diff --git a/pmd-core/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/AbstractLanguage.java b/pmd-core/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/AbstractLanguage.java
index 7f4196b2b4..0bddb4d8d0 100644
--- a/pmd-core/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/AbstractLanguage.java
+++ b/pmd-core/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/AbstractLanguage.java
@@ -9,10 +9,12 @@ import java.util.Properties;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.util.filter.Filters;
 
 public abstract class AbstractLanguage implements Language {
+    private final String name;
 	private final Tokenizer tokenizer;
 	private final FilenameFilter fileFilter;
 
-	public AbstractLanguage(Tokenizer tokenizer, String... extensions) {
+	public AbstractLanguage(String name, Tokenizer tokenizer, String... extensions) {
+	    this.name = name;
 		this.tokenizer = tokenizer;
 		fileFilter = Filters.toFilenameFilter(Filters.getFileExtensionOrDirectoryFilter(extensions));
 	}
@@ -28,4 +30,8 @@ public abstract class AbstractLanguage implements Language {
 	public void setProperties(Properties properties) {
 	    // needs to be implemented by subclasses.
 	}
+
+	public String getName() {
+	    return name;
+	}
 }
diff --git a/pmd-core/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/AnyLanguage.java b/pmd-core/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/AnyLanguage.java
index d0e3135f7f..2b73080b44 100644
--- a/pmd-core/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/AnyLanguage.java
+++ b/pmd-core/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/AnyLanguage.java
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@ package net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd;
 
 public class AnyLanguage extends AbstractLanguage {
 	public AnyLanguage(String... extension) {
-		super(new AnyTokenizer(), extension);
+		super("any", new AnyTokenizer(), extension);
 	}
 }
diff --git a/pmd-core/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/CPDConfiguration.java b/pmd-core/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/CPDConfiguration.java
index 027a3aa48f..339d500177 100644
--- a/pmd-core/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/CPDConfiguration.java
+++ b/pmd-core/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/CPDConfiguration.java
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ public class CPDConfiguration extends AbstractConfiguration {
 			if (languageString == null || "".equals(languageString)) {
 				languageString = DEFAULT_LANGUAGE;
 			}
-			return new LanguageFactory().createLanguage(languageString);
+			return LanguageFactory.createLanguage(languageString);
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ public class CPDConfiguration extends AbstractConfiguration {
 	}
 
 	public static Language getLanguageFromString(String languageString) {
-		return new LanguageFactory().createLanguage(languageString);
+		return LanguageFactory.createLanguage(languageString);
 	}
 
 	public static void setSystemProperties(CPDConfiguration configuration) {
diff --git a/pmd-core/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/CPDTask.java b/pmd-core/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/CPDTask.java
index d3e6022177..3d843c7e6d 100644
--- a/pmd-core/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/CPDTask.java
+++ b/pmd-core/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/CPDTask.java
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ public class CPDTask extends Task {
         if (ignoreAnnotations) {
             p.setProperty(Tokenizer.IGNORE_ANNOTATIONS, "true");
         }
-        return new LanguageFactory().createLanguage(language, p);
+        return LanguageFactory.createLanguage(language, p);
     }
 
     private void report(CPD cpd) throws ReportException {
diff --git a/pmd-core/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/GUI.java b/pmd-core/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/GUI.java
index 74baeb4c51..9fad19ba35 100644
--- a/pmd-core/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/GUI.java
+++ b/pmd-core/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/GUI.java
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ public class GUI implements CPDListener {
 		};
 
 	private static abstract class LanguageConfig {
-		public abstract Language languageFor(LanguageFactory lf, Properties p);
+		public abstract Language languageFor(Properties p);
 		public boolean canIgnoreIdentifiers() { return false; }
 		public boolean canIgnoreLiterals() { return false; }
 		public boolean canIgnoreAnnotations() { return false; }
@@ -90,31 +90,31 @@ public class GUI implements CPDListener {
 
