diff --git a/maven-plugin-pmd-build/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/build/filefilter/RulesetFilenameFilter.java b/maven-plugin-pmd-build/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/build/filefilter/RulesetFilenameFilter.java
index c6068a5a31..844e6f9eb2 100644
--- a/maven-plugin-pmd-build/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/build/filefilter/RulesetFilenameFilter.java
+++ b/maven-plugin-pmd-build/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/build/filefilter/RulesetFilenameFilter.java
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ package net.sourceforge.pmd.build.filefilter;
 
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.FilenameFilter;
+import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 
 /**
  *
@@ -15,8 +16,13 @@ import java.io.FilenameFilter;
 public class RulesetFilenameFilter implements FilenameFilter {
 
 	// FUTURE: Make this somehow configurable ? Turn into an array passed by constructor ?
-	// TODO: move to compiled regex to improve perf.
-	private static final String[] patterns = { "^[0-9][0-9].*\\.xml", "^.*dogfood.*\\.xml", "^all-.*\\.xml", "^migrating_.*\\.xml", "^pmdspecific.xml"} ;
+	private static final Pattern EXCLUDE = Pattern.compile(
+		"(^[0-9][0-9].*\\.xml)" +
+		"|(^.*dogfood.*\\.xml)" +
+		"|(^all-.*\\.xml)" +
+		"|(^migrating_.*\\.xml)" +
+		"|(^pmdspecific.xml)"
+	);
 	
 	public boolean accept(File file, String name) {
 	    if ( doesNotMatchExcludeNames(name) ) 
@@ -26,10 +32,6 @@ public class RulesetFilenameFilter implements FilenameFilter {
 	}
 	
 	private boolean doesNotMatchExcludeNames(String name) {
-		for ( String pattern : patterns ) {
-			if ( name.matches(pattern))
-				return false;
-		}
-		return true;
+	    return !EXCLUDE.matcher(name).matches();
 	}
 }
diff --git a/maven-plugin-pmd-build/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/build/util/FileUtil.java b/maven-plugin-pmd-build/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/build/util/FileUtil.java
index 876c19b46e..3fb112aa74 100644
--- a/maven-plugin-pmd-build/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/build/util/FileUtil.java
+++ b/maven-plugin-pmd-build/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/build/util/FileUtil.java
@@ -15,8 +15,10 @@ import java.io.FilenameFilter;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.io.OutputStream;
-import java.util.HashSet;
-import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.LinkedList;
+import java.util.List;
 
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.build.PmdBuildException;
 
@@ -28,20 +30,20 @@ public final class FileUtil {
 
 	public static String pathToParent = "..";
 
-	private FileUtil() {};
+	private FileUtil() {}
 
-	public static Set<File> listFilesFrom(File dir) {
+	public static List<File> listFilesFrom(File dir) {
 		return filterFilesFrom(dir, null);
 	}
 
-	public static Set<File> filterFilesFrom(File dir, FilenameFilter filter) {
-		Set<File> filteredFiles = new HashSet<File>(0);
+	public static List<File> filterFilesFrom(File dir, FilenameFilter filter) {
+		List<File> filteredFiles = new LinkedList<File>();
 		if ( dir != null ) {
 			File[] files = dir.listFiles(filter);
 			if ( files != null && files.length > 0 )
-				for ( int fileIterator = 0 ; fileIterator < files.length ; fileIterator++  )
-					filteredFiles.add(files[fileIterator]);
+			    filteredFiles.addAll(Arrays.asList(files));
 		}
+		Collections.sort(filteredFiles);
 		return filteredFiles;
 	}
 
diff --git a/maven-plugin-pmd-build/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/ant/PmdBuildTaskTest.java b/maven-plugin-pmd-build/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/ant/PmdBuildTaskTest.java
index 65f613b9a7..be99fb5b5e 100644
--- a/maven-plugin-pmd-build/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/ant/PmdBuildTaskTest.java
+++ b/maven-plugin-pmd-build/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/ant/PmdBuildTaskTest.java
@@ -4,8 +4,13 @@
 
 package net.sourceforge.pmd.ant;
 
