diff --git a/tools/package/maven-plugin/pom.xml b/tools/package/maven-plugin/pom.xml
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+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2015 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>
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>org.onosproject</groupId>
+        <artifactId>onos-base</artifactId>
+        <version>1</version>
+        <relativePath>../../build/pom.xml</relativePath>
+    </parent>
+
+    <artifactId>onos-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+    <version>1.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <packaging>maven-plugin</packaging>
+
+    <description>Maven plugin for packaging ONOS applications or generating component configuration resources</description>
+
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-plugin-api</artifactId>
+            <version>2.0</version>
+        </dependency>
+
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.thoughtworks.qdox</groupId>
+            <artifactId>qdox</artifactId>
+            <version>2.0-M3</version>
+        </dependency>
+
+        <!-- dependencies to annotations -->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugin-tools</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-plugin-annotations</artifactId>
+            <version>3.4</version>
+            <scope>provided</scope>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+
+    <build>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>2.5.1</version>
+                <configuration>
+                    <source>1.8</source>
+                    <target>1.8</target>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-plugin-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>3.4</version>
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <id>default-descriptor</id>
+                        <phase>process-classes</phase>
+                    </execution>
+                    <!-- if you want to generate help goal -->
+                    <execution>
+                        <id>help-goal</id>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>helpmojo</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
+</project>
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diff --git a/tools/package/maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/onosproject/maven/OnosAppMojo.java b/tools/package/maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/onosproject/maven/OnosAppMojo.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2015 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.
+ */
+package org.onosproject.maven;
+
+import org.apache.maven.plugin.AbstractMojo;
+import org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoExecutionException;
+import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.LifecyclePhase;
+import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.Mojo;
+import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.Parameter;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+/**
+ * Produces ONOS application archive.
+ */
+@Mojo(name = "app", defaultPhase = LifecyclePhase.PACKAGE)
+public class OnosAppMojo extends AbstractMojo {
+
+    @Parameter
+    private String name;
+
+    @Parameter
+    private String version;
+
+    @Parameter
+    private String origin;
+
+    @Parameter
+    private String description;
+
+    @Parameter
+    private String featuresRepo;
+
+    @Parameter
+    private String features;
+
+    @Parameter
+    private String permissions;
+
+    @Parameter
+    private List<String> artifacts;
+
+
+    public void execute() throws MojoExecutionException {
+        getLog().info("Building ONOS application archive " + name + " version " + version);
+
+    }
+}
+
+
diff --git a/tools/package/maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/onosproject/maven/OnosCfgMojo.java b/tools/package/maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/onosproject/maven/OnosCfgMojo.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2015 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.
+ */
+package org.onosproject.maven;
+
+import com.thoughtworks.qdox.JavaProjectBuilder;
+import com.thoughtworks.qdox.model.JavaAnnotation;
+import com.thoughtworks.qdox.model.JavaClass;
+import com.thoughtworks.qdox.model.JavaField;
+import org.apache.maven.plugin.AbstractMojo;
+import org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoExecutionException;
+import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.LifecyclePhase;
+import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.Mojo;
+import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.Parameter;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileWriter;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.PrintWriter;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+
+/**
+ * Produces ONOS component configuration catalogue resources.
+ */
+@Mojo(name = "cfg", defaultPhase = LifecyclePhase.GENERATE_RESOURCES)
+public class OnosCfgMojo extends AbstractMojo {
+
+    private static final String COMPONENT = "org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.Component";
+    private static final String PROPERTY = "org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.Property";
+    private static final String SEP = "|";
+
+    /**
+     * The directory where the generated catalogue file will be put.
+     */
+    @Parameter( defaultValue = "${basedir}" )
+    protected File srcDirectory;
+
+    /**
+     * The directory where the generated catalogue file will be put.
+     */
+    @Parameter( defaultValue = "${project.build.outputDirectory}" )
+    protected File dstDirectory;
+
+    @Override
+    public void execute() throws MojoExecutionException {
+        getLog().info("Generating ONOS component configuration catalogues...");
+        try {
+            JavaProjectBuilder builder = new JavaProjectBuilder();
+            builder.addSourceTree(new File(srcDirectory, "src/main/java"));
+            builder.getClasses().forEach(this::processClass);
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            e.printStackTrace();
+            throw e;
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void processClass(JavaClass javaClass) {
+        boolean isComponent = javaClass.getAnnotations().stream()
+                .map(ja -> ja.getType().getName().equals(COMPONENT))
+                .findFirst().isPresent();
+        if (isComponent) {
+            List<String> lines = new ArrayList<>();
+            javaClass.getFields().forEach(field -> processField(lines, javaClass, field));
+            if (!lines.isEmpty()) {
+                writeCatalog(javaClass, lines);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void writeCatalog(JavaClass javaClass, List<String> lines) {
+        File dir = new File(dstDirectory, javaClass.getPackageName().replace('.', '/'));
+        dir.mkdirs();
+
+        File cfgDef = new File(dir, javaClass.getName().replace('.', '/') + ".cfgdef");
+        try (FileWriter fw = new FileWriter(cfgDef);
+             PrintWriter pw = new PrintWriter(fw)) {
+            pw.println("# This file is auto-generated by onos-maven-plugin");
+            lines.forEach(pw::println);
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            System.err.println("Unable to write catalog for " + javaClass.getName());
+            e.printStackTrace();
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void processField(List<String> lines, JavaClass javaClass, JavaField field) {
+        field.getAnnotations().forEach(ja -> {
+            if (ja.getType().getName().equals(PROPERTY)) {
+                lines.add(expand(javaClass, ja.getNamedParameter("name").toString()) +
+                                  SEP + type(field) +
+                                  SEP + defaultValue(javaClass, field, ja) +
+                                  SEP + description(ja));
+            }
+        });
+    }
+
+    // TODO: Stuff below is very much hack-ish and should be redone; it works for now though.
+
+    private String description(JavaAnnotation annotation) {
+        String description = (String) annotation.getNamedParameter("label");
+        return description.replaceAll("\" \\+ \"", "")
+                .replaceFirst("^[^\"]*\"", "").replaceFirst("\"$", "");
+    }
+
+    private String type(JavaField field) {
+        String ft = field.getType().getName().toUpperCase();
+        return ft.equals("INT") ? "INTEGER" : ft;
+    }
+
+    private String defaultValue(JavaClass javaClass, JavaField field,
+                                JavaAnnotation annotation) {
+        String ft = field.getType().getName().toLowerCase();
+        String defValueName = ft.equals("boolean") ? "boolValue" :
+                ft.equals("string") ? "value" : ft + "Value";
+        Object dv = annotation.getNamedParameter(defValueName);
+        return dv == null ? "" : expand(javaClass, dv.toString());
+    }
+
+    private String stripQuotes(String string) {
+        return string.trim().replaceFirst("^[^\"]*\"", "").replaceFirst("\"$", "");
+    }
+
+    private String expand(JavaClass javaClass, String value) {
+        JavaField field = javaClass.getFieldByName(value);
+        return field == null ? stripQuotes(value) :
+                stripQuotes(field.getCodeBlock().replaceFirst(".*=", "").replaceFirst(";$", ""));
+    }
+
+}