diff --git a/scripts/build.sh b/scripts/build.sh
index 1b978ffe8..c6a7ca9e2 100644
--- a/scripts/build.sh
+++ b/scripts/build.sh
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ echo "[Akarin] Ready to build"
 	if [ "$2" == "--fast" ] || [ "$3" == "--fast" ] || [ "$4" == "--fast" ]; then
 		echo "[Akarin] Test and repatch has been skipped"
 		\cp -rf "$basedir/src/api/main" "$paperbasedir/Paper-API/src/"
+		\cp -rf "$basedir/src/api/pom.xml" "$paperbasedir/Paper-API/"
 		\cp -rf "$basedir/src" "$paperbasedir/Paper-Server/"
 		\cp -rf "$basedir/pom.xml" "$paperbasedir/Paper-Server/"
 		mvn clean install -DskipTests
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ echo "[Akarin] Ready to build"
 		rm -rf Paper-Server/src
 		./paper patch
 		\cp -rf "$basedir/src/api/main" "$paperbasedir/Paper-API/src/"
+		\cp -rf "$basedir/src/api/pom.xml" "$paperbasedir/Paper-API/"
 		\cp -rf "$basedir/src" "$paperbasedir/Paper-Server/"
 		\cp -rf "$basedir/pom.xml" "$paperbasedir/Paper-Server/"
 		mvn clean install -DskipTests
diff --git a/src/api/pom.xml b/src/api/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fc0033a93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/api/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,245 @@
+
+<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.destroystokyo.paper</groupId>
+        <artifactId>paper-parent</artifactId>
+        <version>dev-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </parent>
+
+    <artifactId>paper-api</artifactId>
+    <version>1.13.2-R0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <packaging>jar</packaging>
+
+    <name>Paper-API</name>
+    <url>https://github.com/PaperMC/Paper</url>
+    <description>An enhanced plugin API for Minecraft servers.</description>
+
+    <properties>
+        <!-- <skipTests>true</skipTests> Paper - This [was] not going to end well -->
+        <!-- Paper - #Logic -->
+        <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
+        <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
+        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+    </properties>
+
+    <repositories>
+        <!--
+            If you are a plugin developer, please use https://hub.spigotmc.org/nexus/content/repositories/snapshots/
+            as your repository URL. This will ensure only Bukkit / Spigot-API are pulled from our Maven repository.
+
+            Please see https://www.spigotmc.org/go/maven for more information.
+        -->
+        <repository>
+            <id>spigotmc-public</id>
+            <url>https://hub.spigotmc.org/nexus/content/groups/public/</url>
+        </repository>
+        <repository>
+            <id>sonatype</id>
+            <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/content/groups/public/</url>
+        </repository>
+    </repositories>
+
+    <pluginRepositories>
+        <pluginRepository>
+            <id>spigotmc-public</id>
+            <url>https://hub.spigotmc.org/nexus/content/groups/public/</url>
+        </pluginRepository>
+    </pluginRepositories>
+
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>it.unimi.dsi</groupId>
+            <artifactId>fastutil</artifactId>
+            <version>8.2.2</version>
+            <scope>provided</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>commons-lang</groupId>
+            <artifactId>commons-lang</artifactId>
+            <version>2.6</version>
+            <scope>compile</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.googlecode.json-simple</groupId>
+            <artifactId>json-simple</artifactId>
+            <version>1.1.1</version>
+            <scope>compile</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <!-- bundled with Minecraft, shouldn't ever change -->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.google.code.findbugs</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jsr305</artifactId>
+            <version>1.3.9</version>
+            <scope>compile</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <!-- bundled with Minecraft, should be kept in sync -->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
+            <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
+            <version>21.0</version>
+            <scope>compile</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <!-- bundled with Minecraft, should be kept in sync -->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>
+            <artifactId>gson</artifactId>
+            <version>2.8.0</version>
+            <scope>compile</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>net.md-5</groupId>
+            <artifactId>bungeecord-chat</artifactId>
+            <version>1.13-SNAPSHOT</version>
+            <type>jar</type>
+            <scope>compile</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.yaml</groupId>
+            <artifactId>snakeyaml</artifactId>
+            <version>1.23</version>
+            <scope>compile</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <!-- annotations -->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.jetbrains</groupId>
+            <artifactId>annotations-java5</artifactId>
+            <version>17.0.0</version>
+            <scope>provided</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <!-- Paper - Add SLF4J -->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
+            <version>1.7.25</version>
+            <scope>compile</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <!-- testing -->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>junit</groupId>
+            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+            <version>4.12</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
+            <artifactId>hamcrest-library</artifactId>
+            <version>1.3</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.ow2.asm</groupId>
+            <artifactId>asm-tree</artifactId>
+            <version>7.1</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <!-- ASM -->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.ow2.asm</groupId>
+            <artifactId>asm</artifactId>
+            <version>7.1</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.ow2.asm</groupId>
+            <artifactId>asm-commons</artifactId>
+            <version>7.1</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <!-- Akarin -->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.koloboke</groupId>
+            <artifactId>koloboke-api-jdk8</artifactId>
+            <version>1.0.0</version>
+            <scope>provided</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.koloboke</groupId>
+            <artifactId>koloboke-impl-jdk8</artifactId>
+            <version>1.0.0</version>
+            <scope>runtime</scope>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+
+    <build>
+        <defaultGoal>clean install</defaultGoal>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>3.8.0</version>
+                <dependencies>
+                    <!-- we need our custom version as it fixes some bugs on case sensitive file systems -->
+                    <dependency>
+                        <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>plexus-compiler-eclipse</artifactId>
+                        <version>2.8.5-spigotmc</version>
+                    </dependency>
+                </dependencies>
+            </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>2.4</version>
+                <configuration>
+                    <archive>
+                        <manifestEntries>
+                            <Automatic-Module-Name>org.bukkit</Automatic-Module-Name>
+                        </manifestEntries>
+                    </archive>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>3.1.1</version>
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <phase>package</phase>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>shade</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+                <configuration>
+                    <dependencyReducedPomLocation>${project.build.directory}/dependency-reduced-pom.xml</dependencyReducedPomLocation>
+                    <!-- when downloading via Maven we can pull depends individually -->
+                    <shadedArtifactAttached>true</shadedArtifactAttached>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
+
+    <profiles>
+        <profile>
+            <id>development</id>
+            <properties>
+                <skipTests>false</skipTests>
+            </properties>
+            <build>
+                <plugins>
+                    <plugin>
+                        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>animal-sniffer-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                        <version>1.17</version>
+                        <executions>
+                            <execution>
+                                <phase>process-classes</phase>
+                                <goals>
+                                    <goal>check</goal>
+                                </goals>
+                            </execution>
+                        </executions>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <signature>
+                                <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo.signature</groupId>
+                                <artifactId>java17</artifactId>
+                                <version>1.0</version>
+                            </signature>
+                        </configuration>
+                    </plugin>
+                </plugins>
+            </build>
+        </profile>
+    </profiles>
+</project>