diff --git a/tools/build/onos-prepare-release b/tools/build/onos-prepare-release
index b174738..7d8f0db 100755
--- a/tools/build/onos-prepare-release
+++ b/tools/build/onos-prepare-release
@@ -32,3 +32,4 @@
 . $ONOS_ROOT/tools/build/envDefaults
 exec bash -i
 
+# TODO on exit, print "leaving directory"
diff --git a/tools/build/release-test/pom.xml b/tools/build/release-test/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3151745
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/build/release-test/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>
+
+    <prerequisites>
+        <maven>3.0.1</maven>
+    </prerequisites>
+
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>org.onosproject</groupId>
+        <artifactId>onos-base</artifactId>
+        <version>1</version>
+        <relativePath>tools/build/pom.xml</relativePath>
+    </parent>
+
+    <groupId>org.onosproject</groupId>
+    <artifactId>onos-release-test</artifactId>
+    <packaging>pom</packaging>
+    <version>1.0</version>
+
+    <name>${project.artifactId}</name>
+    <description>ONOS release validation pom</description>
+</project>
+