diff --git a/java8tests/pom.xml b/java8tests/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b6be8953733b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java8tests/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,183 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+  ~ Copyright (C) 2015 Google Inc.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not
+  ~ use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
+  ~ the License at
+  ~
+  ~ http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+  ~ WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+  ~ License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under
+  ~ the License.
+  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-->
+<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>
+
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>com.google.cloud.dataflow</groupId>
+    <artifactId>google-cloud-dataflow-java-sdk-parent</artifactId>
+    <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <groupId>com.google.cloud.dataflow</groupId>
+  <artifactId>google-cloud-dataflow-java-java8tests-all</artifactId>
+  <name>Google Cloud Dataflow Java 8 Tests - All</name>
+  <description>Google Cloud Dataflow Java SDK provides a simple, Java-based
+    interface for processing virtually any size data using Google cloud
+    resources. This artifact includes tests of the SDK from a Java 8
+    user.</description>
+  <url>http://cloud.google.com/dataflow</url>
+
+  <packaging>jar</packaging>
+
+  <profiles>
+    <profile>
+      <id>DataflowPipelineTests</id>
+      <properties>
+        <runIntegrationTestOnService>true</runIntegrationTestOnService>
+        <testGroups>com.google.cloud.dataflow.sdk.testing.RunnableOnService</testGroups>
+        <testParallelValue>both</testParallelValue>
+      </properties>
+    </profile>
+  </profiles>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <testSource>1.8</testSource>
+          <testTarget>1.8</testTarget>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <goals><goal>analyze-only</goal></goals>
+            <configuration>
+              <failOnWarning>true</failOnWarning>
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>2.12</version>
+        <dependencies>
+          <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.puppycrawl.tools</groupId>
+            <artifactId>checkstyle</artifactId>
+            <version>6.6</version>
+          </dependency>
+        </dependencies>
+        <configuration>
+          <configLocation>../checkstyle.xml</configLocation>
+          <consoleOutput>true</consoleOutput>
+          <failOnViolation>true</failOnViolation>
+          <includeTestSourceDirectory>true</includeTestSourceDirectory>
+          <includeResources>false</includeResources>
+        </configuration>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>check</goal>
+            </goals>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+
+      <!-- Source plugin for generating source and test-source JARs. -->
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>2.4</version>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>attach-sources</id>
+            <phase>compile</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>jar</goal>
+            </goals>
+          </execution>
+          <execution>
+            <id>attach-test-sources</id>
+            <phase>test-compile</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>test-jar</goal>
+            </goals>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>default-jar</id>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>jar</goal>
+            </goals>
+          </execution>
+          <execution>
+            <id>default-test-jar</id>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>test-jar</goal>
+            </goals>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+
+      <!-- Coverage analysis for unit tests. -->
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.jacoco</groupId>
+        <artifactId>jacoco-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.google.cloud.dataflow</groupId>
+      <artifactId>google-cloud-dataflow-java-sdk-all</artifactId>
+      <version>${project.version}</version>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
+      <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
+      <version>${guava.version}</version>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>joda-time</groupId>
+      <artifactId>joda-time</artifactId>
+      <version>${joda.version}</version>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hamcrest-all</artifactId>
+      <version>${hamcrest.version}</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>junit</groupId>
+      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+      <version>${junit.version}</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/sdk/src/test/java8/com/google/cloud/dataflow/sdk/transforms/CombineJava8Test.java b/java8tests/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/dataflow/sdk/transforms/CombineJava8Test.java
similarity index 100%
rename from sdk/src/test/java8/com/google/cloud/dataflow/sdk/transforms/CombineJava8Test.java
rename to java8tests/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/dataflow/sdk/transforms/CombineJava8Test.java
diff --git a/sdk/src/test/java8/com/google/cloud/dataflow/sdk/transforms/FilterJava8Test.java b/java8tests/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/dataflow/sdk/transforms/FilterJava8Test.java
similarity index 100%
rename from sdk/src/test/java8/com/google/cloud/dataflow/sdk/transforms/FilterJava8Test.java
rename to java8tests/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/dataflow/sdk/transforms/FilterJava8Test.java
diff --git a/sdk/src/test/java8/com/google/cloud/dataflow/sdk/transforms/FlatMapElementsJava8Test.java b/java8tests/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/dataflow/sdk/transforms/FlatMapElementsJava8Test.java
