diff --git a/java/pom.xml b/java/pom.xml
index 273362391..4e7cdb542 100644
--- a/java/pom.xml
+++ b/java/pom.xml
@@ -7,12 +7,6 @@
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <url>http://code.google.com/p/libphonenumber/</url>
 
-  <parent>
-    <groupId>org.sonatype.oss</groupId>
-    <artifactId>oss-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>7</version>
-  </parent>
-
   <description>
     Google's common Java library for parsing, formatting, storing and validating international phone numbers.
     Optimized for running on smartphones.
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d5aa0b376
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>com.google.i18n.phonenumbers</groupId>
+  <artifactId>libphonenumber-build-parent</artifactId>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+
+  <properties>
+    <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+  </properties>
+
+  <licenses>
+    <license>
+      <name>Apache 2</name>
+      <url>http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt</url>
+      <comments>Copyright (C) 2011 The Libphonenumber Authors</comments>
+    </license>
+  </licenses>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>tools/java</module>
+    <module>java</module>
+  </modules>
+
+</project>