diff --git a/persistence-modules/apache-derby/pom.xml b/persistence-modules/apache-derby/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7728bd4d8f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/persistence-modules/apache-derby/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+<?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/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+    <parent>
+        <artifactId>persistence-modules</artifactId>
+        <groupId>com.baeldung</groupId>
+        <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </parent>
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+    <artifactId>apache-derby</artifactId>
+
+    <dependencies>
+        <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.apache.derby/derby -->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.derby</groupId>
+            <artifactId>derby</artifactId>
+            <version>10.13.1.1</version>
+        </dependency>
+
+        <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.apache.derby/derbyclient -->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.derby</groupId>
+            <artifactId>derbyclient</artifactId>
+            <version>10.13.1.1</version>
+        </dependency>
+
+    </dependencies>
+
+
+</project>
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diff --git a/persistence-modules/apache-derby/src/main/java/com/baeldung/derby/DerbyApplicationDemo.java b/persistence-modules/apache-derby/src/main/java/com/baeldung/derby/DerbyApplicationDemo.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..927293558f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/persistence-modules/apache-derby/src/main/java/com/baeldung/derby/DerbyApplicationDemo.java
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+package com.baeldung.derby;
+
+import java.sql.*;
+
+/**
+ * Created by arash on 14.10.21.
+ */
+
+public class DerbyApplicationDemo {
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        runner("jdbc:derby:baeldung;create=true");
+    }
+
+    private static void runner(String urlConnection) {
+        try {
+            Connection con = DriverManager.getConnection(urlConnection);
+            Statement statement = con.createStatement();
+            if (!isTableExists("authors", con)) {
+                String createSQL = "CREATE TABLE authors (id INT PRIMARY KEY,first_name VARCHAR(255),last_name VARCHAR(255))";
+                statement.execute(createSQL);
+                String insertSQL = "INSERT INTO authors VALUES (1, 'arash','ariani')";
+                statement.execute(insertSQL);
+            }
+            String selectSQL = "SELECT * FROM authors";
+            ResultSet result = statement.executeQuery(selectSQL);
+            while (result.next()) {
+                // use result here
+            }
+        } catch (SQLException e) {
+            e.printStackTrace();
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static boolean isTableExists(String tableName, Connection connection) throws SQLException {
+        DatabaseMetaData meta = connection.getMetaData();
+        ResultSet result = meta.getTables(null, null, tableName.toUpperCase(), null);
+        return result.next();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/persistence-modules/pom.xml b/persistence-modules/pom.xml
index a8f1d5c103..0373cc78ec 100644
--- a/persistence-modules/pom.xml
+++ b/persistence-modules/pom.xml
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
         <module>activejdbc</module>
         <module>apache-bookkeeper</module><!-- BAEL-2322 -->
         <module>apache-cayenne</module>
+        <module>apache-derby</module>
         <module>core-java-persistence</module>
         <module>core-java-persistence-2</module>
         <module>deltaspike</module>