diff --git a/src/IgnoredPaths.php b/src/IgnoredPaths.php
index 7acdb72..5887eb6 100644
--- a/src/IgnoredPaths.php
+++ b/src/IgnoredPaths.php
@@ -50,6 +50,20 @@ public function phpmd()
         return $this->ignore(" --exclude /", '/,/', '/', ',/');
     }
 
+    public function phpmd3()
+    {
+        $parts = [];
+        foreach ($this->ignoreDirs as $dir) {
+            $dir = trim($dir, '/');
+            $parts[] = '--exclude ' . escapeshellarg('*' . $dir . '/*');
+        }
+        foreach ($this->ignoreFiles as $file) {
+            $file = ltrim($file, '/');
+            $parts[] = '--exclude ' . escapeshellarg('*' . $file);
+        }
+        return $parts ? ' ' . implode(' ', $parts) : '';
+    }
+
     private function pdependWindowsFilter($option)
     {
         return str_replace('/', '\\', $this->ignore(" --{$option}", '\*,', '\*', ','));
diff --git a/src/Tools/Analyzer/Phpmd.php b/src/Tools/Analyzer/Phpmd.php
index 2f225b4..6e0c50c 100644
--- a/src/Tools/Analyzer/Phpmd.php
+++ b/src/Tools/Analyzer/Phpmd.php
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ public function __invoke()
         $this->tool->errorsType = $this->config->value('phpmd.ignoreParsingErrors') === true;
         $rulesets = $this->config->pathsOrValues('phpmd.standard');
 
+        if ($this->toolVersionIs('>=', '3')) {
+            return $this->buildArgsV3($rulesets);
+        }
+
         $args = array(
             $this->options->getAnalyzedDirs(','),
             $this->options->isSavedToFiles ? 'xml' : 'text',
@@ -32,4 +36,24 @@ public function __invoke()
         }
         return $args;
     }
+
+    private function buildArgsV3(array $rulesets)
+    {
+        $extensions = array_filter(array_map('trim', explode(',', $this->config->csv('phpqa.extensions'))));
+        $suffixArgs = ' ' . implode(' ', array_map(function ($ext) {
+            return '--suffixes ' . $ext;
+        }, $extensions));
+
+        $args = [];
+        $args[] = 'analyze';
+        $args[] = $this->options->ignore->phpmd3();
+        $args[] = $suffixArgs;
+        $args['ruleset'] = \Edge\QA\escapePath(implode(',', $rulesets));
+        $args['format'] = $this->options->isSavedToFiles ? 'xml' : 'text';
+        if ($this->options->isSavedToFiles) {
+            $args['reportfile-xml'] = $this->tool->getEscapedXmlFile();
+        }
+        $args[] = '-- ' . $this->options->getAnalyzedDirs(' ');
+        return $args;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/tests/IgnoredPathsTest.php b/tests/IgnoredPathsTest.php
index 193477a..c805e48 100644
--- a/tests/IgnoredPathsTest.php
+++ b/tests/IgnoredPathsTest.php
@@ -64,6 +64,14 @@ public function provideTools()
                     'files' => ' --exclude /autoload.php,/RoboFile.php'
                 )
             ),
+            array(
+                'phpmd3',
+                array(
+                    'both' => " --exclude '*app/config/*' --exclude '*vendor/*' --exclude '*autoload.php' --exclude '*RoboFile.php'",
+                    'dirs' => " --exclude '*app/config/*' --exclude '*vendor/*'",
+                    'files' => " --exclude '*autoload.php' --exclude '*RoboFile.php'"
+                )
+            ),
             'pdepend + windows' => array(
                 'pdepend',
                 array(