diff --git a/tools/java/common/pom.xml b/tools/java/common/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..00bdb45aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/java/common/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<project xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd" xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+  <parent>
+    <artifactId>tools</artifactId>
+    <groupId>com.google.i18n.phonenumbers</groupId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <groupId>com.google.i18n.phonenumbers.tools</groupId>
+  <artifactId>common-build</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <name>Libphonenumber common library for build tools</name>
+
+  <build>
+    <sourceDirectory>src</sourceDirectory>
+    <testSourceDirectory>test</testSourceDirectory>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <version>2.3.2</version>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <source>1.5</source>
+          <target>1.5</target>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+      <!-- Create a directory called 'generated'. -->
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>create-generated-directory</id>
+            <phase>generate-sources</phase>
+            <configuration>
+              <tasks>
+                <mkdir dir="generated"/>
+              </tasks>
+            </configuration>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>run</goal>
+            </goals>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+      <!-- Add generated/ to the source directories. -->
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+        <artifactId>build-helper-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>1.5</version>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>add-source</id>
+            <phase>generate-sources</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>add-source</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <configuration>
+              <sources>
+                <source>generated/</source>
+              </sources>
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+      <!-- Invoke Protocol Buffers compiler to generate PhoneMetadata.java. -->
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+        <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>1.2</version>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <phase>generate-sources</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>exec</goal>
+            </goals>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+        <configuration>
+          <executable>protoc</executable>
+          <arguments>
+            <argument>--java_out=generated</argument>
+            <argument>../../../resources/phonemetadata.proto</argument>
+            <argument>--proto_path=../../../resources</argument>
+          </arguments>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>junit</groupId>
+      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+      <version>4.8.1</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.google.protobuf</groupId>
+      <artifactId>protobuf-java</artifactId>
+      <version>2.4.0a</version>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+
+</project>
diff --git a/tools/java/pom.xml b/tools/java/pom.xml
index e10480e50..2165a2c10 100644
--- a/tools/java/pom.xml
+++ b/tools/java/pom.xml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
   </licenses>
 
   <modules>
+    <module>common</module>
     <module>cpp-build</module>
     <module>java-build</module>
   </modules>