diff --git a/plugins/java8-support/pom.xml b/plugins/java8-support/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b69286449
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/java8-support/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+<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>
+
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>org.apache.struts</groupId>
+        <artifactId>struts2-plugins</artifactId>
+        <version>2.3.21-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </parent>
+
+    <artifactId>struts2-java8-support-plugin</artifactId>
+    <packaging>jar</packaging>
+    <name>Struts 2 Java 8 support plugin</name>
+
+    <build>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.felix</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-bundle-plugin</artifactId>
+                <extensions>true</extensions>
+                <configuration>
+                    <instructions>
+                        <Bundle-Activator>org.apache.struts2.osgi.StrutsActivator</Bundle-Activator>
+                        <manifestLocation>META-INF</manifestLocation>
+                    </instructions>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+
+    </build>
+
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.struts.xwork</groupId>
+            <artifactId>xwork-core</artifactId>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>asm</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>asm</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>asm</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>asm-commons</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.ow2.asm</groupId>
+            <artifactId>asm</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.ow2.asm</groupId>
+            <artifactId>asm-commons</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+
+    <properties>
+        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+    </properties>
+</project>
diff --git a/plugins/pom.xml b/plugins/pom.xml
index 55d4737cc..d12b17c01 100644
--- a/plugins/pom.xml
+++ b/plugins/pom.xml
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
         <module>embeddedjsp</module>
         <module>gxp</module>
         <module>jasperreports</module>
+        <module>java8-support</module>
         <module>javatemplates</module>
         <module>jfreechart</module>
         <module>jsf</module>