diff --git a/pmd-core/pom.xml b/pmd-core/pom.xml
index 05d4226d58..694f59885f 100644
--- a/pmd-core/pom.xml
+++ b/pmd-core/pom.xml
@@ -93,6 +93,12 @@
             <groupId>org.ow2.asm</groupId>
             <artifactId>asm</artifactId>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>
+            <artifactId>gson</artifactId>
+            <version>2.5</version>
+        </dependency>
+
 
         <dependency>
             <groupId>net.sourceforge.saxon</groupId>
diff --git a/pmd-core/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/renderers/CodeClimateIssue.java b/pmd-core/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/renderers/CodeClimateIssue.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..658882c8f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pmd-core/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/renderers/CodeClimateIssue.java
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+/**
+ * BSD-style license; for more info see http://pmd.sourceforge.net/license.html
+ */
+
+package net.sourceforge.pmd.renderers;
+
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.*;
+
+/**
+ * Structure for the Code Climate Issue spec (https://github.com/codeclimate/spec/blob/master/SPEC.md#issues)
+ */
+public class CodeClimateIssue {
+    public final String type = "issue";
+    public String check_name;
+    public String description;
+    public Content content;
+    public final String[] categories = { "Style" };
+    public Location location;
+    public String severity;
+
+    /**
+     * Location structure
+     */
+    public static class Location {
+        public String path;
+        public Lines lines;
+
+        private class Lines {
+            public int begin;
+            public int end;
+        }
+
+        public Location(String path, int beginLine, int endLine) {
+            this.path = path;
+            this.lines = new Lines();
+            lines.begin = beginLine;
+            lines.end = endLine;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Content structure
+     */
+    public static class Content {
+        public String body;
+
+        /**
+         * Strip out all newlines from the body
+         * @param {String} body The text to compose the content from
+         */
+        public Content(String body) {
+            this.body = body.replace(PMD.EOL, " ");
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/pmd-core/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/renderers/CodeClimateRenderer.java b/pmd-core/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/renderers/CodeClimateRenderer.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1687fc4b01
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pmd-core/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/renderers/CodeClimateRenderer.java
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+/**
+ * BSD-style license; for more info see http://pmd.sourceforge.net/license.html
+ */
+
+package net.sourceforge.pmd.renderers;
+
+import com.google.gson.Gson;
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.Rule;
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.RuleViolation;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.Writer;
+import java.util.Iterator;
+
+/**
+ * Renderer for Code Climate JSON format
+ */
+public class CodeClimateRenderer extends AbstractIncrementingRenderer {
+    public static final String NAME = "codeclimate";
+
+    protected static final String EOL = System.getProperty("line.separator", "\n");
+
+    public CodeClimateRenderer() {
+        super(NAME, "Code Climate integration.");
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * {@inheritDoc}
+     */
+    @Override
+    public void renderFileViolations(Iterator<RuleViolation> violations) throws IOException {
+        Writer writer = getWriter();
+        Gson gson = new Gson();
+        while (violations.hasNext()) {
+            RuleViolation rv = violations.next();
+            writer.write(gson.toJson(makeIssue(rv)) + EOL);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Generate a CodeClimateIssue suitable for processing into JSON from the given RuleViolation.
+     * @param rv RuleViolation to convert.
+     * @return The generated issue.
+     */
+    private CodeClimateIssue makeIssue(RuleViolation rv) {
+        CodeClimateIssue issue = new CodeClimateIssue();
+        Rule rule = rv.getRule();
+        issue.check_name = rule.getName();
+        issue.description = rv.getDescription();
+        issue.content = new CodeClimateIssue.Content(rule.getDescription());
+        issue.location = new CodeClimateIssue.Location(rv.getFilename(), rv.getBeginLine(), rv.getEndLine());
+        switch(rule.getPriority()) {
+            case HIGH:
+                issue.severity = "critical";
+                break;
+            case MEDIUM_HIGH:
+            case MEDIUM:
+            case MEDIUM_LOW:
+                issue.severity = "normal";
+                break;
+            case LOW:
+                issue.severity = "info";
+                break;
+        }
+        return issue;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String defaultFileExtension() {
+        return "json";
+    }
+}
diff --git a/pmd-core/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/renderers/RendererFactory.java b/pmd-core/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/renderers/RendererFactory.java
index 132c0051b9..dfc09214e2 100644
--- a/pmd-core/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/renderers/RendererFactory.java
+++ b/pmd-core/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/renderers/RendererFactory.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ public class RendererFactory {
     public static final Map<String, Class<? extends Renderer>> REPORT_FORMAT_TO_RENDERER;
     static {
 	Map<String, Class<? extends Renderer>> map = new TreeMap<String, Class<? extends Renderer>>();
+	map.put(CodeClimateRenderer.NAME, CodeClimateRenderer.class);
 	map.put(XMLRenderer.NAME, XMLRenderer.class);
 	map.put(IDEAJRenderer.NAME, IDEAJRenderer.class);
 	map.put(TextColorRenderer.NAME, TextColorRenderer.class);
diff --git a/pmd-core/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/renderers/CodeClimateRendererTest.java b/pmd-core/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/renderers/CodeClimateRendererTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1572f9f43d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pmd-core/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/renderers/CodeClimateRendererTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+package net.sourceforge.pmd.renderers;
+
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.*;
+
+public class CodeClimateRendererTest extends AbstractRendererTst {
+
+    @Override
+    public Renderer getRenderer() {
+        return new CodeClimateRenderer();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getExpected() {
+        return "{\"type\":\"issue\",\"check_name\":\"Foo\",\"description\":\"blah\",\"content\":{\"body\":\"desc\"},\"categories\":[\"Style\"],\"location\":{\"path\":\"n/a\",\"lines\":{\"begin\":1,\"end\":1}},\"severity\":\"info\"}" + PMD.EOL;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getExpectedEmpty() {
+        return "";
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getExpectedMultiple() {
+        return "{\"type\":\"issue\",\"check_name\":\"Foo\",\"description\":\"blah\",\"content\":{\"body\":\"desc\"},\"categories\":[\"Style\"],\"location\":{\"path\":\"n/a\",\"lines\":{\"begin\":1,\"end\":1}},\"severity\":\"info\"}" + PMD.EOL +
+            "{\"type\":\"issue\",\"check_name\":\"Foo\",\"description\":\"blah\",\"content\":{\"body\":\"desc\"},\"categories\":[\"Style\"],\"location\":{\"path\":\"n/a\",\"lines\":{\"begin\":1,\"end\":1}},\"severity\":\"info\"}" + PMD.EOL;
+    }
+
+    public static junit.framework.Test suite() {
+        return new junit.framework.JUnit4TestAdapter(CodeClimateRendererTest.class);
+    }
+}