diff --git a/protocols/lisp/api/BUCK b/protocols/lisp/api/BUCK
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+COMPILE_DEPS = [
+    '//lib:CORE_DEPS',
+]
+
+osgi_jar_with_tests (
+    deps = COMPILE_DEPS,
+)
diff --git a/protocols/lisp/api/pom.xml b/protocols/lisp/api/pom.xml
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+++ b/protocols/lisp/api/pom.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2016-present 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
+        xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd"
+        xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+        xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>org.onosproject</groupId>
+        <artifactId>onos-lisp</artifactId>
+        <version>1.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </parent>
+
+    <artifactId>onos-lisp-api</artifactId>
+    <packaging>bundle</packaging>
+
+    <description>ONOS LISP plugin API</description>
+
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>commons-pool</groupId>
+            <artifactId>commons-pool</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
+            <artifactId>netty-transport</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
+            <artifactId>netty-transport-native-epoll</artifactId>
+            <version>${netty4.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+
+</project>
diff --git a/protocols/lisp/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/lisp/package-info.java b/protocols/lisp/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/lisp/package-info.java
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+++ b/protocols/lisp/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/lisp/package-info.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2016-present 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.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * LISP controller API.
+ */
+package org.onosproject.lisp;