diff --git a/.codeclimate.yml b/.codeclimate.yml
index 2debb0d..08b73bb 100644
--- a/.codeclimate.yml
+++ b/.codeclimate.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
----
 engines:
   duplication:
     enabled: true
@@ -12,34 +11,8 @@ engines:
     enabled: true
   phpmd:
     enabled: true
-    # configure checks, see https://phpmd.org/rules/index.html for details
-    checks:
-      # else is not always bad. Disabling this as there is no reason to differentiate
-      # between early return and normal else cases.
-      CleanCode/ElseExpression:
-        enabled: false
-      # Static access on Yii::$app is normal in Yii
-      CleanCode/StaticAccess:
-        enabled: false
-      # Yii is a framework so if fulfills the job of encapsulating superglobals
-      Controversial/Superglobals:
-        enabled: false
-      # allow private properties to start with $_
-      Controversial/CamelCasePropertyName:
-        enabled: true
-        allow-underscore: true
-      # Short variable names are no problem in most cases, e.g. $n = count(...);
-      Naming/ShortVariable:
-        enabled: false
-      # Long variable names can help with better understanding so we increase the limit a bit
-      Naming/LongVariable:
-        enabled: true
-        maximum: 25
-      # method names like up(), gc(), ... are okay.
-      Naming/ShortMethodName:
-        enabled: true
-        minimum: 2
-
+    config:
+      rulesets: "codesize,design,unusedcode,tests/data/codeclimate/phpmd_ruleset.xml"
 ratings:
   paths:
   - "**.js"
diff --git a/tests/data/codeclimate/phpmd_ruleset.xml b/tests/data/codeclimate/phpmd_ruleset.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6189b6b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/data/codeclimate/phpmd_ruleset.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<ruleset name="PHPMD rule set for Yii 2" xmlns="http://pmd.sf.net/ruleset/1.0.0"
+         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://pmd.sf.net/ruleset/1.0.0 http://pmd.sf.net/ruleset_xml_schema.xsd"
+         xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="http://pmd.sf.net/ruleset_xml_schema.xsd">
+    <description>Custom PHPMD settings for naming, cleancode and controversial rulesets</description>
+    
+    <rule ref="rulesets/naming.xml/ConstructorWithNameAsEnclosingClass" />
+    <rule ref="rulesets/naming.xml/ConstantNamingConventions" />
+    <rule ref="rulesets/naming.xml/LongVariable">
+        <properties>
+            <property name="maximum" value="25" />
+        </properties>
+    </rule>
+    <rule ref="rulesets/naming.xml/ShortMethodName">
+        <properties>
+            <property name="minimum" value="2" />
+        </properties>
+    </rule>
+    
+    <rule ref="rulesets/cleancode.xml">
+        <exclude name="ElseExpression" />
+        <exclude name="StaticAccess" />
+    </rule>
+    
+    <rule ref="rulesets/controversial.xml/CamelCaseClassName" />
+    <rule ref="rulesets/controversial.xml/CamelCaseMethodName" />
+    <rule ref="rulesets/controversial.xml/CamelCaseParameterName" />
+    <rule ref="rulesets/controversial.xml/CamelCaseVariableName" />
+    <rule ref="rulesets/controversial.xml/CamelCasePropertyName">
+        <properties>
+            <property name="allow-underscore" value="true" />
+        </properties>
+    </rule>
+</ruleset>