 	private static final Object[][] LANGUAGE_SETS = new Object[][] {
 		{"Java", 			new LanguageConfig() {
-									public Language languageFor(LanguageFactory lf, Properties p) { return lf.createLanguage("java"); }
+									public Language languageFor(Properties p) { return LanguageFactory.createLanguage("java", p); }
 									public boolean canIgnoreIdentifiers() { return true; }
 									public boolean canIgnoreLiterals() { return true; }
 									public boolean canIgnoreAnnotations() { return true; }
 									public String[] extensions() { return new String[] {".java", ".class" }; }; } },
 		{"JSP", 			new LanguageConfig() {
-									public Language languageFor(LanguageFactory lf, Properties p) { return lf.createLanguage("jsp"); }
+									public Language languageFor(Properties p) { return LanguageFactory.createLanguage("jsp", p); }
 									public String[] extensions() { return new String[] {".jsp" }; }; } },
 		{"C++", 			new LanguageConfig() {
-									public Language languageFor(LanguageFactory lf, Properties p) { return lf.createLanguage("cpp"); }
+									public Language languageFor(Properties p) { return LanguageFactory.createLanguage("cpp", p); }
 									public String[] extensions() { return new String[] {".cpp", ".c" }; }; } },
 		{"Ruby",			new LanguageConfig() {
-									public Language languageFor(LanguageFactory lf, Properties p) { return lf.createLanguage("ruby"); }
+									public Language languageFor(Properties p) { return LanguageFactory.createLanguage("ruby", p); }
 									public String[] extensions() { return new String[] {".rb" }; }; } },
 		{"Fortran",			new LanguageConfig() {
-									public Language languageFor(LanguageFactory lf, Properties p) { return lf.createLanguage("fortran"); }
+									public Language languageFor(Properties p) { return LanguageFactory.createLanguage("fortran", p); }
 									public String[] extensions() { return new String[] {".for", ".f", ".f66", ".f77", ".f90" }; }; } },
 		{"PHP",				new LanguageConfig() {
-									public Language languageFor(LanguageFactory lf, Properties p) { return lf.createLanguage("php"); }
+									public Language languageFor(Properties p) { return LanguageFactory.createLanguage("php", p); }
 									public String[] extensions() { return new String[] {".php" }; };	} },
 		{"C#",				new LanguageConfig() {
-									public Language languageFor(LanguageFactory lf, Properties p) { return lf.createLanguage("cs"); }
+									public Language languageFor(Properties p) { return LanguageFactory.createLanguage("cs", p); }
 									public String[] extensions() { return new String[] {".cs" }; };	} },
 		{"PLSQL", 			 new LanguageConfig() {
-									public Language languageFor(LanguageFactory lf, Properties p) { return lf.createLanguage("plsql"); }
+									public Language languageFor(Properties p) { return LanguageFactory.createLanguage("plsql", p); }
 									public String[] extensions() { return new String[] {".sql"
 																,".trg"
 																,".prc",".fnc"
@@ -125,10 +125,10 @@ public class GUI implements CPDListener {
 																,".tps",".tpb"
 																}; };	} },
 		{"Ecmascript",			new LanguageConfig() {
-									public Language languageFor(LanguageFactory lf, Properties p) { return lf.createLanguage("js"); }
+									public Language languageFor(Properties p) { return LanguageFactory.createLanguage("js", p); }
 									public String[] extensions() { return new String[] {".js" }; }; } },
 		{"by extension...",		new LanguageConfig() {
-									public Language languageFor(LanguageFactory lf, Properties p) { return lf.createLanguage(LanguageFactory.BY_EXTENSION, p); }
+									public Language languageFor(Properties p) { return LanguageFactory.createLanguage(LanguageFactory.BY_EXTENSION, p); }
 									public String[] extensions() { return new String[] {"" }; }; } },
 		};
 
@@ -589,7 +589,7 @@ public class GUI implements CPDListener {
             p.setProperty(LanguageFactory.EXTENSION, extensionField.getText());
 
             LanguageConfig conf = languageConfigFor((String)languageBox.getSelectedItem());
-            Language language = conf.languageFor(new LanguageFactory(), p);
+            Language language = conf.languageFor(p);
             config.setLanguage(language);
 
             CPDConfiguration.setSystemProperties(config);
diff --git a/pmd-core/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/Language.java b/pmd-core/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/Language.java
index 137e0d9f8f..fc449592b6 100644
--- a/pmd-core/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/Language.java
+++ b/pmd-core/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/Language.java
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import java.io.FilenameFilter;
 import java.util.Properties;
 
 public interface Language {
+    String getName();
 
     Tokenizer getTokenizer();
 
diff --git a/pmd-core/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/LanguageFactory.java b/pmd-core/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/LanguageFactory.java
index 3e2dfdfc8d..8cf89f4c5d 100644
--- a/pmd-core/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/LanguageFactory.java
+++ b/pmd-core/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/LanguageFactory.java
@@ -3,56 +3,52 @@
  */
 package net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd;
 
