diff --git a/config/import-control.xml b/config/import-control.xml
index fb22fab..a1065a3 100644
--- a/config/import-control.xml
+++ b/config/import-control.xml
@@ -9,6 +9,12 @@
     <allow pkg="com.github.checkstyle.regression.data"/>
     <allow pkg="org.immutables.value"/>
 
+    <subpackage name="configuration">
+        <allow pkg="javax.xml"/>
+        <allow pkg="org.w3c.dom"/>
+        <allow pkg="org.xml"/>
+    </subpackage>
+
     <subpackage name="data">
         <!-- it is only allowed until https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3492 -->
         <allow pkg="org.immutables.gson"/>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d5afcf3..809ead1 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -285,6 +285,11 @@
                                         <branchRate>0</branchRate>
                                         <lineRate>0</lineRate>
                                     </regex>
+                                    <regex>
+                                        <pattern>com.github.checkstyle.regression.configuration.ConfigGenerator</pattern>
+                                        <branchRate>80</branchRate>
+                                        <lineRate>91</lineRate>
+                                    </regex>
                                     <regex>
                                         <pattern>com.github.checkstyle.regression.module.ModuleUtils</pattern>
                                         <branchRate>28</branchRate>
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/github/checkstyle/regression/configuration/ConfigGenerator.java b/src/main/java/com/github/checkstyle/regression/configuration/ConfigGenerator.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5fd46d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/com/github/checkstyle/regression/configuration/ConfigGenerator.java
@@ -0,0 +1,187 @@
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+// checkstyle: Checks Java source code for adherence to a set of rules.
+// Copyright (C) 2001-2017 the original author or authors.
+//
+// This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+// modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+// License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+// version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+// Lesser General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+// License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
+// Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+package com.github.checkstyle.regression.configuration;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.StringWriter;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory;
+import javax.xml.parsers.ParserConfigurationException;
+import javax.xml.transform.OutputKeys;
+import javax.xml.transform.Transformer;
+import javax.xml.transform.TransformerConfigurationException;
+import javax.xml.transform.TransformerException;
+import javax.xml.transform.TransformerFactory;
+import javax.xml.transform.dom.DOMSource;
+import javax.xml.transform.stream.StreamResult;
+
+import org.w3c.dom.Document;
+import org.w3c.dom.Element;
+import org.w3c.dom.Node;
+import org.w3c.dom.NodeList;
+import org.xml.sax.SAXException;
+
+import com.github.checkstyle.regression.data.ModuleInfo;
+
+/**
+ * Generates the config XML and output it to a specific file.
+ * @author LuoLiangchen
+ */
+public final class ConfigGenerator {
+    /** The parent name "Checker". */
+    private static final String PARENT_CHECKER = "Checker";
+
+    /** The parent name "TreeWalker". */
+    private static final String PARENT_TREE_WALKER = "TreeWalker";
+
+    /** The name of a module element. */
+    private static final String ELEMENT_MODULE = "module";
+
+    /** The attribute name "name". */
+    private static final String ATTR_NAME = "name";
+
+    /** The "doctype-public" value of the config. */
+    private static final String DOCTYPE_PUBLIC =
+            "-//Puppy Crawl//DTD Check Configuration 1.3//EN";
+
+    /** The "doctype-system" value of the config. */
+    private static final String DOCTYPE_SYSTEM =
+            "http://www.puppycrawl.com/dtds/configuration_1_3.dtd";
+
+    /** Prevents instantiation. */
+    private ConfigGenerator() {
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a new {@link Document} instance from the {@code BASE_CONFIG}.
+     * @return a new {@link Document} instance
+     */
+    private static Document createXmlDocument() {
+        final Document document;
+
+        try {
+            final File baseConfig = new File("src/main/resources/com/github/checkstyle/regression/"
+                    + "configuration/base_config.xml");
+            document = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance().newDocumentBuilder()
+                    .parse(baseConfig);
+        }
+        catch (ParserConfigurationException | SAXException | IOException ex) {
+            throw new IllegalStateException("cannot instantiate Document instance", ex);
+        }
+
+        return document;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a new {@link Transformer} instance and do initialization.
+     * @return a new {@link Transformer} instance
+     */
+    private static Transformer createXmlTransformer() {
+        final Transformer transformer;
+
+        try {
+            transformer = TransformerFactory.newInstance().newTransformer();
+            transformer.setOutputProperty(OutputKeys.INDENT, "yes");
+            transformer.setOutputProperty("{http://xml.apache.org/xslt}indent-amount", "2");
+            transformer.setOutputProperty(OutputKeys.DOCTYPE_PUBLIC, DOCTYPE_PUBLIC);
+            transformer.setOutputProperty(OutputKeys.DOCTYPE_SYSTEM, DOCTYPE_SYSTEM);
+        }
+        catch (TransformerConfigurationException ex) {
+            throw new IllegalStateException("cannot instantiate Transformer instance", ex);
+        }
+
+        return transformer;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Generates the plain text of the config XML from the given module infos.
