diff --git a/project/Build.scala b/project/Build.scala
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+import sbt._
+import Keys._
+import samskivert.ProjectBuilder
+
+object NenyaBuild extends Build {
+  val builder = new ProjectBuilder("pom.xml") {
+    override val globalSettings = Seq(
+      crossPaths   := false,
+      scalaVersion := "2.9.2",
+      javacOptions ++= Seq("-Xlint", "-Xlint:-serial", "-source", "1.6", "-target", "1.6"),
+      javaOptions ++= Seq("-ea"),
+      fork in Compile := true,
+      autoScalaLibrary := false, // no scala-library dependency
+      publishArtifact in (Compile, packageDoc) := false, // no scaladocs; it fails
+      // no parallel test execution to avoid confusions
+      parallelExecution in Test := false,
+      // TODO: nix this when Narya 1.13 is up on central
+      resolvers += ".m2" at "file://"+Path.userHome.absolutePath+"/.m2/repository",
+      // everybody needs JUnit wiring
+      libraryDependencies ++= Seq(
+        "com.novocode" % "junit-interface" % "0.7" % "test->default"
+      )
+    )
+    override def projectSettings (name :String) = name match {
+      case _ => Nil
+    }
+  }
+
+  lazy val core = builder("core")
+  lazy val tools = builder("tools")
+  // one giant fruit roll-up to bring them all together
+  lazy val nenya = Project("nenya", file(".")) aggregate(core, tools)
+}
diff --git a/project/build.properties b/project/build.properties
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+sbt.version=0.11.3
diff --git a/project/plugins.sbt b/project/plugins.sbt
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+libraryDependencies += "com.samskivert" % "sbt-pom-util" % "0.3"