diff --git a/cmd/vacuum_report.go b/cmd/vacuum_report.go
index 40ede5db..4068a2ae 100644
--- a/cmd/vacuum_report.go
+++ b/cmd/vacuum_report.go
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ func GetVacuumReportCommand() *cobra.Command {
 			stdIn, _ := cmd.Flags().GetBool("stdin")
 			stdOut, _ := cmd.Flags().GetBool("stdout")
 			noStyleFlag, _ := cmd.Flags().GetBool("no-style")
+			baseFlag, _ := cmd.Flags().GetString("base")
+			junitFlag, _ := cmd.Flags().GetBool("junit")
 
 			// disable color and styling, for CI/CD use.
 			// https://github.com/daveshanley/vacuum/issues/234
@@ -134,6 +136,7 @@ func GetVacuumReportCommand() *cobra.Command {
 				Spec:            specBytes,
 				CustomFunctions: customFunctions,
 				SilenceLogs:     true,
+				Base:            baseFlag,
 			})
 
 			resultSet := model.NewRuleResultSet(ruleset.Results)
@@ -141,6 +144,30 @@ func GetVacuumReportCommand() *cobra.Command {
 
 			duration := time.Since(start)
 
+			// if we want jUnit output, then build the report and be done with it.
+			if junitFlag {
+				junitXML := vacuum_report.BuildJUnitReport(resultSet, start)
+				if stdOut {
+					fmt.Print(string(junitXML))
+					return nil
+				} else {
+
+					reportOutputName := fmt.Sprintf("%s-%s%s",
+						reportOutput, time.Now().Format("01-02-06-15_04_05"), ".xml")
+
+					err := os.WriteFile(reportOutputName, junitXML, 0664)
+					if err != nil {
+						pterm.Error.Printf("Unable to write junit report file: '%s': %s\n", reportOutputName, err.Error())
+						pterm.Println()
+						return err
+					}
+
+					pterm.Success.Printf("JUnit Report generated for '%s', written to '%s'\n", args[0], reportOutputName)
+					pterm.Println()
+					return nil
+				}
+			}
+
 			// pre-render
 			resultSet.PrepareForSerialization(ruleset.SpecInfo)
 
@@ -208,6 +235,7 @@ func GetVacuumReportCommand() *cobra.Command {
 	}
 	cmd.Flags().BoolP("stdin", "i", false, "Use stdin as input, instead of a file")
 	cmd.Flags().BoolP("stdout", "o", false, "Use stdout as output, instead of a file")
+	cmd.Flags().BoolP("junit", "j", false, "Generate report in JUnit format (cannot be compressed)")
 	cmd.Flags().BoolP("compress", "c", false, "Compress results using gzip")
 	cmd.Flags().BoolP("no-pretty", "n", false, "Render JSON with no formatting")
 	cmd.Flags().BoolP("no-style", "q", false, "Disable styling and color output, just plain text (useful for CI/CD)")
diff --git a/vacuum-report/junit.go b/vacuum-report/junit.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0fd110e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vacuum-report/junit.go
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+// Copyright 2023 Princess B33f Heavy Industries / Dave Shanley
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+
+package vacuum_report
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"encoding/xml"
+	"fmt"
+	"github.com/daveshanley/vacuum/model"
+	"strings"
+	"text/template"
+	"time"
+)
+
+type TestSuites struct {
+	XMLName    xml.Name     `xml:"testsuites"`
+	TestSuites []*TestSuite `xml:"testsuite"`
+	Tests      int          `xml:"tests,attr"`
+	Failures   int          `xml:"failures,attr"`
+	Time       float64      `xml:"time,attr"`
+}
+
+type TestSuite struct {
+	XMLName   xml.Name    `xml:"testsuite"`
+	Name      string      `xml:"name,attr"`
+	Tests     int         `xml:"tests,attr"`
+	Failures  int         `xml:"failures,attr"`
+	Time      float64     `xml:"time,attr"`
+	TestCases []*TestCase `xml:"testcase"`
+}
+
+type TestCase struct {
+	Name      string   `xml:"name,attr"`
+	ClassName string   `xml:"classname,attr"`
+	Time      float64  `xml:"time,attr"`
+	Failure   *Failure `xml:"failure,omitempty"`
+}
+
+type Failure struct {
+	Message  string `xml:"message,attr,omitempty"`
+	Type     string `xml:"type,attr,omitempty"`
+	Contents string `xml:",innerxml"`
+}
+
+func BuildJUnitReport(resultSet *model.RuleResultSet, t time.Time) []byte {
+
+	since := time.Since(t)
+
+	var suites []*TestSuite
+
+	var cats = model.RuleCategoriesOrdered
+
+	tmpl := `
+	{{ .Message }}
+	JSON Path: {{ .Path }}
+	Rule: {{ .Rule.Id }}
+	Severity: {{ .Rule.Severity }}
+	Start Line: {{ .StartNode.Line }}
+	End Line: {{ .EndNode.Line }}`
+
+	parsedTemplate, _ := template.New("failure").Parse(tmpl)
+
+	// try a category print out.
+	for _, val := range cats {
+		categoryResults := resultSet.GetResultsByRuleCategory(val.Id)
+
+		f := 0
+		var tc []*TestCase
+
+		for _, r := range categoryResults {
+			var sb bytes.Buffer
+			_ = parsedTemplate.Execute(&sb, r)
+			if r.Rule.Severity == model.SeverityError || r.Rule.Severity == model.SeverityWarn {
+				f++
+			}
+			tc = append(tc, &TestCase{
+				Name:      fmt.Sprintf("Category: %s", val.Id),
+				ClassName: r.Rule.Id,
+				Time:      since.Seconds(),
+				Failure: &Failure{
+					Message:  r.Message,
+					Type:     strings.ToUpper(r.Rule.Severity),
+					Contents: sb.String(),
+				},
+			})
+		}
+
+		if len(tc) > 0 {
+			ts := &TestSuite{
+				Name:      fmt.Sprintf("Category: %s", val.Id),
+				Tests:     len(categoryResults),
+				Failures:  f,
+				Time:      since.Seconds(),
+				TestCases: tc,
+			}
+
+			suites = append(suites, ts)
+		}
+	}
+
+	b, _ := xml.MarshalIndent(suites, "", " ")
+	return b
+
+}
diff --git a/vacuum-report/junit_test.go b/vacuum-report/junit_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3ead927d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vacuum-report/junit_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+// Copyright 2023 Princess B33f Heavy Industries / Dave Shanley
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+
+package vacuum_report
+
+import (
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+)
+
+func TestBuildJUnitReport(t *testing.T) {
+	j := testhelp_generateReport()
+	j.ResultSet.Results[0].Message = "testing, 123"
+	j.ResultSet.Results[0].Path = "$.somewhere.out.there"
+	j.ResultSet.Results[0].RuleId = "R0001"
+	f := time.Now().Add(-time.Millisecond * 5)
+	data := BuildJUnitReport(j.ResultSet, f)
+	assert.Len(t, data, 295)
+}