diff --git a/layers/pom.xml b/layers/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dd036e74c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/layers/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+<?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>1.5.0</version>
+	</parent>
+	<groupId>com.iluwatar.layers</groupId>
+	<artifactId>layers</artifactId>
+	<dependencies>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
+			<artifactId>spring-data-jpa</artifactId>
+			</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
+			<artifactId>hibernate-entitymanager</artifactId>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+	  		<groupId>commons-dbcp</groupId>
+	  		<artifactId>commons-dbcp</artifactId>
+	  	</dependency>		
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>com.h2database</groupId>
+			<artifactId>h2</artifactId>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>junit</groupId>
+			<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+			<scope>test</scope>
+		</dependency>
+	</dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/layers/src/main/resources/META-INF/persistence.xml b/layers/src/main/resources/META-INF/persistence.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d94d8582b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/layers/src/main/resources/META-INF/persistence.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<persistence version="1.0"
+	xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/persistence" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+	xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/persistence http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/persistence/persistence_1_0.xsd">
+
+	<persistence-unit name="jpaData" />
+
+</persistence>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1059edc58..de87da567 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@
     	<module>business-delegate</module>
     	<module>half-sync-half-async</module>
 		<module>step-builder</module>
+		<module>layers</module>
   </modules>
 
 	<dependencyManagement>