diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 08072c3a2c5a..9e0905a0c253 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -16,4 +16,5 @@
 .factorypath
 .vscode/
 repo/
-/*.svg
\ No newline at end of file
+/*.svg
+/**/.cache
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e7fe0a767a64..ccda5024e41a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -799,6 +799,12 @@ under the License.</licenseText>
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-pmd-plugin</artifactId>
+          <configuration>
+            <analysisCache>true</analysisCache>
+            <analysisCacheLocation>${project.basedir}/.pmd/.cache</analysisCacheLocation>
+            <minimumPriority>1</minimumPriority>
+            <printFailingErrors>true</printFailingErrors>
+          </configuration>
           <dependencies>
             <dependency>
               <groupId>net.sourceforge.pmd</groupId>
@@ -806,10 +812,24 @@ under the License.</licenseText>
               <version>7.12.0</version>
             </dependency>
           </dependencies>
+          <executions>
+            <execution>
+              <id>maven-pmd-plugin</id>
+              <goals>
+                <goal>check</goal>
+              </goals>
+              <phase>verify</phase>
+            </execution>
+          </executions>
         </plugin>
       </plugins>
     </pluginManagement>
     <plugins>
+      <!-- why profile not working? -->
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-pmd-plugin</artifactId>
+      </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <groupId>io.github.olamy.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>jacoco-aggregator-maven-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -1170,5 +1190,19 @@ under the License.</licenseText>
         </plugins>
       </build>
     </profile>
+    <profile>
+      <id>pmd</id>
+      <activation>
+        <activeByDefault>true</activeByDefault>
+      </activation>
+      <build>
+        <plugins>
+          <plugin>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-pmd-plugin</artifactId>
+          </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+      </build>
+    </profile>
   </profiles>
 </project>