diff --git a/pmd/plugin.jelly b/pmd/plugin.jelly
index 1f0ad46d..8af4b2fa 100644
--- a/pmd/plugin.jelly
+++ b/pmd/plugin.jelly
@@ -167,13 +167,16 @@
     </j:choose>
     
     <!-- Run JSL to transform the report into XDOC -->
-          
+    <j:set var="stylesheet" value="${maven.pmd.stylesheet}"/>
+    <j:if test="${stylesheet == null or stylesheet.equals('')}">
+      <j:set var="stylesheet" value="${plugin.resources}/pmd.jsl"/>
+    </j:if>
     <echo>Converting the PMD report to xdoc ...</echo>
 
     <doc:jsl
       input="${maven.build.dir}/pmd-raw-report.xml"
       output="pmd-report.xml"
-      stylesheet="${plugin.resources}/pmd.jsl"
+      stylesheet="${stylesheet}"
       outputMode="xml"
       prettyPrint="true"
     />
diff --git a/pmd/plugin.properties b/pmd/plugin.properties
index 4d236153..f5844f02 100644
--- a/pmd/plugin.properties
+++ b/pmd/plugin.properties
@@ -51,4 +51,7 @@ maven.pmd.failonerror = false
 maven.pmd.failonruleviolation = false
 
 # JDK target
-maven.pmd.targetjdk=${maven.compile.source}
\ No newline at end of file
+maven.pmd.targetjdk=${maven.compile.source}
+
+# JSL stylesheet
+maven.pmd.stylesheet = ${plugin.resources}/pmd.jsl
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pmd/xdocs/changes.xml b/pmd/xdocs/changes.xml
index d0ec1f21..81ceaf5b 100644
--- a/pmd/xdocs/changes.xml
+++ b/pmd/xdocs/changes.xml
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
   </properties>
   <body>
     <release version="1.10-SNAPSHOT" date="In SVN">
+      <action dev="ltheussl" type="add" issue="MPPMD-27">Allow custom JSL stylesheet to be defined via a property.</action>
       <action dev="aheritier" type="update">Update dependencies to unify them between plugins. The following dependencies are updated : jaxen v1.0-FCS-full to 1.1-beta-9. The following dependencies are removed : saxpath.</action>
       <action dev="aheritier" type="update">Upgrade to pmd-3.7.</action>
     </release>
diff --git a/pmd/xdocs/properties.xml b/pmd/xdocs/properties.xml
index 47f1f357..2ba00644 100644
--- a/pmd/xdocs/properties.xml
+++ b/pmd/xdocs/properties.xml
@@ -119,7 +119,15 @@
           <td>maven.pmd.targetjdk</td>
           <td>Yes</td>
           <td>
-            	Target JDK 1.3, 1.4, or 1.5.. Defaults to ${maven.compile.source}.
+            Target JDK 1.3, 1.4, or 1.5.. Defaults to ${maven.compile.source}.
+          </td>
+        </tr>
+        <tr>
+          <td>maven.pmd.stylesheet</td>
+          <td>Yes</td>
+          <td>
+            A custom stylesheet to use for the report.
+            Default is <code>${plugin.resources}/pmd.jsl</code>.
           </td>
         </tr>
       </table>
