diff --git a/gcloud-java-contrib/README.md b/gcloud-java-contrib/README.md
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+Google Cloud Java Contributions
+===============================
+
+Packages that provide higher-level abstraction/functionality for common gcloud-java use cases.
+
+[//]: # (commented out because there isn't any code yet, so this won't work)
+[//]: #
+[//]: # (Quickstart)
+[//]: # (----------)
+[//]: # (If you are using Maven, add this to your pom.xml file)
+[//]: # (```xml)
+[//]: # (<dependency>)
+[//]: # (  <groupId>com.google.gcloud</groupId>)
+[//]: # (  <artifactId>gcloud-java-contrib</artifactId>)
+[//]: # (  <version>0.1.2</version>)
+[//]: # (</dependency>)
+[//]: # (```)
+[//]: # (If you are using Gradle, add this to your dependencies)
+[//]: # (```Groovy)
+[//]: # (compile 'com.google.gcloud:gcloud-java-contrib:0.1.2')
+[//]: # (```)
+[//]: # (If you are using SBT, add this to your dependencies)
+[//]: # (```Scala)
+[//]: # (libraryDependencies += "com.google.gcloud" % "gcloud-java-contrib" % "0.1.2")
+[//]: # (```)
+
+
+Java Versions
+-------------
+
+Java 7 or above is required for using this client.
+
+Versioning
+----------
+
+This library follows [Semantic Versioning] (http://semver.org/).
+
+It is currently in major version zero (``0.y.z``), which means that anything
+may change at any time and the public API should not be considered
+stable.
+
+Contributing
+------------
+
+Contributions to this library are always welcome and highly encouraged.
+
+See `gcloud-java`'s [CONTRIBUTING] documentation and the `gcloud-*` [shared documentation](https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/gcloud-common/blob/master/contributing/readme.md#how-to-contribute-to-gcloud) for more information on how to get started.
+
+Please note that this project is released with a Contributor Code of Conduct. By participating in this project you agree to abide by its terms. See [Code of Conduct][code-of-conduct] for more information.
+
+License
+-------
+
+Apache 2.0 - See [LICENSE] for more information.
+
+
+[CONTRIBUTING]:https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/gcloud-java/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md
+[code-of-conduct]:https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/gcloud-java/blob/master/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md#contributor-code-of-conduct
+[LICENSE]: https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/gcloud-java/blob/master/LICENSE
+[cloud-platform]: https://cloud.google.com/
+[developers-console]:https://console.developers.google.com/
diff --git a/gcloud-java-contrib/pom.xml b/gcloud-java-contrib/pom.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<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>
+  <groupId>com.google.gcloud</groupId>
+  <artifactId>gcloud-java-contrib</artifactId>
+  <packaging>jar</packaging>
+  <name>GCloud Java contributions</name>
+  <description>
+    Contains packages that provide higher-level abstraction/functionality for common gcloud-java use cases.
+  </description>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>com.google.gcloud</groupId>
+    <artifactId>gcloud-java-pom</artifactId>
+    <version>0.1.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+  <properties>
+    <site.installationModule>gcloud-java-contrib</site.installationModule>
+  </properties>
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+      <artifactId>gcloud-java</artifactId>
+      <version>${project.version}</version>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+        <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <skip>false</skip>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index cd5c19720cd8..936a3ef6eaa1 100644
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+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@
   <modules>
     <module>gcloud-java</module>
     <module>gcloud-java-bigquery</module>
+    <module>gcloud-java-contrib</module>
     <module>gcloud-java-core</module>
     <module>gcloud-java-datastore</module>
     <module>gcloud-java-examples</module>