diff --git a/ksql-execution/pom.xml b/ksql-execution/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8e060f02dcd5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ksql-execution/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2018 Confluent Inc.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Confluent Community License (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.confluent.io/confluent-community-license
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+  ~ WARRANTIES 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/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>io.confluent.ksql</groupId>
+        <artifactId>ksql-parent</artifactId>
+        <version>5.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </parent>
+
+    <artifactId>ksql-execution</artifactId>
+
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>io.confluent.ksql</groupId>
+            <artifactId>ksql-common</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+
+        <!-- Required for running tests -->
+
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>io.confluent.ksql</groupId>
+            <artifactId>ksql-common</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+            <type>test-jar</type>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>io.confluent.ksql</groupId>
+            <artifactId>ksql-test-util</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+
+    </dependencies>
+
+    <build>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+                <configuration>
+                    <compilerArgs>
+                        <arg>-Xlint:all,-serial,-rawtypes</arg>
+                        <arg>-Werror</arg>
+                    </compilerArgs>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 926e6b8b9997..15ffc55a1144 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
         <module>ksql-udf-quickstart</module>
         <module>ksql-serde</module>
         <module>ksql-metastore</module>
+        <module>ksql-execution</module>
         <module>ksql-parser</module>
         <module>ksql-engine</module>
         <module>ksql-tools</module>
@@ -168,6 +169,12 @@
                 <version>${project.version}</version>
             </dependency>
 
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>io.confluent.ksql</groupId>
+                <artifactId>ksql-execution</artifactId>
+                <version>${project.version}</version>
+            </dependency>
+
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>io.confluent.ksql</groupId>
                 <artifactId>ksql-parser</artifactId>