diff --git a/dev-support/ci/selective_ci_checks.bats b/dev-support/ci/selective_ci_checks.bats
index 99085c942e01..e1d5ee7578b5 100644
--- a/dev-support/ci/selective_ci_checks.bats
+++ b/dev-support/ci/selective_ci_checks.bats
@@ -99,6 +99,17 @@ load bats-assert/load.bash
   assert_output -p needs-kubernetes-tests=true
 }
 
+@test "java test + pmd change" {
+  run dev-support/ci/selective_ci_checks.sh 250bd5f317
+
+  assert_output -p 'basic-checks=["rat","author","checkstyle","findbugs","pmd"]'
+  assert_output -p needs-build=true
+  assert_output -p needs-compile=true
+  assert_output -p needs-compose-tests=false
+  assert_output -p needs-integration-tests=true
+  assert_output -p needs-kubernetes-tests=false
+}
+
 @test "integration and unit: java change" {
   run dev-support/ci/selective_ci_checks.sh 9aebf6e25
 
diff --git a/dev-support/ci/selective_ci_checks.sh b/dev-support/ci/selective_ci_checks.sh
index 213d071b9119..1017f354eba0 100755
--- a/dev-support/ci/selective_ci_checks.sh
+++ b/dev-support/ci/selective_ci_checks.sh
@@ -487,6 +487,7 @@ function get_count_misc_files() {
         "\.txt$"
         "\.md$"
         "findbugsExcludeFile.xml"
+        "pmd-ruleset.xml"
         "/NOTICE$"
         "^hadoop-ozone/dist/src/main/compose/common/grafana/dashboards"
     )