diff --git a/tools/cli/cloudmonkey/cachegen.py b/tools/cli/cloudmonkey/cachegen.py
index e03b6fddf89..509c0c68587 100644
--- a/tools/cli/cloudmonkey/cachegen.py
+++ b/tools/cli/cloudmonkey/cachegen.py
@@ -16,11 +16,13 @@
 # under the License.
 
 try:
-    from common import grammar
+    import re
     from marvin.cloudstackAPI import *
     from marvin import cloudstackAPI
 except ImportError, e:
-    pass
+    import sys
+    print "ImportError", e
+    sys.exit(1)
 
 completions = cloudstackAPI.__all__
 
@@ -43,9 +45,12 @@ def main():
     completing commands and help docs. This reduces the overall search and
     cache_miss (computation) complexity from O(n) to O(1) for any valid cmd.
     """
+    pattern = re.compile("[A-Z]")
+    verbs = list(set([x[:pattern.search(x).start()] for x in completions
+                 if pattern.search(x) is not None]).difference(['cloudstack']))
     # datastructure {'verb': {cmd': ['api', [params], doc, required=[]]}}
     cache_verbs = {}
-    for verb in grammar:
+    for verb in verbs:
         completions_found = filter(lambda x: x.startswith(verb), completions)
         cache_verbs[verb] = {}
         for api_name in completions_found:
diff --git a/tools/cli/cloudmonkey/cloudmonkey.py b/tools/cli/cloudmonkey/cloudmonkey.py
index aabcde543fb..ecd0c82fb11 100644
--- a/tools/cli/cloudmonkey/cloudmonkey.py
+++ b/tools/cli/cloudmonkey/cloudmonkey.py
@@ -514,7 +514,7 @@ class CloudMonkeyShell(cmd.Cmd, object):
 def main():
     pattern = re.compile("[A-Z]")
     verbs = list(set([x[:pattern.search(x).start()] for x in completions
-                     if pattern.search(x) is not None]))
+                 if pattern.search(x) is not None]).difference(['cloudstack']))
     for verb in verbs:
         def add_grammar(verb):
             def grammar_closure(self, args):
diff --git a/tools/cli/pom.xml b/tools/cli/pom.xml
index c76cd650d42..aba5ec3c2a5 100644
--- a/tools/cli/pom.xml
+++ b/tools/cli/pom.xml
@@ -71,6 +71,20 @@
               </arguments>
             </configuration>
           </execution>
+          <execution>
+            <id>cachegen</id>
+            <phase>compile</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>exec</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <configuration>
+              <workingDirectory>${basedir}/cloudmonkey</workingDirectory>
+              <executable>python</executable>
+              <arguments>
+                  <argument>cachegen.py</argument>
+              </arguments>
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
           <execution>
             <id>package</id>
             <phase>compile</phase>