diff --git a/models/common/pom.xml b/models/common/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4f32da34
--- /dev/null
+++ b/models/common/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,159 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2017-present Open Networking Foundation
+  ~
+  ~ 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/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>org.onosproject</groupId>
+        <artifactId>onos-models</artifactId>
+        <version>1.12.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
+    </parent>
+
+    <artifactId>onos-models-common</artifactId>
+    <packaging>bundle</packaging>
+
+    <properties>
+        <onos.app.name>org.onosproject.models.common</onos.app.name>
+    </properties>
+
+    <dependencies>
+
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.onosproject</groupId>
+            <artifactId>onos-yang-model</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.onosproject</groupId>
+            <artifactId>onos-apps-yang</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+
+    </dependencies>
+
+    <build>
+        <plugins>
+
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.felix</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-bundle-plugin</artifactId>
+                <extensions>true</extensions>
+                <configuration>
+                    <instructions combine.children="append">
+                        <Include-Resource>yang/resources/YangMetaData.ser=target/classes/yang/resources/YangMetaData.ser</Include-Resource>
+                    </instructions>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.onosproject</groupId>
+                <artifactId>onos-yang-compiler-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+            </plugin>
+
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.onosproject</groupId>
+                <artifactId>onos-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+            </plugin>
+
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+                <artifactId>build-helper-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>3.0.0</version>
+                <executions>
+                  <execution>
+                    <id>add-source</id>
+                    <phase>generate-sources</phase>
+                    <goals>
+                      <goal>add-source</goal>
+                    </goals>
+                    <configuration>
+                      <sources>
+                        <source>${project.build.directory}/generated-sources</source>
+                      </sources>
+                    </configuration>
+                  </execution>
+                </executions>
+            </plugin>
+
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-clean-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>3.0.0</version>
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <id>onos-yang-plugin-workaround</id>
+                        <!-- yang plugin cannot handle non-clean compilation -->
+                        <phase>initialize</phase>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>clean</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <excludeDefaultDirectories>true</excludeDefaultDirectories>
+                            <filesets>
+                                <fileset>
+                                    <directory>target/generated-sources</directory>
+                                </fileset>
+                            </filesets>
+                        </configuration>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+            </plugin>
+
+
+        </plugins>
+
+        <pluginManagement>
+            <plugins>
+                <!--This plugin's configuration is used to store Eclipse m2e settings only. It has no influence on the Maven build itself.-->
+                <plugin>
+                    <groupId>org.eclipse.m2e</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>lifecycle-mapping</artifactId>
+                    <version>1.0.0</version>
+                    <configuration>
+                        <lifecycleMappingMetadata>
+                            <pluginExecutions>
+                                <pluginExecution>
+                                    <pluginExecutionFilter>
+                                        <groupId>
+                                            org.apache.maven.plugins
+                                        </groupId>
+                                        <artifactId>
+                                            maven-clean-plugin
+                                        </artifactId>
+                                        <versionRange>
+                                            [3.0.0,)
+                                        </versionRange>
+                                        <goals>
+                                            <goal>clean</goal>
+                                        </goals>
+                                    </pluginExecutionFilter>
+                                    <action>
+                                        <ignore></ignore>
+                                    </action>
+                                </pluginExecution>
+                            </pluginExecutions>
+                        </lifecycleMappingMetadata>
+                    </configuration>
+                </plugin>
+            </plugins>
+        </pluginManagement>
+    </build>
+
+</project>
diff --git a/models/l3vpn/pom.xml b/models/l3vpn/pom.xml
index 4ca47b1..1dd80bd 100644
--- a/models/l3vpn/pom.xml
+++ b/models/l3vpn/pom.xml
@@ -42,6 +42,12 @@
 
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.onosproject</groupId>
+            <artifactId>onos-models-common</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.onosproject</groupId>
             <artifactId>onos-apps-yang</artifactId>
             <version>${project.version}</version>
         </dependency>
diff --git a/models/pom.xml b/models/pom.xml
index e945fd6..1c321b1 100644
--- a/models/pom.xml
+++ b/models/pom.xml
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
     <description>ONOS YANG models</description>
 
     <modules>
+        <module>common</module>
         <module>microsemi</module>
         <module>openroadm</module>
         <module>l3vpn</module>