diff --git a/dspace-sword-client/dspace-sword-client-xmlui-api/pom.xml b/dspace-sword-client/dspace-sword-client-xmlui-api/pom.xml
index 2952522292..ac55a3d3ac 100644
--- a/dspace-sword-client/dspace-sword-client-xmlui-api/pom.xml
+++ b/dspace-sword-client/dspace-sword-client-xmlui-api/pom.xml
@@ -36,13 +36,10 @@
             <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
 
-        <!--
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.dspace</groupId>
             <artifactId>dspace-sword-client-api</artifactId>
-            <version>1.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
         </dependency>
-        -->
 
     </dependencies>
 
diff --git a/dspace-sword-client/dspace-sword-client-xmlui-webapp/pom.xml b/dspace-sword-client/dspace-sword-client-xmlui-webapp/pom.xml
index 1d0e80eac6..777f0f6426 100644
--- a/dspace-sword-client/dspace-sword-client-xmlui-webapp/pom.xml
+++ b/dspace-sword-client/dspace-sword-client-xmlui-webapp/pom.xml
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.dspace</groupId>
             <artifactId>dspace-sword-client-xmlui-api</artifactId>
-            <version>1.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <!-- external -->
diff --git a/dspace/modules/pom.xml b/dspace/modules/pom.xml
index 9e262885e1..f76acdd308 100644
--- a/dspace/modules/pom.xml
+++ b/dspace/modules/pom.xml
@@ -77,6 +77,15 @@
                 <module>sword</module>
             </modules>
         </profile>
+        <profile>
+            <id>dspace-swordv2</id>
+            <activation>
+                <activeByDefault>true</activeByDefault>
+            </activation>
+            <modules>
+                <module>swordv2</module>
+            </modules>
+        </profile>
         <profile>
             <id>dspace-solr</id>
             <activation>
diff --git a/dspace/modules/swordv2/pom.xml b/dspace/modules/swordv2/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..08d7bd3a54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dspace/modules/swordv2/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,137 @@
+<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>org.dspace.modules</groupId>
+   <artifactId>swordv2</artifactId>
+   <packaging>war</packaging>
+   <name>DSpace SWORDv2 :: Web Application</name>
+   <description>
+      DSpace SWORDv2 Deposit Service Provider Web Application
+   </description>
+   <url>http://swordapp.org/</url>
+
+   <!--
+      A Parent POM that Maven inherits DSpace Default
+      POM atrributes from.
+   -->
+   <parent>
+      <groupId>org.dspace</groupId>
+      <artifactId>modules</artifactId>
+      <version>1.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <relativePath>..</relativePath>
+   </parent>
+
+   <!--
+      The Subversion repository location is used by Continuum to update against
+      when changes have occured, this spawns a new build cycle and releases snapshots
+      into the snapshot repository below.
+   -->
+   <scm>
+      <connection>scm:svn:http://scm.dspace.org/svn/repo/dspace/trunk/dspace/modules/swordv2</connection>
+      <developerConnection>scm:svn:https://scm.dspace.org/svn/repo/dspace/trunk/dspace/modules/swordv2</developerConnection>
+      <url>http://scm.dspace.org/svn/repo/dspace/trunk/dspace/modules/swordv2</url>
+   </scm>
+
+   <build>
+      <plugins>
+
+         <plugin>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
+            <configuration>
+               <archiveClasses>false</archiveClasses>
+               <webResources>
+                  <resource>
+                     <filtering>true</filtering>
+                     <directory>${basedir}/src/main/webapp</directory>
+                     <includes>
+                        <include>WEB-INF/web.xml</include>
+                     </includes>
+                  </resource>
+               </webResources>
+            </configuration>
+            <executions>
+               <execution>
+                  <phase>prepare-package</phase>
+               </execution>
+            </executions>
+         </plugin>
+
+      </plugins>
+   </build>
+
+   <profiles>
+      <!--
+         when activated a dspace.config configuration
+         file location passed on the commandline
+         (-Ddspace.config=...) can be passed through
+         to be used as a filter source by projects for
+         tasks such as updating the ${dspace.dir} in
+         web.xml etc.
+      -->
+      <profile>
+         <id>dspace-config</id>
+         <activation>
+            <property>
+               <name>dspace.config</name>
+            </property>
+         </activation>
+         <build>
+            <filters>
+               <filter>${dspace.config}</filter>
+            </filters>
+         </build>
+      </profile>
+      <profile>
+         <id>oracle-support</id>
+         <activation>
+            <property>
+               <name>db.name</name>
+               <value>oracle</value>
+            </property>
+         </activation>
+         <dependencies>
+            <dependency>
+               <groupId>com.oracle</groupId>
+               <artifactId>ojdbc6</artifactId>
+            </dependency>
+         </dependencies>
+      </profile>
+      <profile>
+         <id>postgres-support</id>
+         <activation>
+            <property>
+               <name>!db.name</name>
+            </property>
+         </activation>
+         <dependencies>
+            <dependency>
+               <groupId>postgresql</groupId>
+               <artifactId>postgresql</artifactId>
+            </dependency>
+         </dependencies>
+      </profile>
+   </profiles>
+
+   <dependencies>
+      <dependency>
+         <groupId>org.dspace</groupId>
+         <artifactId>dspace-swordv2-webapp</artifactId>
+         <type>war</type>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+         <groupId>org.dspace</groupId>
+         <artifactId>dspace-swordv2-api</artifactId>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+         <groupId>org.dspace</groupId>
+         <artifactId>dspace-discovery-provider</artifactId>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+         <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
+         <artifactId>servlet-api</artifactId>
+         <version>2.3</version>
+         <scope>provided</scope>
+      </dependency>
+   </dependencies>
+
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0addbbb463..a3cde11a9b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -160,6 +160,19 @@
             </modules>
         </profile>
 
+        <!--
+           Builds SWORDv2 WAR for DSpace
+        -->
+        <profile>
+            <id>dspace-swordv2</id>
+            <activation>
+                <activeByDefault>true</activeByDefault>
+            </activation>
+            <modules>
+                <module>dspace-swordv2</module>
+            </modules>
+        </profile>
+
         <!--
            Builds DSpace Sword Client from local source if present
         -->
@@ -218,6 +231,7 @@
             <module>dspace-lni</module>
             <module>dspace-oai</module>
             <module>dspace-sword</module>
+            <module>dspace-swordv2</module>
             <module>dspace-sword-client</module>
          </modules>
       </profile>
@@ -305,6 +319,36 @@
               <version>1.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
               <type>war</type>
           </dependency>
+
+          <dependency>
+              <groupId>org.dspace</groupId>
+              <artifactId>dspace-swordv2-api</artifactId>
+              <version>1.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+          </dependency>
+          <dependency>
+              <groupId>org.dspace</groupId>
+              <artifactId>dspace-swordv2-webapp</artifactId>
+              <version>1.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+              <type>war</type>
+          </dependency>
+
+           <dependency>
+              <groupId>org.dspace</groupId>
+              <artifactId>dspace-sword-client-api</artifactId>
+              <version>1.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+          </dependency>
+          <dependency>
+              <groupId>org.dspace</groupId>
+              <artifactId>dspace-sword-client-xmlui-api</artifactId>
+              <version>1.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+          </dependency>
+          <dependency>
+              <groupId>org.dspace</groupId>
+              <artifactId>dspace-sword-client-xmlui-webapp</artifactId>
+              <version>1.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+              <type>war</type>
+          </dependency>
+
          <dependency>
             <groupId>org.dspace</groupId>
             <artifactId>dspace-jspui-api</artifactId>