diff --git a/.github/workflows/moodle-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/moodle-ci.yml
index 420e662c..45e6d99d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/moodle-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/moodle-ci.yml
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Moodle Code Checker
         if: ${{ !cancelled() }}
-        run: moodle-plugin-ci phpcs --standard moodle-extra --exclude moodle.Commenting.TodoComment,Squiz.Functions.MultiLineFunctionDeclaration --max-warnings 0
+        run: moodle-plugin-ci phpcs --standard ./phpcs.xml --max-warnings 0
 
       - name: Moodle PHPDoc Checker
         if: ${{ !cancelled() }}
diff --git a/phpcs.xml b/phpcs.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..baada942
--- /dev/null
+++ b/phpcs.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<ruleset name="QuestionPy">
+    <rule ref="moodle-extra">
+        <exclude name="moodle.Commenting.TodoComment"/>
+        <exclude name="Squiz.Functions.MultiLineFunctionDeclaration"/>
+    </rule>
+</ruleset>