diff --git a/distribution/examples-dist/build.xml b/distribution/examples-dist/build.xml
index 96fce2314a..32b4c99211 100755
--- a/distribution/examples-dist/build.xml
+++ b/distribution/examples-dist/build.xml
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@
                 <exclude name="**/*.iml"/>
             </fileset>
         </copy>
+        <copy file="../../examples/pom.xml" tofile="target/examples/pom.xml"/>
         <copy file="../../examples/README.md" tofile="target/examples/README.md"/>
         <move file="target/examples/unconfigured-demo/README.md.unconfigured" tofile="target/examples/unconfigured-demo/README.md"/>
         <move file="target/examples/unconfigured-demo/customer-app/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml.unconfigured" tofile="target/examples/unconfigured-demo/customer-app/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml"/>