diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index a309f2b..34c3c3c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -120,3 +120,23 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           cd gradle/simple-project
           .ci/build.sh
+
+  ant_simple_project:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/setup-java@v4
+        with:
+          distribution: 'temurin'
+          java-version: '17'
+      - uses: actions/cache@v4
+        with:
+          path: ant/simple-project/ant/tools
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-ant-${{ hashFiles('build.xml', '.ci/build.sh') }}
+          restore-keys: |
+            ${{ runner.os }}-ant-
+      - name: Run .ci/build.sh
+        run: |
+          cd ant/simple-project
+          .ci/build.sh
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5a13175..448cf38 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -9,3 +9,4 @@ This repository contains separate folders for specific use cases:
 *   Using PMD
     *   With Maven: [maven/simple-project/](maven/simple-project/)
     *   With Gradle: [gradle/simple-project/](gradle/simple-project/)
+    *   With Ant: [ant/simple-project/](ant/simple-project/)
diff --git a/ant/simple-project/.ci/build.sh b/ant/simple-project/.ci/build.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..c26e608
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ant/simple-project/.ci/build.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# exit immediately if a command fails
+set -e
+
+ANT_VERSION=1.10.15
+PMD_VERSION=7.7.0
+
+BASEDIR="$(pwd)"
+mkdir -p tools
+
+echo
+echo "======================================================="
+echo "Downloading ant ${ANT_VERSION}"
+echo "======================================================="
+export ANT_HOME="${BASEDIR}/tools/apache-ant-${ANT_VERSION}"
+if [ ! -d "${ANT_HOME}" ]; then
+  wget --no-verbose "https://dlcdn.apache.org/ant/binaries/apache-ant-${ANT_VERSION}-bin.zip" -O "${BASEDIR}/tools/apache-ant-${ANT_VERSION}-bin.zip"
+  unzip -q -d "${BASEDIR}/tools" "${BASEDIR}/tools/apache-ant-${ANT_VERSION}-bin.zip"
+  echo "Ant ${ANT_VERSION} installed at ${ANT_HOME}"
+else
+  echo "Ant ${ANT_VERSION} already installed: ${ANT_HOME}"
+fi
+
+echo
+echo "======================================================="
+echo "Downloading PMD ${PMD_VERSION}"
+echo "======================================================="
+export PMD_HOME="${BASEDIR}/tools/pmd-bin-${PMD_VERSION}"
+if [ ! -d "${PMD_HOME}" ]; then
+    if [[ "${PMD_VERSION}" == *-SNAPSHOT ]]; then
+      wget --no-verbose https://sourceforge.net/projects/pmd/files/pmd/${PMD_VERSION}/pmd-dist-${PMD_VERSION}-bin.zip/download -O ${BASEDIR}/tools/pmd-dist-${PMD_VERSION}-bin.zip
+    else
+      wget --no-verbose https://github.com/pmd/pmd/releases/download/pmd_releases%2F${PMD_VERSION}/pmd-dist-${PMD_VERSION}-bin.zip -O ${BASEDIR}/tools/pmd-dist-${PMD_VERSION}-bin.zip
+    fi
+    unzip -q -d "${BASEDIR}/tools" "${BASEDIR}/tools/pmd-dist-${PMD_VERSION}-bin.zip"
+    echo "PMD ${PMD_VERSION} installed at: ${PMD_HOME}"
+else
+    echo "PMD ${PMD_VERSION} already installed: ${PMD_HOME}"
+fi
+
+
+echo
+echo "======================================================="
+echo "Building project..."
+echo "======================================================="
+${ANT_HOME}/bin/ant -Dpmd.home="$PMD_HOME" clean pmd cpd
+
+
+echo
+echo "======================================================="
+echo "Verify build/pmd-report.xml..."
