diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 33cbfe4df7..aa3be40150 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -30,3 +30,6 @@ node_modules
 # Idea stuff
 .idea
 *.iml
+
+# Java 
+target
diff --git a/unleash-client-java/pom.xml b/unleash-client-java/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..becac166be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/unleash-client-java/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<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/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>org.sonatype.oss</groupId>
+        <artifactId>oss-parent</artifactId>
+        <version>7</version>
+    </parent>
+
+    <groupId>no.finn.unleash</groupId>
+    <artifactId>unleash-client-java</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+
+    <properties>
+        <version.log4j2>2.0-rc1</version.log4j2>
+    </properties>
+
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
+            <version>${version.log4j2}</version>
+        </dependency>
+
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
+            <artifactId>httpclient</artifactId>
+            <version>4.3.1</version>
+        </dependency>
+
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>junit</groupId>
+            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+            <version>4.11</version>
+        </dependency>
+
+    </dependencies>
+
+    <build>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>3.1</version>
+                <configuration>
+                    <source>1.7</source>
+                    <target>1.7</target>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/unleash-client-java/src/main/no/finn/unleash/Unleash.java b/unleash-client-java/src/main/no/finn/unleash/Unleash.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..34185b5c81
--- /dev/null
+++ b/unleash-client-java/src/main/no/finn/unleash/Unleash.java
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+package no.finn.unleash;
+
+public final class Unleash {
+}
diff --git a/unleash-client-java/src/test/no/finn/unleash/UnleashTest.java b/unleash-client-java/src/test/no/finn/unleash/UnleashTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7cfc113a87
--- /dev/null
+++ b/unleash-client-java/src/test/no/finn/unleash/UnleashTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+package no.finn.unleash;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+
+public class UnleashTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void helloWorld() {
+        assertTrue(true);
+    }
+}