diff --git a/build_plugin.xml b/build_plugin.xml
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..4c7ba9f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build_plugin.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project name="abstract plugin build file" >
+
+    <!-- ________________________ PROPERTIES AND SETTINGS ________________________ -->
+    <!-- ____________ (THESE SHOULD BE SET BY IMPORTING BUILD SCRIPT) ____________ -->
+
+    <!--common properties-->
+    <!--
+    <property name="root" value="." />
+    <property name="srcDir" value="${root}/src" />
+    <property name="testDir" value="${root}/test" />
+    <property name="libDir" value="${root}/lib" />
+
+    <property name="buildRoot" value="${root}/build" />
+    <property name="compileDir" value="${buildRoot}/production" />
+    <property name="compileTestDir" value="${buildRoot}/test" />
+    <property name="releaseDir" value="${buildRoot}/release" />
+    <property name="releaseJar" value="tellstick.jar" />
+    <property name="reportsDir" value="../../${buildRoot}/reports" />
+    -->
+
+    <!-- ________________________ CLASSPATH ________________________ -->
+
+    <!--define standard arguments for javac-->
+    <presetdef name="javac">
+        <javac includeantruntime="false" />
+    </presetdef>
+
+    <!--classpath included when building-->
+    <path id="classpath.build">
+        <fileset dir="${libDir}" erroronmissingdir="false">
+            <include name="**/*.jar"/>
+        </fileset>
+        <pathelement location="${compileDir}" />
+        <!-- Hal core -->
+        <pathelement location="../../build/production" />
+        <fileset dir="../../lib">
+            <include name="**/*.jar"/>
+        </fileset>
+    </path>
+
+    <path id="classpath.test">
+        <pathelement location="${compileTestDir}" />
+        <pathelement location="../../${compileTestDir}" />
+        <!--include libraries used for building-->
+        <path refid="classpath.build"/>
+    </path>
+
+    <!-- ________________________ EXECUTION TARGETS ________________________ -->
+
+    <target name="test" depends="build-test">
+        <mkdir dir="${reportsDir}" />
+        <junit printsummary="yes" haltonfailure="false" fork="true">
+            <classpath refid="classpath.test" />
+            <formatter type="plain" usefile="false" /> <!-- to screen -->
+            <formatter type="xml" /> <!-- to file -->
+
+            <batchtest todir="${reportsDir}" skipNonTests="true">
+                <fileset dir="${compileTestDir}" includes="**/*Test*.class" erroronmissingdir="false"/>
+            </batchtest>
+        </junit>
+    </target>
+
+    <!-- ________________________ BUILD TARGETS ________________________ -->
+
+    <!--clean all build paths-->
+    <target name="clean">
+        <delete includeemptydirs="true" failonerror="false">
+            <fileset dir="${buildRoot}" includes="**/*"/>
+        </delete>
+    </target>
+
+    <!--build product code-->
+    <target name="build">
+        <mkdir dir="${compileDir}" />
+        <javac srcdir="${srcDir}" destdir="${compileDir}" debug="yes" debugLevel="lines,vars,source" fork="yes">
+            <classpath refid="classpath.build" />
+            <include name="**/*.java" />
+        </javac>
+        <copy todir="${compileDir}">
+            <fileset dir="${srcDir}"
+                     excludes="**/*.java" />
+        </copy>
+    </target>
+
+    <available file="${testDir}" property="testDirAvailable" value=""/>
+
+    <target name="build-test" depends="build" if="testDirAvailable">
+        <mkdir dir="${compileTestDir}" />
+        <javac srcdir="${testDir}" destdir="${compileTestDir}" debug="yes" debugLevel="lines,vars,source" fork="yes">
+            <classpath refid="classpath.test" />
+            <include name="**/*.java" />
+        </javac>
+    </target>
+
+    <target name="package" depends="build">
+        <jar destfile="${releaseDir}/${releaseJar}" basedir="${compileDir}" />
+    </target>
+
+</project>
diff --git a/plugins/tellstick/build.xml b/plugins/tellstick/build.xml
index 175e5afb..05da56a7 100755
--- a/plugins/tellstick/build.xml
+++ b/plugins/tellstick/build.xml
@@ -1,96 +1,23 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <project name="Tellstick Plugin" >
 