+echo "======================================================="
+grep "${BASEDIR}/src/net/sourceforge/pmd/examples/ant/simpleproject/Main.java" build/pmd-report.xml || (echo -e "\n\n\x1b[31mMissing expected rule violation\e[0m"; exit 1)
+
+echo -e "\n\n\x1b[32mTest successful\e[0m"
diff --git a/ant/simple-project/.gitignore b/ant/simple-project/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d6264fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ant/simple-project/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+tools/
+build/
diff --git a/ant/simple-project/README.md b/ant/simple-project/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f9a79d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ant/simple-project/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# simple-project
+
+Demonstrates the usage of PMD with Apache Ant.
+
+Run with
+
+    ant -Dpmd.home=path-to-pmd-bin-directory clean pmd
+
+This should find the following violations in Main.java:
+
+      [pmd] .../src/net/sourceforge/pmd/examples/ant/simpleproject/Main.java:6:    UnusedPrivateField:     Avoid unused private fields such as 'unusedField'.
+      [pmd] .../src/net/sourceforge/pmd/examples/ant/simpleproject/Main.java:12:   EmptyControlStatement:  Empty if statement
+      [pmd] .../src/net/sourceforge/pmd/examples/ant/simpleproject/Main.java:12:   ControlStatementBraces: This statement should have braces
+
+## References
+
+*   <https://docs.pmd-code.org/latest/pmd_userdocs_tools_ant.html>
+*   <https://ant.apache.org/manual/index.html>
diff --git a/ant/simple-project/build.xml b/ant/simple-project/build.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ca05bd6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ant/simple-project/build.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+<project default="pmd" basedir=".">
+
+    <property name="pmd.home" value="please specify property at command line via -Dpmd.home=..."/>
+    <property name="src" location="src"/>
+    <property name="build" location="build"/>
+
+    <path id="pmd.classpath">
+        <fileset dir="${pmd.home}/lib/">
+            <include name="*.jar"/>
+        </fileset>
+    </path>
+
+    <taskdef name="pmd" classname="net.sourceforge.pmd.ant.PMDTask" classpathref="pmd.classpath" />
+    <taskdef name="cpd" classname="net.sourceforge.pmd.ant.CPDTask" classpathref="pmd.classpath" />
+
+    <target name="init">
+        <tstamp/>
+        <mkdir dir="${build}"/>
+    </target>
+
+    <target name="compile" depends="init" description="compile the source">
+        <javac srcdir="${src}" destdir="${build}" includeAntRuntime="false"/>
+    </target>
+
+    <target name="pmd" depends="compile" description="Analyze code with PMD">
+        <pmd rulesetfiles="rulesets/java/quickstart.xml" failOnRuleViolation="false" noCache="true">
+            <auxclasspath>
+                <pathelement location="${build}"/>
+            </auxclasspath>
+            <formatter type="xml" toFile="${build}/pmd-report.xml" />
+            <formatter type="text" toConsole="true" />
+            <fileset dir="${src}/">
+                <include name="**/*.java"/>
+            </fileset>
+        </pmd>
+    </target>
+
+    <target name="cpd" depends="compile" description="Find duplicates with CPD">
+        <cpd minimumTokenCount="100" outputFile="${build}/cpd.txt" language="java" >
+            <fileset dir="${src}">
+                <include name="**/*.java"/>
+            </fileset>
+        </cpd>
+    </target>
+
+    <target name="clean" description="clean up">
+        <delete dir="${build}"/>
+    </target>
+</project>
diff --git a/ant/simple-project/src/net/sourceforge/pmd/examples/ant/simpleproject/Main.java b/ant/simple-project/src/net/sourceforge/pmd/examples/ant/simpleproject/Main.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b33b97d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ant/simple-project/src/net/sourceforge/pmd/examples/ant/simpleproject/Main.java
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+package net.sourceforge.pmd.examples.ant.simpleproject;
+
+public class Main {
+
+    // UnusedPrivateField
+    private String unusedField;
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        System.out.println("Hello World!");
+
+        // EmptyControlStatement
+        if (args.length == 0);
+    }
+}