diff --git a/java/lib/protobuf-java-2.6.1.jar b/java/lib/com/google/protobuf/protobuf-java/2.6.1/protobuf-java-2.6.1.jar
similarity index 100%
rename from java/lib/protobuf-java-2.6.1.jar
rename to java/lib/com/google/protobuf/protobuf-java/2.6.1/protobuf-java-2.6.1.jar
diff --git a/java/lib/com/google/protobuf/protobuf-java/2.6.1/protobuf-java-2.6.1.pom b/java/lib/com/google/protobuf/protobuf-java/2.6.1/protobuf-java-2.6.1.pom
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a9f88e001
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/lib/com/google/protobuf/protobuf-java/2.6.1/protobuf-java-2.6.1.pom
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<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>
+  <groupId>com.google.protobuf</groupId>
+  <artifactId>protobuf-java</artifactId>
+  <version>2.6.1</version>
+  <description>POM was created from install:install-file</description>
+</project>
diff --git a/java/lib/com/google/protobuf/protobuf-java/maven-metadata-local.xml b/java/lib/com/google/protobuf/protobuf-java/maven-metadata-local.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fdb85172a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/lib/com/google/protobuf/protobuf-java/maven-metadata-local.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<metadata>
+  <groupId>com.google.protobuf</groupId>
+  <artifactId>protobuf-java</artifactId>
+  <versioning>
+    <release>2.6.1</release>
+    <versions>
+      <version>2.6.1</version>
+    </versions>
+    <lastUpdated>20151102180249</lastUpdated>
+  </versioning>
+</metadata>
diff --git a/java/libphonenumber/pom.xml b/java/libphonenumber/pom.xml
index c11497edd..dce69fb80 100644
--- a/java/libphonenumber/pom.xml
+++ b/java/libphonenumber/pom.xml
@@ -46,4 +46,18 @@
     </plugins>
   </build>
 
+  <repositories>
+    <repository>
+      <id>protobuf-java-lib</id>
+      <url>file://${project.basedir}/../lib</url>
+    </repository>
+  </repositories>
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.google.protobuf</groupId>
+      <artifactId>protobuf-java</artifactId>
+      <version>2.6.1</version>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+
 </project>
diff --git a/java/pom.xml b/java/pom.xml
index 9e777ced6..f2a6b5c6f 100644
--- a/java/pom.xml
+++ b/java/pom.xml
@@ -180,11 +180,6 @@
       <version>4.8.1</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.google.protobuf</groupId>
-      <artifactId>protobuf-java</artifactId>
-      <version>2.6.1</version>
-    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
 </project>
diff --git a/tools/java/common/pom.xml b/tools/java/common/pom.xml
index 418d64a84..456c7f589 100644
--- a/tools/java/common/pom.xml
+++ b/tools/java/common/pom.xml
@@ -49,6 +49,12 @@
     </plugins>
   </build>
 
+  <repositories>
+    <repository>
+      <id>protobuf-java-lib</id>
+      <url>file://${project.basedir}/../../../java/lib</url>
+    </repository>
+  </repositories>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>junit</groupId>
diff --git a/tools/java/cpp-build/pom.xml b/tools/java/cpp-build/pom.xml
index e745fde71..c99811dea 100644
--- a/tools/java/cpp-build/pom.xml
+++ b/tools/java/cpp-build/pom.xml
@@ -114,6 +114,12 @@
     </plugins>
   </build>
 
+  <repositories>
+    <repository>
+      <id>protobuf-java-lib</id>
+      <url>file://${project.basedir}/../../../java/lib</url>
+    </repository>
+  </repositories>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>junit</groupId>
diff --git a/tools/java/java-build/pom.xml b/tools/java/java-build/pom.xml
index 47eaebd2b..77d860bef 100644
--- a/tools/java/java-build/pom.xml
+++ b/tools/java/java-build/pom.xml
@@ -101,6 +101,12 @@
     </plugins>
   </build>
 
+  <repositories>
+    <repository>
+      <id>protobuf-java-lib</id>
+      <url>file://${project.basedir}/../../../java/lib</url>
+    </repository>
+  </repositories>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>junit</groupId>