diff --git a/dao/pom.xml b/dao/pom.xml
index ccf990be5..3134dad96 100644
--- a/dao/pom.xml
+++ b/dao/pom.xml
@@ -1,24 +1,69 @@
 <?xml version="1.0"?>
 <project
-	xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd"
-	xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
-	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-	<parent>
-		<groupId>com.iluwatar</groupId>
-		<artifactId>java-design-patterns</artifactId>
-		<version>1.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-	</parent>
-	<artifactId>dao</artifactId>
-	
-	<dependencies>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>junit</groupId>
-			<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-			<scope>test</scope>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>log4j</groupId>
-			<artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
-		</dependency>
-	</dependencies>
+  xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd"
+  xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>com.iluwatar</groupId>
+    <artifactId>java-design-patterns</artifactId>
+    <version>1.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+  <artifactId>dao</artifactId>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>junit</groupId>
+      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>log4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+
+  <build>
+
+    <!-- 
+    log4j.xml file will be copied both in ${project.build.outputDirectory} 
+    and ${project.build.directory}. Thanks to Sean Patrick Floyd 
+    (http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5637532/maven-how-to-place-resource-file-together-with-jar) 
+    -->
+      
+    <resources>
+      <resource> <!-- regular processing for every resource file -->
+        <directory>src/main/resources</directory>
+      </resource>
+      <resource> <!-- processing with a different output directory for log4j.xml -->
+        <directory>src/main/resources</directory>
+        <includes>
+          <include>log4j.xml</include>
+        </includes>
+        <targetPath>..</targetPath> <!-- relative to target/classes i.e. ${project.build.directory} -->
+      </resource>
+    </resources>
+
+    <plugins>
+
+      <!-- 
+      This will exclude log4j.xml file from generated JAR 
+      -->
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>2.6</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <excludes>
+            <exclude>log4j.xml</exclude>
+          </excludes>
+          <archive>
+            <manifest>
+              <addClasspath>true</addClasspath>
+            </manifest>
+          </archive>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
 </project>
diff --git a/dao/src/test/resources/log4j.xml b/dao/src/main/resources/log4j.xml
similarity index 100%
rename from dao/src/test/resources/log4j.xml
rename to dao/src/main/resources/log4j.xml