+import java.io.File;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Properties;
+import java.util.ServiceLoader;
 
 public class LanguageFactory {
 
-    /*
-     * TODO derive and provide this at runtime instead, used by outside IDEs
-     * FIXME Can't we do something cleaner and
-     * more dynamic ? Maybe externalise to a properties files that will
-     * be generated when building pmd ? This will not have to add manually
-     * new language here ?
-    */
-   public static String[] supportedLanguages =
-           new String[]{"java", "jsp", "cpp", "c", "php", "ruby", "fortran", "ecmascript", "cs", "plsql" };
+    public static final String EXTENSION = "extension";
+    public static final String BY_EXTENSION = "by_extension";
 
-   private static final String SUFFIX = "Language";
-   public static final String EXTENSION = "extension";
-   public static final String BY_EXTENSION = "by_extension";
-   private static final String PACKAGE = "net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.";
+    private static LanguageFactory instance = new LanguageFactory();
 
-    public Language createLanguage(String language) {
+    public static String[] supportedLanguages;
+    static {
+       supportedLanguages = instance.languages.keySet().toArray(new String[instance.languages.size()]);
+    }
+
+   private Map<String, Language> languages = new HashMap<String, Language>();
+
+   private LanguageFactory() {
+       ServiceLoader<Language> languageLoader = ServiceLoader.load(Language.class);
+       for (Language language : languageLoader) {
+           languages.put(language.getName().toLowerCase(), language);
+       }
+   }
+   
+    public static Language createLanguage(String language) {
         return createLanguage(language, new Properties());
     }
 
-   public Language createLanguage(String language, Properties properties)
+   public static Language createLanguage(String language, Properties properties)
    {
-     language = this.languageAliases(language);
-     // First, we look for a parser following this syntax 'RubyLanguage'
-     Language implementation;
-     try {
-       implementation = this.dynamicLanguageImplementationLoad(this.languageConventionSyntax(language));
-       if ( implementation == null )
-       {
-         // if it failed, we look for a parser following this syntax 'CPPLanguage'
-         implementation = this.dynamicLanguageImplementationLoad(language.toUpperCase());
-         //TODO: Should we try to break the coupling with PACKAGE by try to load the class
-         // based on her sole name ?
-         if ( implementation == null )
-         {
-           // No proper implementation
-           // FIXME: We should log a warning, shouldn't we ?
-           return new AnyLanguage(language);
-         }
-       }
-       return implementation;
-     } catch (InstantiationException e) {
-       e.printStackTrace();
-     } catch (IllegalAccessException e) {
-       e.printStackTrace();
+     Language implementation; 
+     if (BY_EXTENSION.equals(language)) {
+         implementation = instance.getLanguageByExtension(properties.getProperty(EXTENSION));
+     } else {
+         implementation = instance.languages.get(instance.languageAliases(language).toLowerCase());
      }
-     return null;
+     if (implementation == null) {
+         // No proper implementation
+         // FIXME: We should log a warning, shouldn't we ?
+         implementation = new AnyLanguage(language);
+     }
+     implementation.setProperties(properties);
+     return implementation;
    }
 
      private String languageAliases(String language)
@@ -63,32 +59,18 @@ public class LanguageFactory {
        }
        return language;
      }
+     
+     private Language getLanguageByExtension(String extension) {
+         Language result = null;
+         File dir = new File(".");
+         String filename = "file." + extension;
 
-    private Language dynamicLanguageImplementationLoad(String language) throws InstantiationException, IllegalAccessException
-    {
-        try {
-            return (Language) this.getClass().getClassLoader().loadClass(
-                PACKAGE + language + SUFFIX).newInstance();
-        } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
-            // No class found, returning default implementation
-            // FIXME: There should be somekind of log of this
-            return null;
-        } catch (NoClassDefFoundError e) {
-            // Windows is case insensitive, so it may find the file, even though
-            // the name has a different case. Since Java is case sensitive, it
-            // will not accept the classname inside the file that was found and
-            // will throw a NoClassDefFoundError
-            return null;
-        }
-    }
-
-   /*
-    * This method does simply this:
-    * ruby -> Ruby
-    * fortran -> Fortran
-    * ...
-    */
-   private String languageConventionSyntax(String language) {
-       return Character.toUpperCase(language.charAt(0)) + language.substring(1, language.length()).toLowerCase();
-    }
+         for (Language language : languages.values()) {
+             if (language.getFileFilter().accept(dir, filename)) {
+                 result = language;
+                 break;
+             }
+         }
+         return result;
+     }
 }
diff --git a/pmd-core/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.Language b/pmd-core/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.Language
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2
diff --git a/pmd-core/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/CpddummyLanguage.java b/pmd-core/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/CpddummyLanguage.java
index f0a28a7667..8c42a4bab2 100644
--- a/pmd-core/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/CpddummyLanguage.java
+++ b/pmd-core/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/CpddummyLanguage.java
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ package net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd;
  * Sample language for testing LanguageFactory.
  *
  */
-public class CpddummyLanguage extends AnyLanguage {
+public class CpddummyLanguage extends AbstractLanguage {
 
