diff --git a/tools/build/conf/pom.xml b/tools/build/conf/pom.xml
index 4865705..4880d4e 100644
--- a/tools/build/conf/pom.xml
+++ b/tools/build/conf/pom.xml
@@ -3,6 +3,14 @@
          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.onlab.onos</groupId>
+        <artifactId>onos</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
+    </parent>
+
+
   <groupId>org.onlab.tools</groupId>
   <artifactId>onos-build-conf</artifactId>
   <version>1.0</version>