diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
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index 0000000..1199a53
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,126 @@
+<!--
+Copyright (C) 2016 The Android Open Source Project
+
+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 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>
+
+  <groupId>com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins</groupId>
+  <artifactId>verify-status</artifactId>
+  <packaging>jar</packaging>
+  <version>2.14-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <name>Gerrit Verify Status Plugin</name>
+
+  <properties>
+    <Gerrit-ApiType>plugin</Gerrit-ApiType>
+    <Gerrit-ApiVersion>${project.version}</Gerrit-ApiVersion>
+  </properties>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>2.4</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <includes>
+            <include>**/*.*</include>
+          </includes>
+          <archive>
+            <manifestEntries>
+              <Gerrit-PluginName>verify-status</Gerrit-PluginName>
+              <Gerrit-Module>com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.verifystatus.GlobalModule</Gerrit-Module>
+              <Gerrit-HttpModule>com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.verifystatus.HttpModule</Gerrit-HttpModule>
+              <Gerrit-SshModule>com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.verifystatus.SshModule</Gerrit-SshModule>
+              <Gerrit-InitStep>com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.verifystatus.init.InitPlugin</Gerrit-InitStep>
+              <Implementation-Vendor>Gerrit Code Review</Implementation-Vendor>
+              <Implementation-URL>https://gerrit-review.googlesource.com/#/admin/projects/plugins/verify-status</Implementation-URL>
+
+              <Implementation-Title>${project.artifactId} ${Gerrit-ApiType}</Implementation-Title>
+              <Implementation-Version>${project.version}</Implementation-Version>
+
+              <Gerrit-ApiType>${Gerrit-ApiType}</Gerrit-ApiType>
+              <Gerrit-ApiVersion>${Gerrit-ApiVersion}</Gerrit-ApiVersion>
+            </manifestEntries>
+          </archive>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>2.3.2</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <source>1.7</source>
+          <target>1.7</target>
+          <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+        <artifactId>gwt-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>2.7.0</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <module>com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.verifystatus.VerifyStatusForm</module>
+          <disableClassMetadata>true</disableClassMetadata>
+          <disableCastChecking>true</disableCastChecking>
+          <webappDirectory>${project.build.directory}/classes/static</webappDirectory>
+        </configuration>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>compile</goal>
+            </goals>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.google.gerrit</groupId>
+      <artifactId>gerrit-${Gerrit-ApiType}-api</artifactId>
+      <version>${Gerrit-ApiVersion}</version>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.google.gerrit</groupId>
+      <artifactId>gerrit-plugin-gwtui</artifactId>
+      <version>${Gerrit-ApiVersion}</version>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.google.gwt</groupId>
+      <artifactId>gwt-user</artifactId>
+      <version>2.7.0</version>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+
+  <repositories>
+    <repository>
+      <id>maven.org</id>
+      <url>http://repo1.maven.org/maven2</url>
+    </repository>
+    <repository>
+      <id>snapshot-repository</id>
+      <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots/</url>
+    </repository>
+  </repositories>
+</project>
diff --git a/src/main/resources/Documentation/build.md b/src/main/resources/Documentation/build.md
index 7665d5d..59264f2 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/Documentation/build.md
+++ b/src/main/resources/Documentation/build.md
@@ -71,12 +71,17 @@
 Maven
 -----
 
-Note that the Maven build is provided for compatibility reasons, but
-it is considered to be deprecated and will be removed in a future
-version of this plugin.
+Note that for compatibility reasons a Maven build is provided, but is considered
+to be deprecated and will be removed in a future version of this plugin.
 
-To build with Maven, run
+To build with Maven, change directory to the plugin folder and issue the
+command:
 
 ```
-mvn clean package
+  mvn clean package
 ```
+
+When building with Maven, the Gerrit Plugin API must be available.
+
+How to build the Gerrit Plugin API is described in the [Gerrit
+documentation](../../../Documentation/dev-buck.html#_extension_and_plugin_api_jar_files).