diff --git a/fn/langs/base.go b/fn/langs/base.go
index 1b5d66825..37b994568 100644
--- a/fn/langs/base.go
+++ b/fn/langs/base.go
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ func GetLangHelper(lang string) LangHelper {
 		return &LambdaNodeHelper{}
 	case "java":
 		return &JavaLangHelper{}
+	case "java-maven":
+		return &JavaMavenLangHelper{}
 	}
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/fn/langs/java_maven.go b/fn/langs/java_maven.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bf1e9cb47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fn/langs/java_maven.go
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+package langs
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"os/exec"
+	"path/filepath"
+)
+
+// JavaMavenLangHelper provides a set of helper methods for the build lifecycle of Java Maven projects
+type JavaMavenLangHelper struct {
+	BaseHelper
+}
+
+
+// Entrypoint returns the Java runtime Docker entrypoint that will be executed when the function is run
+func (lh *JavaMavenLangHelper) Entrypoint() string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf("java -jar /function/target/function.jar com.example.faas.ExampleFunction::itsOn")
+}
+
+// HasPreBuild returns whether the Java runtime has a pre-build step
+func (lh *JavaMavenLangHelper) HasPreBuild() bool {
+	return true
+}
+
+// PreBuild runs "mvn clean package" in the root of the project and by default expects a jar at `target/function.jar` as the
+// output.  We mount `$HOME/.m2` in order to get maven the proxy config specified in .m2/settings.xml, but it has the nice
+// side effect of making the users .m2/repository available.  Any new deps downloaded will be owned by root :(
+func (lh *JavaMavenLangHelper) PreBuild() error {
+	wd, err := os.Getwd()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	if !exists(filepath.Join(wd, "pom.xml")) {
+		return fmt.Errorf("Could not find pom.xml - are you sure this is a maven project?")
+	}
+
+	cmd := exec.Command(
+		"docker", "run",
+		"--rm",
+		"-v", wd+":/java", "-w", "/java",
+		"-v", os.Getenv("HOME")+"/.m2:/.m2",
+		"maven:3.5-jdk-8-alpine",
+		"/bin/sh", "-c", "mvn -gs /.m2/settings.xml clean package",
+	)
+
+	cmd.Stderr = os.Stderr
+	cmd.Stdout = os.Stdout
+	if err := cmd.Run(); err != nil {
+		return dockerBuildError(err)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// AfterBuild should remove the (root-owned) target dir.
+func (lh *JavaMavenLangHelper) AfterBuild() error {
+	return nil
+}