diff --git a/build-tools/pom.xml b/build-tools/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1834268
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build-tools/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+<?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.rapid7.recog</groupId>
+  <artifactId>build-tools</artifactId>
+  <version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <description>Maven plugins build tools</description>
+</project>
diff --git a/google_checks.xml b/build-tools/src/main/resources/recog-java/google_checks.xml
similarity index 100%
rename from google_checks.xml
rename to build-tools/src/main/resources/recog-java/google_checks.xml
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9d544c2..73a53f8 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@
         <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
         <version>3.1.2</version>
         <configuration>
-          <configLocation>${maven.multiModuleProjectDirectory}/google_checks.xml</configLocation>
+          <configLocation>recog-java/google_checks.xml</configLocation>
           <violationSeverity>warning</violationSeverity>
         </configuration>
         <executions>
@@ -185,11 +185,16 @@
               <goal>check</goal>
             </goals>
             <configuration>
-              <configLocation>${maven.multiModuleProjectDirectory}/google_checks.xml</configLocation>
+              <configLocation>recog-java/google_checks.xml</configLocation>
             </configuration>
           </execution>
         </executions>
         <dependencies>
+          <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.rapid7.recog</groupId>
+            <artifactId>build-tools</artifactId>
+            <version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+          </dependency>
           <dependency>
             <groupId>com.puppycrawl.tools</groupId>
             <artifactId>checkstyle</artifactId>
@@ -272,6 +277,7 @@
   </profiles>
 
   <modules>
+    <module>build-tools</module>
     <module>recog</module>
     <module>recog-verify</module>
   </modules>