diff --git a/eclipse-plugins/edu.wpi.first.wpilib.plugins.core/pom.xml b/eclipse-plugins/edu.wpi.first.wpilib.plugins.core/pom.xml
index d5113624c9..fc2f95a597 100644
--- a/eclipse-plugins/edu.wpi.first.wpilib.plugins.core/pom.xml
+++ b/eclipse-plugins/edu.wpi.first.wpilib.plugins.core/pom.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <project xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd" xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
-    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
+         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <artifactId>edu.wpi.first.wpilib.plugins.core</artifactId>
   <packaging>eclipse-plugin</packaging>
@@ -11,4 +11,188 @@
     <version>0.1.0.qualifier</version>
     <relativePath>..</relativePath>
   </parent>
+  
+  <properties>
+	<build-number>DEVELOPMENT</build-number>
+	<tools-zip>${project.build.directory}/tools-zip</tools-zip>
+  </properties>
+
+  <repositories>
+    <repository>
+      <id>WPILib Maven Repository</id>
+      <url>http://first.wpi.edu/FRC/roborio/maven/</url>
+    </repository>
+  </repositories>
+
+  <build>
+	<resources>
+	  <resource>
+		<directory>.</directory>
+        <includes>
+          <include>resources/configuration.properties</include>
+        </includes>
+		<filtering>true</filtering>
+      </resource>
+	</resources>
+	<plugins>
+	  <plugin>
+        <artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>2.6</version>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>copy-ant-resources-to-tools-zip</id>
+            <phase>generate-sources</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>copy-resources</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <configuration>
+              <outputDirectory>${tools-zip}</outputDirectory>
+              <resources>          
+                <resource>
+                  <directory>src/main/resources/tools-zip</directory>
+                </resource>
+              </resources>              
+            </configuration>            
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+	  <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>2.8</version>
+        <executions>
+		  
+		  <!-- Fetch the dependencies needed to build the jar.zip file. -->
+          <execution>
+            <id>fetch-jar-zip-dependencies</id>
+            <phase>compile</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>copy</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <configuration>
+              <artifactItems>
+	            <artifactItem>
+	              <groupId>edu.wpi.first.wpilib</groupId>
+	              <artifactId>RobotBuilder</artifactId>
+	              <version>2.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+				  <outputDirectory>${tools-zip}</outputDirectory>
+				  <destFileName>RobotBuilder.jar</destFileName>
+	            </artifactItem>
+	            <artifactItem>
+	              <groupId>edu.wpi.first.wpilib</groupId>
+	              <artifactId>SmartDashboard</artifactId>
+	              <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+				  <outputDirectory>${tools-zip}</outputDirectory>
+				  <destFileName>SmartDashboard.jar</destFileName>
+	            </artifactItem>
+              </artifactItems>
+                
+              <overWriteReleases>false</overWriteReleases>
+              <overWriteSnapshots>true</overWriteSnapshots>
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+	  <plugin>
+	    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+	    <artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId>
+	    <version>1.7</version>
+	    <executions>
+		  
+		  <!-- Set time stamp and version properties. -->
+		  <execution>
+		    <id>set-version-info</id>
+		    <goals>
+			  <goal>run</goal>
+		    </goals>
+		    <phase>process-sources</phase>
+		    <configuration>
+			  <target>
+			    <tstamp>
+				  <format property="timestamp" pattern="yyyy/MM/dd HH:mm:ss z"/>
+			    </tstamp>
+			    <tstamp>
+				  <format property="version-info" pattern="yyyy.MM"/>
+			    </tstamp>
+			    <property name="version" value="${version-info}.${build-number}"/>
+			  </target>
+			  <exportAntProperties>true</exportAntProperties>
