diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index bd62cc17..686e0216 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -176,7 +176,18 @@
 		<zip destfile="luaj-${version}.zip" 
 			basedir="build" includes="luaj-${version}/**"/>
 	</target>
-	
+
+	<target name="mvn_install" depends="jar-jse">
+		<exec executable="mvn">
+			<arg value="install:install-file"/>
+			<arg value="-Dfile=${jar.name.jse}"/>
+			<arg value="-DgroupId=org.luaj"/>
+			<arg value="-DartifactId=luaj-jse"/>
+			<arg value="-Dversion=${version}"/>
+			<arg value="-Dpackaging=jar"/>
+		</exec>
+	</target>
+
 	<target name="all" depends="clean,jar-jme,jar-jse,jar-jse-sources"/>
 		
 </project>
diff --git a/examples/maven/pom.xml b/examples/maven/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3c395040
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/maven/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+<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>acme</groupId>
+  <artifactId>maven-example</artifactId>
+  <packaging>jar</packaging>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <name>maven-example</name>
+  <url>http://maven.apache.org</url>
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.luaj</groupId>
+      <artifactId>luaj-jse</artifactId>
+      <version>3.0-alpha3</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>junit</groupId>
+      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+      <version>3.8.1</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/examples/maven/src/main/java/acme/App.java b/examples/maven/src/main/java/acme/App.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a0b0deb5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/maven/src/main/java/acme/App.java
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+package acme;
+
+import org.luaj.vm2.Globals;
+import org.luaj.vm2.LuaValue;
+import org.luaj.vm2.lib.jse.JsePlatform;
+
+/**
+ * Sample source file for a maven project that depends on luaj.
+ */
+public class App 
+{
+    public static void main( String[] args )
+    {
+		String script = "print 'hello, from luaj!'";
+		
+		// create an environment to run in
+		Globals globals = JsePlatform.standardGlobals();
+		
+		// Use the convenience function on the globals to load a chunk.
+		LuaValue chunk = globals.loadString(script, "maven-exmaple");
+		
+		// Use any of the "call()" or "invoke()" functions directly on the chunk.
+		chunk.call();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/examples/maven/src/test/java/acme/AppTest.java b/examples/maven/src/test/java/acme/AppTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b5546043
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/maven/src/test/java/acme/AppTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+package acme;
+
+import junit.framework.Test;
+import junit.framework.TestCase;
+import junit.framework.TestSuite;
+
+/**
+ * Skeleton unit test for App, required for maven to be used to build the app.
+ */
+public class AppTest 
+    extends TestCase
+{
+    public AppTest( String testName ) {
+        super( testName );
+    }
+
+    public static Test suite() {
+        return new TestSuite( AppTest.class );
+    }
+
+    public void testAppCanBeExecuted() {
+        App.main(new String[0]);
+    }
+}