diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index e1006c35f..0e5df14cc 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -200,14 +200,7 @@
             <optional>true</optional>
         </dependency>
 
-        <!-- Tiles -->
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.apache.struts.tiles</groupId>
-            <artifactId>tiles-core</artifactId>
-            <version>2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-            <optional>true</optional>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
+       <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-digester</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-digester</artifactId>
             <version>1.7</version>
diff --git a/plugins/tiles/pom.xml b/plugins/tiles/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..753d35866
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/tiles/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<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>2.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </parent>
+    <groupId>org.apache.struts</groupId>
+    <artifactId>struts2-tiles-plugin</artifactId>
+    <packaging>jar</packaging>
+    <name>Struts 2 Tiles Plugin</name>
+    
+    <distributionManagement>
+        <site>
+            <id>apache-site</id>
+            <url>scp://people.apache.org/www/struts.apache.org/2.x/plugins/tiles</url>
+        </site>
+    </distributionManagement>
+    
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.struts.tiles</groupId>
+            <artifactId>tiles-core</artifactId>
+            <version>2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jsp-api</artifactId>
+            <version>2.0</version>
+            <scope>provided</scope>
+        </dependency>
+
+    </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/tiles/StrutsTilesListener.java b/plugins/tiles/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/tiles/StrutsTilesListener.java
similarity index 100%
rename from core/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/tiles/StrutsTilesListener.java
rename to plugins/tiles/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/tiles/StrutsTilesListener.java
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/tiles/StrutsTilesUtilImpl.java b/plugins/tiles/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/tiles/StrutsTilesUtilImpl.java
similarity index 100%
rename from core/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/tiles/StrutsTilesUtilImpl.java
rename to plugins/tiles/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/tiles/StrutsTilesUtilImpl.java
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/views/tiles/TilesResult.java b/plugins/tiles/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/views/tiles/TilesResult.java
similarity index 100%
rename from core/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/views/tiles/TilesResult.java
rename to plugins/tiles/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/views/tiles/TilesResult.java