diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 968d485..d1cb648 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -20,3 +20,15 @@ ext['spring-data-releasetrain.version'] = "$springDataReleaseTrainVersion"
 ext.releaseBuild = version.endsWith('RELEASE')
 ext.snapshotBuild = version.endsWith('SNAPSHOT')
 ext.milestoneBuild = !(releaseBuild || snapshotBuild)
+
+ext.MAVEN_POM_EDITOR_GRADLE = "$rootDir/gradle/maven-pom-editor.gradle"
+
+project.checkstyle.sourceSets.forEach { it -> it.excludes '**/target', '**/out', '**/build' }
+
+//project.tasks.findByName('checkstyleNohttp').configure {
+//	exclude '**/target/**/*', '**/out/**/*', '**/build/**/*'
+//}
+
+tasks.withType(Checkstyle) {
+  exclude '**/target/**/*', '**/out/**/*', '**/build/**/*'
+}
diff --git a/gradle/maven-pom-editor.gradle b/gradle/maven-pom-editor.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4a686e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradle/maven-pom-editor.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+
+def customizePom(gradleProject, pom) {
+
+	pom.whenConfigured { generatedPom ->
+		generatedPom.project {
+			developers {
+				developer {
+					id = 'jxblum'
+					name = "John Blum"
+					email = "jblum@pivotal.io"
+				}
+			}
+			scm {
+				connection = 'scm:git:git@github.com:spring-projects/spring-test-data-geode.git'
+				developerConnection = 'scm:git:git@github.com:spring-projects/spring-test-data-geode.git'
+				url = 'https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-test-data-geode'
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+project.install {
+	repositories.mavenInstaller {
+		customizePom(project, pom)
+	}
+}
+
+project.uploadArchives {
+	repositories.mavenDeployer {
+		customizePom(project, pom)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/spring-data-gemfire-test/build.gradle b/spring-data-gemfire-test/build.gradle
index 8898068..db6c7ef 100644
--- a/spring-data-gemfire-test/build.gradle
+++ b/spring-data-gemfire-test/build.gradle
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 apply plugin: 'io.spring.convention.spring-module'
+apply from: MAVEN_POM_EDITOR_GRADLE
 
 description = "Spring Test Framework for Pivotal GemFire"
 
diff --git a/spring-data-geode-test/build.gradle b/spring-data-geode-test/build.gradle
index 722889a..0e79085 100644
--- a/spring-data-geode-test/build.gradle
+++ b/spring-data-geode-test/build.gradle
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 apply plugin: 'io.spring.convention.spring-module'
+apply from: MAVEN_POM_EDITOR_GRADLE
 
 description = "Spring Test Framework for Apache Geode"