diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index 8782a9ee95e..81b6498a8d7 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -44,44 +44,10 @@
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.apache.lucene</groupId>
-            <artifactId>lucene-core</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.apache.lucene</groupId>
-            <artifactId>lucene-backward-codecs</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.apache.lucene</groupId>
-            <artifactId>lucene-analyzers-common</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.apache.lucene</groupId>
-            <artifactId>lucene-queries</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.apache.lucene</groupId>
-            <artifactId>lucene-memory</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.apache.lucene</groupId>
-            <artifactId>lucene-highlighter</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.apache.lucene</groupId>
-            <artifactId>lucene-queryparser</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.apache.lucene</groupId>
-            <artifactId>lucene-suggest</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.apache.lucene</groupId>
-            <artifactId>lucene-join</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.apache.lucene</groupId>
-            <artifactId>lucene-spatial</artifactId>
+            <groupId>org.elasticsearch</groupId>
+            <artifactId>elasticsearch-lucene</artifactId>
+            <version>${elasticsearch.version}</version>
+            <type>pom</type>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.lucene</groupId>
diff --git a/distribution/shaded/pom.xml b/distribution/shaded/pom.xml
index 7024504a7ec..2302d1db2a6 100644
--- a/distribution/shaded/pom.xml
+++ b/distribution/shaded/pom.xml
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@
                     <dependencyReducedPomLocation>${project.build.directory}/dependency-reduced-pom.xml</dependencyReducedPomLocation>
                     <artifactSet>
                         <excludes>
+                            <exclude>org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch-lucene</exclude>
                             <exclude>org.apache.lucene:*</exclude>
                             <exclude>com.spatial4j:*</exclude>
                         </excludes>
diff --git a/lucene/pom.xml b/lucene/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e423d9e9a70
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lucene/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+<?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>elasticsearch-parent</artifactId>
+        <groupId>org.elasticsearch</groupId>
+        <version>2.0.0-beta1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </parent>
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+    <artifactId>elasticsearch-lucene</artifactId>
+    <name>Lucene dependencies for elasticsearch</name>
+    <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+    <properties>
+        <skip.integ.tests>true</skip.integ.tests>
+    </properties>
+
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.lucene</groupId>
+            <artifactId>lucene-core</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.lucene</groupId>
+            <artifactId>lucene-backward-codecs</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.lucene</groupId>
+            <artifactId>lucene-analyzers-common</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.lucene</groupId>
+            <artifactId>lucene-queries</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.lucene</groupId>
+            <artifactId>lucene-memory</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.lucene</groupId>
+            <artifactId>lucene-highlighter</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.lucene</groupId>
+            <artifactId>lucene-queryparser</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.lucene</groupId>
+            <artifactId>lucene-suggest</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.lucene</groupId>
+            <artifactId>lucene-join</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.lucene</groupId>
+            <artifactId>lucene-spatial</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a66f5ba5b43..8fc826bc7e5 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1487,6 +1487,7 @@ org.eclipse.jdt.ui.text.custom_code_templates=<?xml version\="1.0" encoding\="UT
     <modules>
         <module>dev-tools</module>
         <module>rest-api-spec</module>
+        <module>lucene</module>
         <module>core</module>
         <module>distribution</module>
         <module>plugins</module>
diff --git a/qa/smoke-test-shaded/pom.xml b/qa/smoke-test-shaded/pom.xml
index 0b968e13d55..d0bb0ede85f 100644
--- a/qa/smoke-test-shaded/pom.xml
+++ b/qa/smoke-test-shaded/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,19 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.elasticsearch.distribution.shaded</groupId>
             <artifactId>elasticsearch</artifactId>
-            <version>2.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+            <version>${elasticsearch.version}</version>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>org.elasticsearch</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>elasticsearch</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.elasticsearch</groupId>
+            <artifactId>elasticsearch-lucene</artifactId>
+            <version>${elasticsearch.version}</version>
+            <type>pom</type>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>