diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 227c5f2796d..4d1718a013b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -220,6 +220,7 @@
 		    <module>bundles/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.win32.win32.x86_64</module>
 		
 		    <module>bundles/org.eclipse.osgi.tests</module>
+		    <module>repository</module>
         </modules>
     </profile>
   </profiles>
diff --git a/repository/pom.xml b/repository/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e0b501ae19d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/repository/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd" xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
+	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+	<parent>
+		<groupId>org.eclipse.equinox</groupId>
+		<artifactId>parent</artifactId>
+		<version>4.29.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	</parent>
+	<artifactId>repository</artifactId>
+	<packaging>repository</packaging>
+	<build>
+		<plugins>
+			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.eclipse.tycho</groupId>
+				<artifactId>tycho-repository-plugin</artifactId>
+				<version>${tycho.version}</version>
+				<extensions>true</extensions>
+				<executions>
+					<!-- Additionally we create another repository using the 'local' layout and place it in a deploy folder -->
+					<execution>
+						<id>local</id>
+						<phase>package</phase>
+						<goals>
+							<goal>package-repository</goal>
+						</goals>
+						<configuration>
+							<repositoryLayout>local</repositoryLayout>
+							<settings>
+								<repositoryFolderName>deploy</repositoryFolderName>
+							</settings>
+						</configuration>
+					</execution>
+				</executions>
+			</plugin>
+		</plugins>
+	</build>
+</project>