similarity index 100%
rename from sdk/src/test/java8/com/google/cloud/dataflow/sdk/transforms/FlatMapElementsJava8Test.java
rename to java8tests/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/dataflow/sdk/transforms/FlatMapElementsJava8Test.java
diff --git a/sdk/src/test/java8/com/google/cloud/dataflow/sdk/transforms/MapElementsJava8Test.java b/java8tests/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/dataflow/sdk/transforms/MapElementsJava8Test.java
similarity index 100%
rename from sdk/src/test/java8/com/google/cloud/dataflow/sdk/transforms/MapElementsJava8Test.java
rename to java8tests/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/dataflow/sdk/transforms/MapElementsJava8Test.java
diff --git a/sdk/src/test/java8/com/google/cloud/dataflow/sdk/transforms/PartitionJava8Test.java b/java8tests/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/dataflow/sdk/transforms/PartitionJava8Test.java
similarity index 100%
rename from sdk/src/test/java8/com/google/cloud/dataflow/sdk/transforms/PartitionJava8Test.java
rename to java8tests/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/dataflow/sdk/transforms/PartitionJava8Test.java
diff --git a/sdk/src/test/java8/com/google/cloud/dataflow/sdk/transforms/RemoveDuplicatesJava8Test.java b/java8tests/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/dataflow/sdk/transforms/RemoveDuplicatesJava8Test.java
similarity index 100%
rename from sdk/src/test/java8/com/google/cloud/dataflow/sdk/transforms/RemoveDuplicatesJava8Test.java
rename to java8tests/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/dataflow/sdk/transforms/RemoveDuplicatesJava8Test.java
diff --git a/sdk/src/test/java8/com/google/cloud/dataflow/sdk/transforms/WithKeysJava8Test.java b/java8tests/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/dataflow/sdk/transforms/WithKeysJava8Test.java
similarity index 100%
rename from sdk/src/test/java8/com/google/cloud/dataflow/sdk/transforms/WithKeysJava8Test.java
rename to java8tests/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/dataflow/sdk/transforms/WithKeysJava8Test.java
diff --git a/sdk/src/test/java8/com/google/cloud/dataflow/sdk/transforms/WithTimestampsJava8Test.java b/java8tests/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/dataflow/sdk/transforms/WithTimestampsJava8Test.java
similarity index 100%
rename from sdk/src/test/java8/com/google/cloud/dataflow/sdk/transforms/WithTimestampsJava8Test.java
rename to java8tests/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/dataflow/sdk/transforms/WithTimestampsJava8Test.java
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6fb0b32a573e..8a44ea9b4455 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -99,6 +99,15 @@
   </modules>
 
   <profiles>
+    <profile>
+      <id>java8-tests</id>
+      <activation>
+        <jdk>[1.8,)</jdk>
+      </activation>
+      <modules>
+        <module>java8tests</module>
+      </modules>
+    </profile>
     <profile>
       <id>doclint-java8-disable</id>
       <activation>
diff --git a/sdk/pom.xml b/sdk/pom.xml
index d7e10a53a801..d652d80648a2 100644
--- a/sdk/pom.xml
+++ b/sdk/pom.xml
@@ -54,77 +54,6 @@
         <testParallelValue>both</testParallelValue>
       </properties>
     </profile>
-
-    <profile>
-      <id>java8tests</id>
-      <activation>
-        <jdk>[1.8,)</jdk>
-      </activation>
-
-      <build>
-        <plugins>
-          <!-- Tells Maven about the Java 8 test source root. -->
-          <plugin>
-            <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
-            <artifactId>build-helper-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-            <executions>
-              <execution>
-                <id>add-java8-test-source</id>
-                <phase>initialize</phase>
-                <goals>
-                  <goal>add-test-source</goal>
-                </goals>
-                <configuration>
-                  <sources>
-                    <source>${project.basedir}/src/test/java8</source>
-                  </sources>
-                </configuration>
-              </execution>
-            </executions>
-          </plugin>
-
-          <!-- Set `-source 1.8 -target 1.8` for Java 8 tests
-               and `-source 1.7 -target 1.7` for Java 7 tests -->
-          <plugin>
-            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-            <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-            <executions>
-              <execution>
-                <id>default-testCompile</id>
-                <phase>test-compile</phase>
-                <goals>
-                  <goal>testCompile</goal>
-                </goals>
-                <configuration>
-                  <testSource>1.7</testSource>
-                  <testTarget>1.7</testTarget>
-                  <testExcludes>
-                    <!-- This pattern is brittle; we would prefer to filter on the directory
-                         but that seems to be unavailable to us. -->
-                    <exclude>**/*Java8Test.java</exclude>
-                  </testExcludes>
-                </configuration>
-              </execution>
-
-              <execution>
-                <id>java8-testCompile</id>
-                <phase>test-compile</phase>
-                <goals>
-                  <goal>testCompile</goal>
-                </goals>
-                <configuration>
-                  <testSource>1.8</testSource>
-                  <testTarget>1.8</testTarget>
-                  <testIncludes>
-                    <include>**/*Java8Test.java</include>
-                  </testIncludes>
-                </configuration>
-              </execution>
-            </executions>
-          </plugin>
-        </plugins>
-      </build>
-    </profile>
   </profiles>
 
   <build>