diff --git a/build-tools/pom.xml b/build-tools/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fa5c6b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build-tools/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  limitations under the License. See accompanying LICENSE file.
+-->
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+  <groupId>org.apache.kerby</groupId>
+  <artifactId>build-tools</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0.0-RC2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <name>Kerby Build Tools</name>
+  <packaging>jar</packaging>
+
+</project>
diff --git a/docs/kerby-checkstyle.xml b/build-tools/src/main/resources/kerby-checkstyle.xml
similarity index 100%
rename from docs/kerby-checkstyle.xml
rename to build-tools/src/main/resources/kerby-checkstyle.xml
diff --git a/docs/kerby-pmd-ruleset.xml b/build-tools/src/main/resources/kerby-pmd-ruleset.xml
similarity index 100%
rename from docs/kerby-pmd-ruleset.xml
rename to build-tools/src/main/resources/kerby-pmd-ruleset.xml
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 3b4d302..21a6d04 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@
     <slf4j.version>1.7.12</slf4j.version>
     <assertj.version>2.2.0</assertj.version>
     <findbugs.version>3.0.1</findbugs.version>
-    <checkstyle.dir>${basedir}/docs</checkstyle.dir>
     <skipTests>false</skipTests>
   </properties>
 
@@ -65,6 +64,7 @@
   </prerequisites>
 
   <modules>
+    <module>build-tools</module>
     <module>kerby-config</module>
     <module>kerby-util</module>
     <module>kerby-asn1</module>
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@
           <version>3.5</version>
           <configuration>
             <rulesets>
-              <ruleset>${checkstyle.dir}/kerby-pmd-ruleset.xml</ruleset>
+              <ruleset>kerby-pmd-ruleset.xml</ruleset>
             </rulesets>
             <linkXRef>false</linkXRef>
             <sourceEncoding>utf-8</sourceEncoding>
@@ -206,6 +206,13 @@
             <includeTests>true</includeTests>
             <targetJdk>1.7</targetJdk>
           </configuration>
+          <dependencies>
+            <dependency>
+              <groupId>org.apache.kerby</groupId>
+              <artifactId>build-tools</artifactId>
+              <version>${project.version}</version>
+            </dependency>
+          </dependencies>
           <executions>
             <execution>
               <id>validate</id>
@@ -222,11 +229,18 @@
           <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
           <version>2.15</version>
           <configuration>
-            <configLocation>${checkstyle.dir}/kerby-checkstyle.xml</configLocation>
+            <configLocation>kerby-checkstyle.xml</configLocation>
             <includeTestSourceDirectory>true</includeTestSourceDirectory>
             <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
             <failOnViolation>true</failOnViolation>
           </configuration>
+          <dependencies>
+            <dependency>
+              <groupId>org.apache.kerby</groupId>
+              <artifactId>build-tools</artifactId>
+              <version>${project.version}</version>
+            </dependency>
+          </dependencies>
           <executions>
             <execution>
               <id>validate</id>
@@ -339,29 +353,6 @@
       </properties>
     </profile>
     <profile>
-      <id>activate-checkstyle-in-module</id>
-      <activation>
-        <file>
-          <exists>${basedir}/../docs/kerby-checkstyle.xml</exists>
-        </file>
-      </activation>
-      <properties>
-        <checkstyle.dir>${basedir}/../docs</checkstyle.dir>
-      </properties>
-    </profile>
-    <profile>
-      <id>activate-checkstyle-in-submodule</id>
-      <activation>
-        <file>
-          <exists>${basedir}/../../docs/kerby-checkstyle.xml</exists>
-        </file>
-      </activation>
-      <properties>
-        <checkstyle.dir>${basedir}/../../docs</checkstyle.dir>
-      </properties>
-    </profile>
-
-    <profile>
       <id>activate-checkstyle-supression</id>
       <activation>
         <file>