+     * @param moduleInfos the given module infos
+     * @return the generated plain text of the config
+     * @throws TransformerException failure of transforming the XML document
+     */
+    public static String generateConfigText(List<ModuleInfo> moduleInfos)
+            throws TransformerException {
+        final Document document = createXmlDocument();
+
+        final Node checkerNode = getCheckerModuleNode(document);
+        final Node treeWalkerNode = getTreeWalkerModuleNode(document);
+        for (ModuleInfo moduleInfo : moduleInfos) {
+            final Node moduleNode = createModuleNode(document, moduleInfo);
+            final String parent = moduleInfo.moduleExtractInfo().parent();
+            if (PARENT_CHECKER.equals(parent)) {
+                checkerNode.appendChild(moduleNode);
+            }
+            else if (PARENT_TREE_WALKER.equals(parent)) {
+                treeWalkerNode.appendChild(moduleNode);
+            }
+        }
+
+        final Transformer transformer = createXmlTransformer();
+        final StringWriter writer = new StringWriter();
+        transformer.transform(new DOMSource(document), new StreamResult(writer));
+        return writer.getBuffer().toString().replaceAll("\r\n", "\n");
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a XML element node which represents the settings of a checkstyle module.
+     * The information to create the node is grabbed from the given module info.
+     * @param document   the XML document to create element
+     * @param moduleInfo the given module info
+     * @return a checkstyle module node
+     */
+    private static Node createModuleNode(Document document, ModuleInfo moduleInfo) {
+        final Element moduleNode = document.createElement(ELEMENT_MODULE);
+        moduleNode.setAttribute(ATTR_NAME, moduleInfo.name());
+        return moduleNode;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the "TreeWalker" element node of the config document.
+     * @param document the XML document to search
+     * @return the "TreeWalker" element node
+     */
+    private static Node getTreeWalkerModuleNode(Document document) {
+        Node returnValue = null;
+        final NodeList nodeList = document.getDocumentElement()
+                .getElementsByTagName(ELEMENT_MODULE);
+
+        for (int i = 0; i < nodeList.getLength(); ++i) {
+            final Node node = nodeList.item(i);
+            final Node nameAttr = node.getAttributes().getNamedItem(ATTR_NAME);
+            if (PARENT_TREE_WALKER.equals(nameAttr.getNodeValue())) {
+                returnValue = node;
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+
+        return returnValue;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the "Checker" element node of the config document.
+     * @param document the XML document to search
+     * @return the "Checker" element node
+     */
+    private static Node getCheckerModuleNode(Document document) {
+        return document.getDocumentElement();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/github/checkstyle/regression/configuration/package-info.java b/src/main/java/com/github/checkstyle/regression/configuration/package-info.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a30ef4e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/com/github/checkstyle/regression/configuration/package-info.java
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+// checkstyle: Checks Java source code for adherence to a set of rules.
+// Copyright (C) 2001-2017 the original author or authors.
+//
+// This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+// modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+// License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+// version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+// Lesser General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+// License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
+// Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+/**
+ * Contains the config XML generation classes.
+ * @author LuoLiangchen
+ */
+package com.github.checkstyle.regression.configuration;
diff --git a/src/main/resources/com/github/checkstyle/regression/configuration/base_config.xml b/src/main/resources/com/github/checkstyle/regression/configuration/base_config.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f7c3219
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/resources/com/github/checkstyle/regression/configuration/base_config.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
+<module name="Checker">
+  <property name="charset" value="UTF-8"/>
+  <!-- do not change severity to 'error', as that will hide errors caused by exceptions -->
+  <property name="severity" value="warning"/>
+  <!-- haltOnException is required for exception fixes and reporting of all exceptions -->
+  <property name="haltOnException" value="false"/>
+  <!-- BeforeExecutionFileFilters is required for sources of java9 -->
+  <module name="BeforeExecutionExclusionFileFilter">
+    <property name="fileNamePattern" value="module\-info\.java$"/>
+  </module>
+
+  <!-- Contents below are generated by regression-tool. -->
+  <module name="TreeWalker"/></module>
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/github/checkstyle/regression/configuration/ConfigGeneratorTest.java b/src/test/java/com/github/checkstyle/regression/configuration/ConfigGeneratorTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9425cef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/com/github/checkstyle/regression/configuration/ConfigGeneratorTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,131 @@
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+// checkstyle: Checks Java source code for adherence to a set of rules.