-	<!-- ________________________ PROPERTIES AND SETTINGS ________________________ -->
+    <!-- ________________________ PROPERTIES AND SETTINGS ________________________ -->
 
-	<!--common properties-->
-	<property name="root" value="." />
-	<property name="srcDir" value="${root}/src" />
-	<property name="testDir" value="${root}/test" />
-	<property name="libDir" value="${root}/lib" />
+    <!--common properties-->
+    <property name="root" value="." />
+    <property name="srcDir" value="${root}/src" />
+    <property name="testDir" value="${root}/test" />
+    <property name="libDir" value="${root}/lib" />
 
-	<property name="buildRoot" value="${root}/build" />
-	<property name="compileDir" value="${buildRoot}/production" />
-	<property name="compileTestDir" value="${buildRoot}/test" />
-	<property name="releaseDir" value="${buildRoot}/release" />
-	<property name="releaseJar" value="tellstick.jar" />
+    <property name="buildRoot" value="${root}/build" />
+    <property name="compileDir" value="${buildRoot}/production" />
+    <property name="compileTestDir" value="${buildRoot}/test" />
+    <property name="releaseDir" value="${buildRoot}/release" />
+    <property name="releaseJar" value="tellstick.jar" />
     <property name="reportsDir" value="../../${buildRoot}/reports" /> <!-- Use Hal reports folder -->
 
-	<!-- ________________________ CLASSPATH ________________________ -->
+    <!-- ________________________ TARGETS ________________________ -->
 
-	<!--define standard arguments for javac-->
-	<presetdef name="javac">
-		<javac includeantruntime="false" />
-	</presetdef>
-
-	<!--classpath included when building-->
-	<path id="classpath.build">
-        <fileset dir="${libDir}" erroronmissingdir="false">
-            <include name="**/*.jar"/>
-        </fileset>
-        <pathelement location="${compileDir}" />
-        <!-- Hal core -->
-        <pathelement location="../../build/production" />
-        <fileset dir="../../lib">
-            <include name="**/*.jar"/>
-        </fileset>
-	</path>
-
-    <path id="classpath.test">
-        <pathelement location="${compileTestDir}" />
-        <pathelement location="../../${compileTestDir}" />
-        <!--include libraries used for building-->
-        <path refid="classpath.build"/>
-    </path>
-
-
-    <!-- ________________________ EXECUTION TARGETS ________________________ -->
-
-    <target name="test" depends="build-test">
-        <mkdir dir="${reportsDir}" />
-        <junit printsummary="yes" haltonfailure="false" fork="true">
-            <classpath refid="classpath.test" />
-            <formatter type="plain" usefile="false" /> <!-- to screen -->
-            <formatter type="xml" /> <!-- to file -->
-
-            <batchtest todir="${reportsDir}" skipNonTests="true">
-                <fileset dir="${compileTestDir}" includes="**/*Test*.class" />
-            </batchtest>
-        </junit>
-    </target>
-
-	<!-- ________________________ BUILD TARGETS ________________________ -->
-
-	<!--clean all build paths-->
-	<target name="clean">
-		<delete includeemptydirs="true" failonerror="false">
-			<fileset dir="${buildRoot}" includes="**/*"/>
-		</delete>
-	</target>
-
-	<!--build product code-->
-	<target name="build">
-		<mkdir dir="${compileDir}" />
-		<javac srcdir="${srcDir}" destdir="${compileDir}" debug="yes" debugLevel="lines,vars,source" fork="yes">
-			<classpath refid="classpath.build" />
-			<include name="**/*.java" />
-		</javac>
-		<copy todir="${compileDir}">
-			<fileset dir="${srcDir}"
-					 excludes="**/*.java" />
-		</copy>
-	</target>
-
-	<target name="build-test" depends="build">
-		<mkdir dir="${compileTestDir}" />
-		<javac srcdir="${testDir}" destdir="${compileTestDir}" debug="yes" debugLevel="lines,vars,source" fork="yes">
-			<classpath refid="classpath.test" />
-			<include name="**/*.java" />
-		</javac>
-	</target>
-
-	<target name="package" depends="build">
-		<jar destfile="${releaseDir}/${releaseJar}" basedir="${compileDir}" />
-	</target>
+    <import file="../../build_plugin.xml"/>
 
