diff --git a/pmd/src/net/sourceforge/pmd/PMD.java b/pmd/src/net/sourceforge/pmd/PMD.java
index 008952926f..c6279280a1 100644
--- a/pmd/src/net/sourceforge/pmd/PMD.java
+++ b/pmd/src/net/sourceforge/pmd/PMD.java
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import net.sourceforge.pmd.renderers.IDEAJRenderer;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.renderers.Renderer;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.renderers.TextRenderer;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.renderers.XMLRenderer;
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.renderers.EmacsRenderer;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.swingui.PMDViewer;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.symboltable.SymbolFacade;
 
@@ -142,6 +143,9 @@ public class PMD {
         } else if (reportFormat.equals("text")) {
             Renderer rend = new TextRenderer();
             System.out.println(rend.render(ctx.getReport()));
+        } else if (reportFormat.equals("emacs")) {
+            Renderer rend = new EmacsRenderer();
+            System.out.println(rend.render(ctx.getReport()));
         } else {
             Renderer rend = new HTMLRenderer();
             System.out.println(rend.render(ctx.getReport()));
diff --git a/pmd/src/net/sourceforge/pmd/renderers/EmacsRenderer.java b/pmd/src/net/sourceforge/pmd/renderers/EmacsRenderer.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6d8edb5084
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pmd/src/net/sourceforge/pmd/renderers/EmacsRenderer.java
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+package net.sourceforge.pmd.renderers;
+
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.Report;
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.RuleViolation;
+
+import java.util.Iterator;
+
+public class EmacsRenderer implements Renderer {
+
+    protected String EOL = System.getProperty("line.separator", "\n");
+
+		public String render(Report report) {
+        StringBuffer buf = new StringBuffer();
+        for (Iterator i = report.iterator(); i.hasNext();) {
+            RuleViolation rv = (RuleViolation) i.next();
+            buf.append(EOL).append(rv.getFilename());
+            buf.append(":").append(Integer.toString(rv.getLine()));
+            buf.append(": ").append(rv.getDescription());
+        }
+        return buf.toString();
+		}
+}