diff --git a/calendar/pom.xml b/calendar/pom.xml
index 32abb2b..e4e1f5a 100644
--- a/calendar/pom.xml
+++ b/calendar/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.onosproject</groupId>
-        <artifactId>onos-apps</artifactId>
+        <artifactId>onos-app-samples</artifactId>
         <version>1.2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
diff --git a/database-perf/pom.xml b/database-perf/pom.xml
index 588ebe7..da1338c 100644
--- a/database-perf/pom.xml
+++ b/database-perf/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.onosproject</groupId>
-        <artifactId>onos-apps</artifactId>
+        <artifactId>onos-app-samples</artifactId>
         <version>1.2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
diff --git a/demo/pom.xml b/demo/pom.xml
index c4abe9c..3c26d64 100644
--- a/demo/pom.xml
+++ b/demo/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.onosproject</groupId>
-        <artifactId>onos-apps</artifactId>
+        <artifactId>onos-app-samples</artifactId>
         <version>1.2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
diff --git a/election/pom.xml b/election/pom.xml
index b58d74b..ddc98a8 100644
--- a/election/pom.xml
+++ b/election/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.onosproject</groupId>
-        <artifactId>onos-apps</artifactId>
+        <artifactId>onos-app-samples</artifactId>
         <version>1.2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
diff --git a/ifwd/pom.xml b/ifwd/pom.xml
index 9fa0f79..38ae060 100644
--- a/ifwd/pom.xml
+++ b/ifwd/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.onosproject</groupId>
-        <artifactId>onos-apps</artifactId>
+        <artifactId>onos-app-samples</artifactId>
         <version>1.2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
diff --git a/intent-perf/pom.xml b/intent-perf/pom.xml
index b6cf99e..6585a4b 100644
--- a/intent-perf/pom.xml
+++ b/intent-perf/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.onosproject</groupId>
-        <artifactId>onos-apps</artifactId>
+        <artifactId>onos-app-samples</artifactId>
         <version>1.2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..570d5a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2014 Open Networking Laboratory
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+<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>
+
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>org.onosproject</groupId>
+        <artifactId>onos</artifactId>
+        <version>1.1.0</version>
+    </parent>
+
+    <artifactId>onos-app-samples</artifactId>
+    <version>1.2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+    <description>ONOS sample applications</description>
+
+    <modules>
+        <module>tvue</module>
+        <module>ifwd</module>
+        <module>calendar</module>
+        <module>demo</module>
+        <module>election</module>
+        <module>intent-perf</module>
+        <module>database-perf</module>
+    </modules>
+
+    <properties>
+        <web.context>default</web.context>
+    </properties>
+
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.onosproject</groupId>
+            <artifactId>onos-api</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.onosproject</groupId>
+            <artifactId>onlab-osgi</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.felix</groupId>
+            <artifactId>org.apache.felix.scr.annotations</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+
+    <build>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.felix</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-bundle-plugin</artifactId>
+            </plugin>
+
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.felix</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-scr-plugin</artifactId>
+            </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.onosproject</groupId>
+                <artifactId>onos-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                <!-- FIXME the version line can be dropped when parent pom > 1.1.0 -->
+                <version>1.1.0</version>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/tvue/pom.xml b/tvue/pom.xml
index e70deb2..d41c5bf 100644
--- a/tvue/pom.xml
+++ b/tvue/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.onosproject</groupId>
-        <artifactId>onos-apps</artifactId>
+        <artifactId>onos-app-samples</artifactId>
         <version>1.2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>