diff --git a/pmd-xml/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/pom/PomLanguageModule.java b/pmd-xml/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/pom/PomLanguageModule.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2a9c40319b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pmd-xml/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/pom/PomLanguageModule.java
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+/**
+ * BSD-style license; for more info see http://pmd.sourceforge.net/license.html
+ */
+package net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.pom;
+
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.BaseLanguageModule;
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.xml.XmlHandler;
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.xml.rule.XmlRuleChainVisitor;
+
+public class PomLanguageModule extends BaseLanguageModule {
+    public static final String NAME = "Maven POM";
+    public static final String TERSE_NAME = "pom";
+
+    public PomLanguageModule() {
+        super(NAME, null, TERSE_NAME, XmlRuleChainVisitor.class, "pom");
+        addVersion("", new XmlHandler(), true);
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/pmd-xml/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.Language b/pmd-xml/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.Language
index a5ca1d55b3..35164afbd5 100644
--- a/pmd-xml/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.Language
+++ b/pmd-xml/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.Language
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.xml.XmlLanguageModule
 net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.xsl.XslLanguageModule
-net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.wsdl.WsdlLanguageModule
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+net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.wsdl.WsdlLanguageModule
+net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.pom.PomLanguageModule
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pmd-xml/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/LanguageVersionTest.java b/pmd-xml/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/LanguageVersionTest.java
index 34e458750c..17f355d39f 100644
--- a/pmd-xml/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/LanguageVersionTest.java
+++ b/pmd-xml/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/LanguageVersionTest.java
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import org.junit.runners.Parameterized.Parameters;
 
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.LanguageRegistry;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.LanguageVersion;
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.pom.PomLanguageModule;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.wsdl.WsdlLanguageModule;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.xml.XmlLanguageModule;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.xsl.XslLanguageModule;
@@ -25,7 +26,8 @@ public class LanguageVersionTest extends AbstractLanguageVersionTest {
         return Arrays.asList(new Object[][] {
                 { XmlLanguageModule.NAME, XmlLanguageModule.TERSE_NAME, "", LanguageRegistry.getLanguage(XmlLanguageModule.NAME).getDefaultVersion() },
                 { XslLanguageModule.NAME, XslLanguageModule.TERSE_NAME, "", LanguageRegistry.getLanguage(XslLanguageModule.NAME).getDefaultVersion() },
-                { WsdlLanguageModule.NAME, WsdlLanguageModule.TERSE_NAME, "", LanguageRegistry.getLanguage(WsdlLanguageModule.NAME).getDefaultVersion() }
+                { WsdlLanguageModule.NAME, WsdlLanguageModule.TERSE_NAME, "", LanguageRegistry.getLanguage(WsdlLanguageModule.NAME).getDefaultVersion() },
+                { PomLanguageModule.NAME, PomLanguageModule.TERSE_NAME, "", LanguageRegistry.getLanguage(PomLanguageModule.NAME).getDefaultVersion() }
             });
     }
 }