diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2f7896d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+target/
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2463983..7231762 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -8,5 +8,31 @@
     <artifactId>umich_solr_library_filters</artifactId>
     <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
+    <properties>
+        <solr.version>5.3.0</solr.version>
+    </properties>
+
+
+    <dependencies>
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>org.apache.solr</groupId>
+                <artifactId>solr-core</artifactId>
+                <version>${solr.version}</version>
+                <scope>compile</scope>
+            </dependency>
+
+            <dependency>
+                    <groupId>junit</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+                    <version>4.12</version>
+                    <scope>test</scope>
+            </dependency>
+        </dependencies>
+
+        <build>
+            <finalName>lucene-umich-solr-filters-${solr.version}.${project.version}</finalName>
+               <sourceDirectory>src/java</sourceDirectory>
+        </build>
+
 
 </project>