diff --git a/sliPluginUtils/features/pom.xml b/sliPluginUtils/features/pom.xml
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+<?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">
+
+	<artifactId>sliPluginUtils-features</artifactId>
+	<packaging>jar</packaging>
+	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+	<parent>
+		<artifactId>sliPluginUtils</artifactId>
+		<groupId>org.openecomp.sdnc.core</groupId>
+		<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	</parent>
+
+	<name>SliPluginUtils Plugin - Features</name>
+
+	<dependencies>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.openecomp.sdnc.core</groupId>
+			<artifactId>sliPluginUtils-provider</artifactId>
+			<version>${project.version}</version>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>commons-lang</groupId>
+			<artifactId>commons-lang</artifactId>
+			<version>2.6</version>
+			<scope>compile</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.opendaylight.mdsal</groupId>
+			<artifactId>features-mdsal</artifactId>
+			<version>${odl.mdsal.features.version}</version>
+			<classifier>features</classifier>
+			<type>xml</type>
+			<scope>runtime</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<!-- dependency for opendaylight-karaf-empty for use by testing -->
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.opendaylight.odlparent</groupId>
+			<artifactId>opendaylight-karaf-empty</artifactId>
+			<version>${odl.karaf.empty.distro.version}</version>
+			<type>zip</type>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<!-- Required for launching the feature tests -->
+			<groupId>org.opendaylight.odlparent</groupId>
+			<artifactId>features-test</artifactId>
+			<version>${odl.commons.opendaylight.version}</version>
+			<scope>test</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.opendaylight.yangtools</groupId>
+			<artifactId>features-yangtools</artifactId>
+			<version>${odl.yangtools.version}</version>
+			<classifier>features</classifier>
+			<type>xml</type>
+			<scope>runtime</scope>
+		</dependency>
+	</dependencies>
+
+	<build>
+		<resources>
+			<resource>
+				<filtering>true</filtering>
+				<directory>src/main/resources</directory>
+			</resource>
+		</resources>
+		<plugins>
+			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+				<artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
+				<executions>
+					<execution>
+						<id>filter</id>
+						<goals>
+							<goal>resources</goal>
+						</goals>
+						<phase>generate-resources</phase>
+					</execution>
+				</executions>
+			</plugin>
+
+					<!-- launches the feature test, which validates that your karaf feature
+					can be installed inside of a karaf container. It doesn't validate that your
+					functionality works correctly, just that you have all of the dependent bundles
+					defined correctly.
+			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+				<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
+				<version>2.16</version>
+				<configuration>
+					<systemPropertyVariables>
+						<karaf.distro.groupId>org.opendaylight.odlparent</karaf.distro.groupId>
+						<karaf.distro.artifactId>opendaylight-karaf-empty</karaf.distro.artifactId>
+						<karaf.distro.version>${odl.karaf.empty.distro.version}</karaf.distro.version>
+					</systemPropertyVariables>
+					<dependenciesToScan>
+						<dependency>org.opendaylight.yangtools:features-test</dependency>
+					</dependenciesToScan>
+				</configuration>
+			</plugin>
+			-->
+
+			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+				<artifactId>build-helper-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+				<executions>
+					<execution>
+						<id>attach-artifacts</id>
+						<goals>
+							<goal>attach-artifact</goal>
+						</goals>
+						<phase>package</phase>
+						<configuration>
+							<artifacts>
+								<artifact>
+									<file>${project.build.directory}/classes/${features.file}</file>
+									<type>xml</type>
+									<classifier>features</classifier>
+								</artifact>
+							</artifacts>
+						</configuration>
+					</execution>
+				</executions>
+			</plugin>
+		</plugins>
+	</build>
+</project>
diff --git a/sliPluginUtils/features/src/main/resources/features.xml b/sliPluginUtils/features/src/main/resources/features.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+  openECOMP : SDN-C
+  ================================================================================
+  Copyright (C) 2017 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights
+  						reserved.
+  ================================================================================
+  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.
+  ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+  -->
+
+
+<features name="sdnc-sliPluginUtils-${project.version}" xmlns="http://karaf.apache.org/xmlns/features/v1.2.0"
+    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+    xsi:schemaLocation="http://karaf.apache.org/xmlns/features/v1.2.0 http://karaf.apache.org/xmlns/features/v1.2.0">
+
+    <repository>mvn:org.opendaylight.mdsal/features-mdsal/${odl.mdsal.features.version}/xml/features</repository>
+
+
+    <feature name='sdnc-sliPluginUtils' description="sdnc-sliPluginUtils" version='${project.version}'>
+        <!-- Most applications will have a dependency on the ODL MD-SAL Broker -->
+        <feature version="${odl.mdsal.version}">odl-mdsal-broker</feature>
+        <feature>sdnc-sli</feature>
+        <bundle>mvn:org.openecomp.sdnc.core/sliPluginUtils-provider/${project.version}</bundle>
+        <bundle>mvn:mysql/mysql-connector-java/${mysql.connector.version}</bundle>
+    </feature>
+
+</features>