diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e170529c3..44ad294d7 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@
     <module>flux</module>
     <module>double-dispatch</module>
     <module>multiton</module>
+    <module>resource-acquisition-is-initialization</module>
   </modules>
 
 	<dependencyManagement>
diff --git a/resource-acquisition-is-initialization/pom.xml b/resource-acquisition-is-initialization/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1202e0a8d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resource-acquisition-is-initialization/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+<?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>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+  <artifactId>resource-acquisition-is-initialization</artifactId>
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>junit</groupId>
+      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/resource-acquisition-is-initialization/src/main/java/com/iluwatar/App.java b/resource-acquisition-is-initialization/src/main/java/com/iluwatar/App.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..faf592178
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resource-acquisition-is-initialization/src/main/java/com/iluwatar/App.java
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+package com.iluwatar;
+
+public class App {
+	
+    public static void main( String[] args ) {
+    }
+}
diff --git a/resource-acquisition-is-initialization/src/test/java/com/iluwatar/AppTest.java b/resource-acquisition-is-initialization/src/test/java/com/iluwatar/AppTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6db5ad214
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resource-acquisition-is-initialization/src/test/java/com/iluwatar/AppTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+package com.iluwatar;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class AppTest {
+
+	@Test
+	public void test() {
+		String[] args = {};
+		App.main(args);
+	}
+}