+// Copyright (C) 2001-2017 the original author or authors.
+//
+// This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+// modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+// License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+// version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+// Lesser General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+// License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
+// Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+package com.github.checkstyle.regression.configuration;
+
+import static com.github.checkstyle.regression.internal.TestUtils.assertUtilsClassHasPrivateConstructor;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.io.StringWriter;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Collections;
+
+import org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import com.github.checkstyle.regression.data.ImmutableModuleExtractInfo;
+import com.github.checkstyle.regression.data.ImmutableModuleInfo;
+import com.github.checkstyle.regression.data.ModuleExtractInfo;
+import com.github.checkstyle.regression.data.ModuleInfo;
+
+public class ConfigGeneratorTest {
+    private static final String BASE_PACKAGE = "com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle";
+
+    @Test
+    public void testIsProperUtilsClass() throws Exception {
+        assertUtilsClassHasPrivateConstructor(ConfigGenerator.class);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testDtdVersion() throws Exception {
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testGenerateConfigTextWithEmptyModuleInfos() throws Exception {
+        final String excepted = getExpectedXml("expected_empty_module_infos.xml");
+
+        final String actual = ConfigGenerator.generateConfigText(Collections.emptyList());
+        assertEquals("Config is not as expected", excepted, actual);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testGenerateConfigTextWithCheckerParentModule() throws Exception {
+        final String excepted = getExpectedXml("expected_checker_parent_module.xml");
+
+        final ModuleExtractInfo extractInfo = ImmutableModuleExtractInfo.builder()
+                .name("FileLengthCheck")
+                .packageName(BASE_PACKAGE + ".checks.sizes")
+                .parent("Checker")
+                .build();
+        final ModuleInfo moduleInfo = ImmutableModuleInfo.builder()
+                .moduleExtractInfo(extractInfo)
+                .build();
+
+        final String actual = ConfigGenerator.generateConfigText(
+                Collections.singletonList(moduleInfo));
+        assertEquals("Config is not as expected", excepted, actual);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testGenerateConfigTextWithTreeWalkerParentModule() throws Exception {
+        final String excepted = getExpectedXml("expected_tree_walker_parent_module.xml");
+
+        final ModuleExtractInfo extractInfo = ImmutableModuleExtractInfo.builder()
+                .name("HiddenFieldCheck")
+                .packageName(BASE_PACKAGE + ".checks.coding")
+                .parent("TreeWalker")
+                .build();
+        final ModuleInfo moduleInfo = ImmutableModuleInfo.builder()
+                .moduleExtractInfo(extractInfo)
+                .build();
+
+        final String actual = ConfigGenerator.generateConfigText(
+                Collections.singletonList(moduleInfo));
+        assertEquals("Config is not as expected", excepted, actual);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testGenerateConfigTextWithMiscModuleInfos() throws Exception {
+        final String excepted =
+                getExpectedXml("expected_misc_module_infos.xml");
+
+        final ModuleExtractInfo extractInfo1 = ImmutableModuleExtractInfo.builder()
+                .name("NewlineAtEndOfFileCheck")
+                .packageName(BASE_PACKAGE + ".checks")
+                .parent("Checker")
+                .build();
+        final ModuleInfo moduleInfo1 = ImmutableModuleInfo.builder()
+                .moduleExtractInfo(extractInfo1)
+                .build();
+
+        final ModuleExtractInfo extractInfo2 = ImmutableModuleExtractInfo.builder()
+                .name("EmptyStatementCheck")
+                .packageName(BASE_PACKAGE + ".checks.coding")
+                .parent("TreeWalker")
+                .build();
+        final ModuleInfo moduleInfo2 = ImmutableModuleInfo.builder()
+                .moduleExtractInfo(extractInfo2)
+                .build();
+
+        final String actual = ConfigGenerator.generateConfigText(
+                Arrays.asList(moduleInfo1, moduleInfo2));
+        assertEquals("Config is not as expected", excepted, actual);
+    }
+
+    private static String getExpectedXml(String fileName) throws IOException {
+        try (InputStream stream = ConfigGeneratorTest.class.getClassLoader().getResourceAsStream(
+                "com/github/checkstyle/regression/configuration/" + fileName)) {
+            final StringWriter writer = new StringWriter();
+            IOUtils.copy(stream, writer, "UTF-8");
+            return writer.toString();
