diff --git a/kotlin/pom.xml b/kotlin/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b93d867f0a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kotlin/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+<?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">
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+    <groupId>com.baeldung</groupId>
+    <artifactId>kotlin</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.jetbrains.kotlin</groupId>
+            <artifactId>kotlin-stdlib</artifactId>
+            <version>1.0.4</version>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+
+    <build>
+        <sourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/main/kotlin</sourceDirectory>
+        <testSourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/test/kotlin</testSourceDirectory>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <artifactId>kotlin-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                <groupId>org.jetbrains.kotlin</groupId>
+                <version>1.0.4</version>
+
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <id>compile</id>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>compile</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                    </execution>
+
+                    <execution>
+                        <id>test-compile</id>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>test-compile</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
+
+</project>
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diff --git a/kotlin/src/main/kotlin/com/baeldung/Example1.kt b/kotlin/src/main/kotlin/com/baeldung/Example1.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9637ec9145
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kotlin/src/main/kotlin/com/baeldung/Example1.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+package com.baeldung
+
+fun main(args: Array<String>){
+    println("hello word")
+}
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 19bec5bf81..b86a98c3c2 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -67,6 +67,8 @@
         <module>jsoup</module>
         <module>junit5</module>
 
+        <module>kotlin</module>
+
         <module>log-mdc</module>
         <module>log4j</module>
         <module>log4j2</module>