     public CpddummyLanguage() {
-        super("dummy");
+        super("Cpddummy", new AnyTokenizer(), "dummy");
     }
 }
diff --git a/pmd-core/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/LanguageFactoryTest.java b/pmd-core/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/LanguageFactoryTest.java
index eaf41a6599..f902392a5e 100644
--- a/pmd-core/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/LanguageFactoryTest.java
+++ b/pmd-core/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/LanguageFactoryTest.java
@@ -10,8 +10,7 @@ public class LanguageFactoryTest {
 
     @Test
     public void testSimple() {
-        LanguageFactory f = new LanguageFactory();
-        assertTrue(f.createLanguage("Cpddummy") instanceof CpddummyLanguage);
-        assertTrue(f.createLanguage("not_existing_language") instanceof AnyLanguage);
+        assertTrue(LanguageFactory.createLanguage("Cpddummy") instanceof CpddummyLanguage);
+        assertTrue(LanguageFactory.createLanguage("not_existing_language") instanceof AnyLanguage);
     }
 }
diff --git a/pmd-core/src/test/resources/META-INF/services/net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.Language b/pmd-core/src/test/resources/META-INF/services/net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.Language
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f76b047c77
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pmd-core/src/test/resources/META-INF/services/net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.Language
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.CpddummyLanguage
diff --git a/pmd-cpp/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/CPPLanguage.java b/pmd-cpp/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/CPPLanguage.java
index 5fd5243d07..bed4336d55 100644
--- a/pmd-cpp/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/CPPLanguage.java
+++ b/pmd-cpp/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/CPPLanguage.java
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@ package net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd;
 
 public class CPPLanguage extends AbstractLanguage {
 	public CPPLanguage() {
-		super(new CPPTokenizer(), ".h", ".hpp", ".hxx",".c", ".cpp", ".cxx", ".cc", ".C");
+		super("cpp", new CPPTokenizer(), ".h", ".hpp", ".hxx",".c", ".cpp", ".cxx", ".cc", ".C");
 	}
 }
diff --git a/pmd-cpp/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.Language b/pmd-cpp/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.Language
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2170e55e7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pmd-cpp/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.Language
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.CPPLanguage
diff --git a/pmd-cs/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/CsLanguage.java b/pmd-cs/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/CsLanguage.java
index eebca47820..60554b6089 100644
--- a/pmd-cs/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/CsLanguage.java
+++ b/pmd-cs/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/CsLanguage.java
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@ package net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd;
 
 public class CsLanguage extends AbstractLanguage {
 	public CsLanguage() {
-		super(new CsTokenizer(), ".cs");
+		super("cs", new CsTokenizer(), ".cs");
 	}
 }
diff --git a/pmd-cs/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.Language b/pmd-cs/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.Language
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..76459b4741
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pmd-cs/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.Language
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.CsLanguage
diff --git a/pmd-fortran/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/FortranLanguage.java b/pmd-fortran/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/FortranLanguage.java
index d81a0ac8be..b142cfde0b 100644
--- a/pmd-fortran/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/FortranLanguage.java
+++ b/pmd-fortran/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/FortranLanguage.java
@@ -9,6 +9,6 @@ package net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd;
  */
 public class FortranLanguage extends AbstractLanguage {
 	public FortranLanguage() {
-		super(new FortranTokenizer(), ".for", ".f", ".f66", ".f77", ".f90");
+		super("fortran", new FortranTokenizer(), ".for", ".f", ".f66", ".f77", ".f90");
 	}
 }
diff --git a/pmd-fortran/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.Language b/pmd-fortran/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.Language
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f78952ce23
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pmd-fortran/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.Language
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.FortranLanguage
diff --git a/pmd-java/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/JavaLanguage.java b/pmd-java/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/JavaLanguage.java
index b5eb80e2da..06780b3f86 100644
--- a/pmd-java/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/JavaLanguage.java
+++ b/pmd-java/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/JavaLanguage.java
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ public class JavaLanguage extends AbstractLanguage {
 	}
 
