(SINGLE_RULE_SET_WITH_PRIORITY.getBytes()));
diff --git a/pmd/src/net/sourceforge/pmd/RuleSetFactory.java b/pmd/src/net/sourceforge/pmd/RuleSetFactory.java
index a1fa2b0d1f..2a798aa535 100644
--- a/pmd/src/net/sourceforge/pmd/RuleSetFactory.java
+++ b/pmd/src/net/sourceforge/pmd/RuleSetFactory.java
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Properties;
 import java.util.StringTokenizer;
+import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.HashSet;
 
 public class RuleSetFactory {
 
@@ -114,15 +116,48 @@ public class RuleSetFactory {
         ruleSet.addRule(rule);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Here's how to exclude rules:
+     *
+     * <rule ref="rulesets/braces.xml">
+     * <exclude name="WhileLoopsMustUseBracesRule"/>
+     * <exclude name="IfElseStmtsMustUseBracesRule"/>
+     * </rule>
+     *
+     */
     private void parseExternallyDefinedRule(RuleSet ruleSet, Node ruleNode) throws RuleSetNotFoundException {
         String referenceValue = ruleNode.getAttributes().getNamedItem("ref").getNodeValue();
-        if (!referenceValue.endsWith("xml")) {
-            ExternalRuleID externalRuleID = new ExternalRuleID(referenceValue);
-            RuleSetFactory rsf = new RuleSetFactory();
-            RuleSet externalRuleSet = rsf.createRuleSet(ResourceLoader.loadResourceAsStream(externalRuleID.getFilename()));
-            ruleSet.addRule(externalRuleSet.getRuleByName(externalRuleID.getRuleName()));
+        if (referenceValue.endsWith("xml")) {
+            parseWithExcludes(ruleNode, referenceValue, ruleSet);
+        } else {
+            parseSimpleReference(referenceValue, ruleSet);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void parseSimpleReference(String referenceValue, RuleSet ruleSet) throws RuleSetNotFoundException {
+        RuleSetFactory rsf = new RuleSetFactory();
+        ExternalRuleID externalRuleID = new ExternalRuleID(referenceValue);
+        RuleSet externalRuleSet = rsf.createRuleSet(ResourceLoader.loadResourceAsStream(externalRuleID.getFilename()));
+        ruleSet.addRule(externalRuleSet.getRuleByName(externalRuleID.getRuleName()));
+    }
+
+    private void parseWithExcludes(Node ruleNode, String referenceValue, RuleSet ruleSet) throws RuleSetNotFoundException {
+        NodeList excludeNodes = ruleNode.getChildNodes();
+        Set excludes = new HashSet();
+        for (int i=0; i<excludeNodes.getLength(); i++) {
+            Node node = excludeNodes.item(i);
+            if (node.getAttributes() != null) {
+                excludes.add(node.getAttributes().getNamedItem("name").getNodeValue());
+            }
+        }
+        RuleSetFactory rsf = new RuleSetFactory();
+        RuleSet externalRuleSet = rsf.createRuleSet(ResourceLoader.loadResourceAsStream(referenceValue));
+        for (Iterator i = externalRuleSet.getRules().iterator(); i.hasNext();) {
+            Rule rule = (Rule)i.next();
+            if (!excludes.contains(rule.getName())) {
+                 ruleSet.addRule(rule);
+            }
         }
-        throw new RuntimeException("Not impl yet!");
     }
 
     private void parseProperties(Node node, Rule rule) {
diff --git a/pmd/xdocs/credits.xml b/pmd/xdocs/credits.xml
index d9501eb259..7407a9c05d 100644
--- a/pmd/xdocs/credits.xml
+++ b/pmd/xdocs/credits.xml
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
     <section name="Credits">
         <subsection name="Individuals">
         <ul>
+            <li>Gael Marziou - "exclude" rule feature request, bug reports</li>
             <li>Philippe T'Seyen - refactoring and cleanup of the CPD Ant task, an XML renderer (with unit tests!) for CPD</li>
             <li>Michael Montuori - bug reports on the Gel IDE plugin</li>
             <li>Michael Hosier - bug reports on the Gel IDE plugin</li>
@@ -52,7 +53,6 @@
             <li>Radim Kubacki - bug reports, pmd-netbeans feedback</li>
             <li>Stefan Bodewig - bug report</li>
             <li>Paul Kendall - enhanced EmptyCatchBlock rule</li>
-            <li>Gael Marziou - bug reports</li>
             <li>Sean Sullivan - rule suggestions</li>
             <li>Dale Vissar - rule suggestions</li>
             <li>Alina Copeland - pmd-web formulas, pmd-dcpd optimizations</li>