diff --git a/akka-patterns/pom.xml b/akka-patterns/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f741d5401c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/akka-patterns/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<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/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+  <artifactId>akka-patterns</artifactId>
+  <name>Akka Patterns Module</name>
+
+  <packaging>jar</packaging>
+
+  <parent>
+    <artifactId>akka</artifactId>
+    <groupId>se.scalablesolutions.akka</groupId>
+    <version>0.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <!-- Core deps -->
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <artifactId>akka-core</artifactId>
+      <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+      <version>${project.version}</version>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c792cf4402..a3f8b0d865 100755
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@
     <module>akka-comet</module>
     <module>akka-amqp</module>
     <module>akka-security</module>
+    <module>akka-patterns</module>
     <module>akka-kernel</module>
     <module>akka-fun-test-java</module>
     <module>akka-samples</module>