 	public JavaLanguage(Properties properties) {
-		super(new JavaTokenizer(), ".java");
+		super("java", new JavaTokenizer(), ".java");
 		setProperties(properties);
 	}
 
diff --git a/pmd-java/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.Language b/pmd-java/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.Language
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d5a4b32578
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pmd-java/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.Language
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.JavaLanguage
diff --git a/pmd-javascript/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/EcmascriptLanguage.java b/pmd-javascript/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/EcmascriptLanguage.java
index 479e789b95..3890606e4a 100644
--- a/pmd-javascript/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/EcmascriptLanguage.java
+++ b/pmd-javascript/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/EcmascriptLanguage.java
@@ -9,6 +9,6 @@ package net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd;
  */
 public class EcmascriptLanguage extends AbstractLanguage {
 	public EcmascriptLanguage() {
-		super(new EcmascriptTokenizer(), ".js");
+		super("ecmascript", new EcmascriptTokenizer(), ".js");
 	}
 }
diff --git a/pmd-javascript/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.Language b/pmd-javascript/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.Language
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7019119daf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pmd-javascript/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.Language
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.EcmascriptLanguage
diff --git a/pmd-jsp/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/JSPLanguage.java b/pmd-jsp/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/JSPLanguage.java
index 8291cf7e70..872fa7d633 100644
--- a/pmd-jsp/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/JSPLanguage.java
+++ b/pmd-jsp/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/JSPLanguage.java
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@ package net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd;
 
 public class JSPLanguage extends AbstractLanguage {
 	public JSPLanguage() {
-		super(new JSPTokenizer(), ".jsp", ".jspx");
+		super("jsp", new JSPTokenizer(), ".jsp", ".jspx");
 	}
 }
diff --git a/pmd-jsp/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.Language b/pmd-jsp/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.Language
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a644d2d185
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pmd-jsp/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.Language
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.JSPLanguage
diff --git a/pmd-php/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/PHPLanguage.java b/pmd-php/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/PHPLanguage.java
index 110c25ddc2..6e625aab94 100644
--- a/pmd-php/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/PHPLanguage.java
+++ b/pmd-php/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/PHPLanguage.java
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@ package net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd;
 
 public class PHPLanguage extends AbstractLanguage {
 	public PHPLanguage() {
-		super(new PHPTokenizer(), ".php", ".class");
+		super("php", new PHPTokenizer(), ".php", ".class");
 	}
 }
diff --git a/pmd-php/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.Language b/pmd-php/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.Language
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..665241293c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pmd-php/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.Language
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.PHPLanguage
diff --git a/pmd-plsql/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/PLSQLLanguage.java b/pmd-plsql/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/PLSQLLanguage.java
index 3bf355168e..df1b5af84b 100755
--- a/pmd-plsql/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/PLSQLLanguage.java
+++ b/pmd-plsql/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/PLSQLLanguage.java
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import java.util.Properties;
  */
 public class PLSQLLanguage extends AbstractLanguage {
 	public PLSQLLanguage() {
-		super(new PLSQLTokenizer()
+		super("plsql", new PLSQLTokenizer()
 		      ,".sql"
 		      ,".trg" //Triggers
 		      ,".prc",".fnc" // Standalone Procedures and Functions 
diff --git a/pmd-plsql/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.Language b/pmd-plsql/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.Language
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cb05edd026
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pmd-plsql/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.Language
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.PLSQLLanguage
diff --git a/pmd-ruby/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/RubyLanguage.java b/pmd-ruby/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/RubyLanguage.java
index 72a1fbbdbd..106993a673 100644
--- a/pmd-ruby/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/RubyLanguage.java
+++ b/pmd-ruby/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/RubyLanguage.java
@@ -9,6 +9,6 @@ package net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd;
  */
 public class RubyLanguage extends AbstractLanguage {
 	public RubyLanguage() {
-		super(new RubyTokenizer(), ".rb", ".cgi", ".class");
+		super("ruby", new RubyTokenizer(), ".rb", ".cgi", ".class");
 	}
 }
diff --git a/pmd-ruby/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.Language b/pmd-ruby/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.Language
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..223d4d5f92
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pmd-ruby/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.Language
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.RubyLanguage