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+
+import java.io.File;
+
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.TestBase;
 
+import org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
 /**
@@ -22,5 +27,10 @@ public class PmdBuildTaskTest extends TestBase {
 	task.setSiteXml(TEST_DIR + "site/site.pre.xml");
 	task.setSiteXmlTarget(TEST_DIR + "site/site.xml");
 	task.execute();
+
+	String site = IOUtils.toString(new File(TEST_DIR + "site/site.xml").toURI());
+	assertTrue(site.contains("<item name=\"Basic\""));
+	assertTrue(site.contains("<item name=\"Code Size\""));
+	assertTrue(site.indexOf("<item name=\"Basic\"") < site.indexOf("<item name=\"Code Size\""));
     }
 }
diff --git a/maven-plugin-pmd-build/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/build/RulesetFilenameFilterTest.java b/maven-plugin-pmd-build/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/build/RulesetFilenameFilterTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..09692a9fd9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-plugin-pmd-build/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/build/RulesetFilenameFilterTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+/**
+ * BSD-style license; for more info see http://pmd.sourceforge.net/license.html
+ */
+package net.sourceforge.pmd.build;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+
+import java.io.File;
+
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.build.filefilter.RulesetFilenameFilter;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class RulesetFilenameFilterTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void testAccept() {
+	RulesetFilenameFilter filter = new RulesetFilenameFilter();
+	File directory = new File(".");
+
+	assertTrue(filter.accept(directory, "codesize.xml"));
+	
+	assertFalse(filter.accept(directory, "some-text-file.txt"));
+	assertFalse(filter.accept(directory, "all-java.xml"));
+	assertFalse(filter.accept(directory, "dogfood.xml"));
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/maven-plugin-pmd-build/src/test/resources/sample-pmd/rulesets/java/codesize.xml b/maven-plugin-pmd-build/src/test/resources/sample-pmd/rulesets/java/codesize.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..67abf5fb9a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-plugin-pmd-build/src/test/resources/sample-pmd/rulesets/java/codesize.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+
+<ruleset name="Code Size"
+    xmlns="http://pmd.sourceforge.net/ruleset/2.0.0"
+    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+    xsi:schemaLocation="http://pmd.sourceforge.net/ruleset/2.0.0 http://pmd.sourceforge.net/ruleset_2_0_0.xsd">
+
+  <description>
+The Code Size ruleset contains rules that find problems related to code size or complexity.
+  </description>
+
+<rule name="NPathComplexity"
+      since="3.9"
+      message="The method {0}() has an NPath complexity of {1}"
+      class="net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.java.rule.codesize.NPathComplexityRule"
+      externalInfoUrl="${pmd.website.baseurl}/rules/java/codesize.html#NPathComplexity">
+   <description>
+The NPath complexity of a method is the number of acyclic execution paths through that method.
+A threshold of 200 is generally considered the point where measures should be taken to reduce 
+complexity and increase readability.
+   </description>
+     <priority>3</priority>
+    <example>
+ <![CDATA[
+void bar() {	// this is something more complex than it needs to be,
+	if (y) {	// it should be broken down into smaller methods or functions
+		for (j = 0; j < m; j++) {
+			if (j > r) {
+				doSomething();
+				while (f < 5 ) {
+					anotherThing();
+					f -= 27;
+					}
+				} else {
+					tryThis();
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		if ( r - n > 45) {
+		   while (doMagic()) {
+		      findRabbits();
+		   }
+		}
+		try {
+			doSomethingDangerous();
+		} catch (Exception ex) {
+			makeAmends();
+			} finally {
+				dontDoItAgain();
+				}
+	}
+}
+
+ ]]>
+    </example>
+</rule>
+
+</ruleset>
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