diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index 354d826eab..604c60e0de 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -87,6 +87,16 @@
                     </execution>
                 </executions>
             </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
+                <configuration>
+                    <archive>
+                        <manifest>
+                            <mainClass>org.hibernate.Version</mainClass>
+                        </manifest>
+                    </archive>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
 
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/Version.java b/core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/Version.java
index eaf1d13e95..83e96ea612 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/Version.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/Version.java
@@ -32,4 +32,8 @@ public class Version {
 	public static String getVersionString() {
 		return "3.5.0-SNAPSHOT";
 	}
+
+	public static void main(String[] args) {
+		System.out.println( "Hibernate version " + getVersionString() );
+	}
 }
diff --git a/parent/pom.xml b/parent/pom.xml
index 4bb75aa833..f4a02c3e74 100644
--- a/parent/pom.xml
+++ b/parent/pom.xml
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@
                             <addDefaultImplementationEntries>true</addDefaultImplementationEntries>
                         </manifest>
                         <manifestEntries>
-                            <Implementation-URL>${pom.url}</Implementation-URL>
+                            <Implementation-URL>http://hibernate.org</Implementation-URL>
                         </manifestEntries>
                     </archive>
                 </configuration>