diff --git a/spring-cloud-pcf-connector/build.gradle b/spring-cloud-pcf-connector/build.gradle
index 93866dd..90c4307 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-pcf-connector/build.gradle
+++ b/spring-cloud-pcf-connector/build.gradle
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ description = 'Spring-Cloud Support for Pivotal CF'
 
 dependencies {
   compile project(':spring-cloud-cloudfoundry-connector')
+  compile project(':spring-cloud-spring-service-connector')
   optional("org.apache.hadoop:hadoop-common:2.2.0")
   
   testCompile project(path: ':spring-cloud-cloudfoundry-connector', configuration: 'tests')
diff --git a/spring-cloud-pcf-connector/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/pcf/gemfire/GemfireXDDataSourceCreator.java b/spring-cloud-pcf-connector/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/pcf/gemfire/GemfireXDDataSourceCreator.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5116cbb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-cloud-pcf-connector/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/pcf/gemfire/GemfireXDDataSourceCreator.java
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+package org.springframework.cloud.pcf.gemfire;
+
+import org.springframework.cloud.service.relational.DataSourceCreator;
+
+
+
+/**
+ * 
+ * @author Ramnivas Laddad
+ *
+ */
+public class GemfireXDDataSourceCreator extends DataSourceCreator<GemfireXDServiceInfo> {
+	
+	private static final String[] DRIVERS = new String[]{"com.pivotal.gemfirexd.internal.jdbc.ClientConnectionPoolDataSource"};
+	private static final String VALIDATION_QUERY = null;
+	
+	public GemfireXDDataSourceCreator() {
+	    super("spring-cloud.gemfirexd.driver", DRIVERS, VALIDATION_QUERY);    
+	}
+}
diff --git a/spring-cloud-pcf-connector/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/org.springframework.cloud.service.ServiceConnectorCreator b/spring-cloud-pcf-connector/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/org.springframework.cloud.service.ServiceConnectorCreator
index cbfb5c0..e99f33c 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-pcf-connector/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/org.springframework.cloud.service.ServiceConnectorCreator
+++ b/spring-cloud-pcf-connector/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/org.springframework.cloud.service.ServiceConnectorCreator
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 org.springframework.cloud.pcf.hadoop.HadoopConfigurationCreator
+org.springframework.cloud.pcf.gemfire.GemfireXDDataSourceCreator
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