diff --git a/tools/package/archetypes/ui2/src/main/resources/META-INF/maven/archetype-metadata.xml b/tools/package/archetypes/ui2/src/main/resources/META-INF/maven/archetype-metadata.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2015-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.
+  -->
+<archetype-descriptor
+        xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-archetype-plugin/archetype-descriptor/1.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/archetype-descriptor-1.0.0.xsd"
+        name="onos-ui2" partial="true"
+        xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-archetype-plugin/archetype-descriptor/1.0.0"
+        xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
+    <fileSets>
+        <fileSet filtered="true" packaged="true" encoding="UTF-8">
+            <directory>app/src/main/java</directory>
+            <includes>
+                <include>**/*.java</include>
+            </includes>
+        </fileSet>
+        <fileSet filtered="true" packaged="false" encoding="UTF-8">
+            <directory>app</directory>
+            <includes>
+                <include>pom.xml</include>
+                <include>BUILD.rename</include>
+            </includes>
+        </fileSet>
+        <fileSet filtered="true" packaged="false" encoding="UTF-8">
+            <directory>web</directory>
+            <includes>
+                <include>**/*.html</include>
+                <include>**/*.ts</include>
+                <include>**/*.css</include>
+                <include>**/*.json</include>
+                <include>__artifactId__-gui/*.md</include>
+                <include>__artifactId__-gui/pom.xml</include>
+                <include>__artifactId__-gui/BUILD.rename</include>
+<!--                Needs to be renamed-->
+                <include>__artifactId__-gui/gitignore</include>
+            </includes>
+        </fileSet>
+    </fileSets>
+</archetype-descriptor>