diff --git a/tiles/pmd/tile.xml b/tiles/pmd/tile.xml
index f54d0f6..231f95c 100644
--- a/tiles/pmd/tile.xml
+++ b/tiles/pmd/tile.xml
@@ -8,6 +8,11 @@
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-pmd-plugin</artifactId>
                 <version>${maven-pmd-plugin.version}</version>
+                <configuration>
+                    <failOnViolation>true</failOnViolation>
+                    <printFailingErrors>true</printFailingErrors>
+                    <skipEmptyReport>false</skipEmptyReport>
+                </configuration>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <id>pmd</id>