diff --git a/awsapi/pom.xml b/awsapi/pom.xml
index d4573491723..7d23767a7fc 100644
--- a/awsapi/pom.xml
+++ b/awsapi/pom.xml
@@ -415,4 +415,123 @@
       </plugins>
     </pluginManagement>
   </build>
+  <profiles>
+    <profile>
+      <id>downloadec2wsdl</id>
+      <activation>
+        <property>
+          <name>downloadec2wsdl</name>
+        </property>
+      </activation>
+      <build>
+        <plugins>
+          <plugin>
+            <artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId>
+            <version>1.7</version>
+            <executions>
+              <execution>
+                <phase>generate-resources</phase>
+                <goals>
+                  <goal>run</goal>
+                </goals>
+                <configuration>
+                  <target name="download-2012-08-15.ec2-wsdl">
+                    <!-- Create the WSDL directory structure used by codegen -->
+                    <mkdir dir="wsdl" />
+                    <echo message="Downloading 2012-08-15.ec2-wsdl..." />
+                     <get
+                       src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/ec2-downloads/2012-08-15.ec2.wsdl"
+                       dest="${basedir}/wsdl/"
+                       verbose="true"
+                       usetimestamp="true"
+                     />
+                  </target>
+                </configuration>
+              </execution>
+            </executions>
+          </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+      </build>
+    </profile>
+    <profile>
+      <id>gencodefromwsdl</id>
+      <activation>
+        <property>
+          <name>gencodefromwsdl</name>
+        </property>
+      </activation>
+      <build>
+        <plugins>
+          <plugin>
+            <groupId>org.apache.axis2</groupId>
+            <artifactId>axis2-wsdl2code-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+            <version>1.5.6</version>
+            <executions>
+              <execution>
+                <phase>generate-sources</phase>
+                <goals>
+                  <goal>wsdl2code</goal>
+                </goals>
+                <configuration>
+                  <wsdlFile>${basedir}/wsdl/2012-08-15.ec2.wsdl</wsdlFile>
+                  <packageName>com.amazon.ec2</packageName>
+                  <generateServerSide>true</generateServerSide>
+                  <generateServicesXml>true</generateServicesXml>
+                  <generateServerSideInterface>true</generateServerSideInterface>
+                  <namespaceToPackages>http://ec2.amazonaws.com/doc/2012-08-15/=com.amazon.ec2</namespaceToPackages>
+                  <outputDirectory>${basedir}</outputDirectory>
+                </configuration>
+              </execution>
+              <execution>
+                <id>generate-aws-ec2-source-client</id>
+                <phase>generate-sources</phase>
+                <goals>
+                  <goal>wsdl2code</goal>
+                </goals>
+                <configuration>
+                  <wsdlFile>${basedir}/wsdl/2012-08-15.ec2.wsdl</wsdlFile>
+                  <packageName>com.amazon.ec2.client</packageName>
+                  <namespaceToPackages>http://ec2.amazonaws.com/doc/2012-08-15/=com.amazon.ec2.client</namespaceToPackages>
+                  <outputDirectory>${basedir}</outputDirectory>
+                </configuration>
+              </execution>
+            </executions>
+          </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+      </build>
+    </profile>
+    <profile>
+      <id>removewsdl</id>
+      <activation>
+        <property>
+          <name>removewsdl</name>
+        </property>
+      </activation>
+      <build>
+        <plugins>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+          <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>1.2.1</version>
+          <executions>
+            <execution>
+              <phase>clean</phase>
+              <goals>
+                <goal>exec</goal>
+              </goals>
+              <configuration>
+                <executable>rm</executable>
+                <arguments>
+                  <argument>-rf</argument>
+                  <argument>${basedir}/wsdl/</argument>
+                  <argument>${basedir}/resources/AmazonEC2.wsdl</argument>
+                </arguments>
+              </configuration>
+            </execution>
+          </executions>
+        </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+      </build>
+    </profile>
+  </profiles>
 </project>