 </project>
diff --git a/plugins/zwave/build.xml b/plugins/zwave/build.xml
index 6b631a9d..4a20e064 100755
--- a/plugins/zwave/build.xml
+++ b/plugins/zwave/build.xml
@@ -1,67 +1,23 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <project name="ZWave Plugin" >
 
-	<!-- ________________________ PROPERTIES AND SETTINGS ________________________ -->
+    <!-- ________________________ PROPERTIES AND SETTINGS ________________________ -->
 
-	<!--common properties-->
-	<property name="root" value="." />
-	<property name="srcDir" value="${root}/src" />
-	<property name="libDir" value="${root}/lib" />
+    <!--common properties-->
+    <property name="root" value="." />
+    <property name="srcDir" value="${root}/src" />
+    <property name="testDir" value="${root}/test" />
+    <property name="libDir" value="${root}/lib" />
 
-	<property name="buildRoot" value="${root}/build" />
-	<property name="compileDir" value="${buildRoot}/production" />
-	<property name="releaseDir" value="${buildRoot}/release" />
-	<property name="releaseJar" value="zwave.jar" />
+    <property name="buildRoot" value="${root}/build" />
+    <property name="compileDir" value="${buildRoot}/production" />
+    <property name="compileTestDir" value="${buildRoot}/test" />
+    <property name="releaseDir" value="${buildRoot}/release" />
+    <property name="releaseJar" value="zwave.jar" />
+    <property name="reportsDir" value="../../${buildRoot}/reports" /> <!-- Use Hal reports folder -->
 
+    <!-- ________________________ TARGETS ________________________ -->
 
-	<!-- ________________________ CLASSPATH ________________________ -->
-
-	<!--define standard arguments for javac-->
-	<presetdef name="javac">
-		<javac includeantruntime="false" />
-	</presetdef>
-
-	<!--classpath included when building-->
-	<path id="classpath.build">
-        <fileset dir="${libDir}" erroronmissingdir="false">
-            <include name="**/*.jar"/>
-        </fileset>
-        <pathelement location="${compileDir}" />
-        <!-- Hal core -->
-        <pathelement location="../../build/production" />
-        <fileset dir="../../lib">
-            <include name="**/*.jar"/>
-        </fileset>
-	</path>
-
-	<!-- ________________________ EXECUTION TARGETS ________________________ -->
-
-	<target name="test" />
-
-	<!-- ________________________ BUILD TARGETS ________________________ -->
-
-	<!--clean all build paths-->
-	<target name="clean">
-		<delete includeemptydirs="true" failonerror="false">
-			<fileset dir="${buildRoot}" includes="**/*"/>
-		</delete>
-	</target>
-
-	<!--build product code-->
-	<target name="build">
-		<mkdir dir="${compileDir}" />
-		<javac srcdir="${srcDir}" destdir="${compileDir}" debug="yes" debugLevel="lines,vars,source" fork="yes">
-			<classpath refid="classpath.build" />
-			<include name="**/*.java" />
-		</javac>
-		<copy todir="${compileDir}">
-			<fileset dir="${srcDir}"
-					 excludes="**/*.java" />
-		</copy>
-	</target>
-
-	<target name="package" depends="build">
-		<jar destfile="${releaseDir}/${releaseJar}" basedir="${compileDir}" />
-	</target>
+    <import file="../../build_plugin.xml"/>
 
 </project>