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/test/resources/com/github/checkstyle/regression/configuration/expected_checker_parent_module.xml b/src/test/resources/com/github/checkstyle/regression/configuration/expected_checker_parent_module.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..043a8ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/resources/com/github/checkstyle/regression/configuration/expected_checker_parent_module.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE module PUBLIC "-//Puppy Crawl//DTD Check Configuration 1.3//EN" "http://www.puppycrawl.com/dtds/configuration_1_3.dtd">
+<module name="Checker">
+  <property name="charset" value="UTF-8"/>
+  <!-- do not change severity to 'error', as that will hide errors caused by exceptions -->
+  <property name="severity" value="warning"/>
+  <!-- haltOnException is required for exception fixes and reporting of all exceptions -->
+  <property name="haltOnException" value="false"/>
+  <!-- BeforeExecutionFileFilters is required for sources of java9 -->
+  <module name="BeforeExecutionExclusionFileFilter">
+    <property name="fileNamePattern" value="module\-info\.java$"/>
+  </module>
+
+  <!-- Contents below are generated by regression-tool. -->
+  <module name="TreeWalker"/>
+  <module name="FileLengthCheck"/>
+</module>
diff --git a/src/test/resources/com/github/checkstyle/regression/configuration/expected_empty_module_infos.xml b/src/test/resources/com/github/checkstyle/regression/configuration/expected_empty_module_infos.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..82c1889
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/resources/com/github/checkstyle/regression/configuration/expected_empty_module_infos.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE module PUBLIC "-//Puppy Crawl//DTD Check Configuration 1.3//EN" "http://www.puppycrawl.com/dtds/configuration_1_3.dtd">
+<module name="Checker">
+  <property name="charset" value="UTF-8"/>
+  <!-- do not change severity to 'error', as that will hide errors caused by exceptions -->
+  <property name="severity" value="warning"/>
+  <!-- haltOnException is required for exception fixes and reporting of all exceptions -->
+  <property name="haltOnException" value="false"/>
+  <!-- BeforeExecutionFileFilters is required for sources of java9 -->
+  <module name="BeforeExecutionExclusionFileFilter">
+    <property name="fileNamePattern" value="module\-info\.java$"/>
+  </module>
+
+  <!-- Contents below are generated by regression-tool. -->
+  <module name="TreeWalker"/>
+</module>
diff --git a/src/test/resources/com/github/checkstyle/regression/configuration/expected_misc_module_infos.xml b/src/test/resources/com/github/checkstyle/regression/configuration/expected_misc_module_infos.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4bafc78
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/resources/com/github/checkstyle/regression/configuration/expected_misc_module_infos.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE module PUBLIC "-//Puppy Crawl//DTD Check Configuration 1.3//EN" "http://www.puppycrawl.com/dtds/configuration_1_3.dtd">
+<module name="Checker">
+  <property name="charset" value="UTF-8"/>
+  <!-- do not change severity to 'error', as that will hide errors caused by exceptions -->
+  <property name="severity" value="warning"/>
+  <!-- haltOnException is required for exception fixes and reporting of all exceptions -->
+  <property name="haltOnException" value="false"/>
+  <!-- BeforeExecutionFileFilters is required for sources of java9 -->
+  <module name="BeforeExecutionExclusionFileFilter">
+    <property name="fileNamePattern" value="module\-info\.java$"/>
+  </module>
+
+  <!-- Contents below are generated by regression-tool. -->
+  <module name="TreeWalker">
+    <module name="EmptyStatementCheck"/>
+  </module>
+  <module name="NewlineAtEndOfFileCheck"/>
+</module>
diff --git a/src/test/resources/com/github/checkstyle/regression/configuration/expected_tree_walker_parent_module.xml b/src/test/resources/com/github/checkstyle/regression/configuration/expected_tree_walker_parent_module.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6e41959
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/resources/com/github/checkstyle/regression/configuration/expected_tree_walker_parent_module.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE module PUBLIC "-//Puppy Crawl//DTD Check Configuration 1.3//EN" "http://www.puppycrawl.com/dtds/configuration_1_3.dtd">
+<module name="Checker">
+  <property name="charset" value="UTF-8"/>
+  <!-- do not change severity to 'error', as that will hide errors caused by exceptions -->
+  <property name="severity" value="warning"/>
+  <!-- haltOnException is required for exception fixes and reporting of all exceptions -->
+  <property name="haltOnException" value="false"/>
+  <!-- BeforeExecutionFileFilters is required for sources of java9 -->
+  <module name="BeforeExecutionExclusionFileFilter">
+    <property name="fileNamePattern" value="module\-info\.java$"/>
+  </module>
+
+  <!-- Contents below are generated by regression-tool. -->
+  <module name="TreeWalker">
+    <module name="HiddenFieldCheck"/>
+  </module>
+</module>