+		    </configuration>
+		  </execution>
+
+		  <!-- Generate zip file to unzip for the user. -->
+		  <execution>
+		    <id>generate-jar-zip</id>
+            <phase>compile</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>run</goal>
+            </goals>
+		    <configuration>
+			  <target>
+			    <zip destfile="${project.build.directory}/classes/resources/tools.zip"
+				     basedir="${tools-zip}"
+				     update="true" />
+			  </target>
+		    </configuration>
+		  </execution>
+	    </executions>
+	  </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+    <pluginManagement>
+	  <plugins>
+	    <!--This plugin's configuration is used to store Eclipse m2e settings only. It has no influence on the Maven build itself.-->
+	    <plugin>
+		  <groupId>org.eclipse.m2e</groupId>
+		  <artifactId>lifecycle-mapping</artifactId>
+		  <version>1.0.0</version>
+		  <configuration>
+		    <lifecycleMappingMetadata>
+			  <pluginExecutions>
+			    <pluginExecution>
+				  <pluginExecutionFilter>
+				    <groupId>
+					  org.apache.maven.plugins
+				    </groupId>
+				    <artifactId>
+					  maven-dependency-plugin
+				    </artifactId>
+				    <versionRange>[2.8,)</versionRange>
+				    <goals>
+					  <goal>copy</goal>
+				    </goals>
+				  </pluginExecutionFilter>
+				  <action>
+				    <ignore/>
+				  </action>
+			    </pluginExecution>
+			  </pluginExecutions>
+		    </lifecycleMappingMetadata>
+		  </configuration>
+	    </plugin>
+	  </plugins>
+    </pluginManagement>
+  </build>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <!-- Add fake dependencies to inform Maven of the correct
+         order it should build projects in during a multi-module build.
+         
+         This list should match the list in the invocation of
+         maven-dependency-plugin:copy above.
+         
+         It may be possible to avoid this duplication by using the 
+         maven-assembly-plugin instead.-->
+    
+    <!-- Library sources for debugging WPILib on the Athena -->
+    <dependency>
+	  <groupId>edu.wpi.first.wpilib</groupId>
+	  <artifactId>RobotBuilder</artifactId>
+	  <version>2.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+	  <groupId>edu.wpi.first.wpilib</groupId>
+	  <artifactId>SmartDashboard</artifactId>
+	  <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/eclipse-plugins/edu.wpi.first.wpilib.plugins.core/resources/configuration.properties b/eclipse-plugins/edu.wpi.first.wpilib.plugins.core/resources/configuration.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cbfaca2ede
--- /dev/null
+++ b/eclipse-plugins/edu.wpi.first.wpilib.plugins.core/resources/configuration.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+timestamp=${timestamp}
+version=${version}
diff --git a/eclipse-plugins/edu.wpi.first.wpilib.plugins.core/resources/tools.zip b/eclipse-plugins/edu.wpi.first.wpilib.plugins.core/resources/tools.zip
deleted file mode 100644
index 0fe1052626..0000000000
Binary files a/eclipse-plugins/edu.wpi.first.wpilib.plugins.core/resources/tools.zip and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/eclipse-plugins/edu.wpi.first.wpilib.plugins.core/src/main/java/edu/wpi/first/wpilib/plugins/core/WPILibCore.java b/eclipse-plugins/edu.wpi.first.wpilib.plugins.core/src/main/java/edu/wpi/first/wpilib/plugins/core/WPILibCore.java
index d540d142d1..1b168c94d9 100644
--- a/eclipse-plugins/edu.wpi.first.wpilib.plugins.core/src/main/java/edu/wpi/first/wpilib/plugins/core/WPILibCore.java
+++ b/eclipse-plugins/edu.wpi.first.wpilib.plugins.core/src/main/java/edu/wpi/first/wpilib/plugins/core/WPILibCore.java
@@ -134,7 +134,17 @@ public class WPILibCore extends AbstractUIPlugin {
 	}
 
 	public String getDefaultVersion() {
-		return "0.2";
+		try {
+			Properties props = new AntPropertiesParser(WPILibCore.class.getResourceAsStream("/resources/configuration.properties")).getProperties();
+			if (props.getProperty("version").startsWith("$")) {
+				return "DEVELOPMENT";
+			} else {
+				return props.getProperty("version");
+			}
+		} catch (CoreException e) {
+            WPILibCore.logError("Error getting properties.", e);
+			return "DEVELOPMENT";
+		}
 	}
 
 	public String getCurrentVersion() {