diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index e9e4bef6145..4004117931a 100755
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
     <property name="target.dir" location="${base.dir}/target"/>
 
     <import file="${base.dir}/build/build-cloud.xml" optional="false"/>
+    <import file="${base.dir}/build/build-cloud-plugins.xml" optional="false"/>
     <import file="${base.dir}/build/build-docs.xml" optional="true"/>
     <import file="${base.dir}/build/build-tests.xml" optional="true"/>
     <import file="${base.dir}/build/build-marvin.xml" optional="true"/>
diff --git a/build/build-cloud-plugins.xml b/build/build-cloud-plugins.xml
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..a21a4c3f4f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/build-cloud-plugins.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,268 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+  contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+  this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+  The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+  (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+  the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  limitations under the License.
+-->
+
+
+<project name="Cloud Stack Plugins" default="help" basedir=".">
+
+  <target name="help">
+    <echo level="info" message="Ant Build File for CloudStack Plugins" />
+    <echo level="info" message="Type 'ant -projecthelp' to get a list of targets and their descriptions." />
+  </target>
+
+  <description>
+		Cloud Stack ant build file for building all the plugins
+  </description>
+
+  <!--
+  Test
+ 	Always use this variable to refer to the base directory because this
+	variable is changeable
+    -->
+  <dirname property="base.dir" file="${ant.file.Cloud Stack Plugins}/.." />
+  <property name="build.dir" location="${base.dir}/build" />
+
+  <!-- Import anything that the user wants to set-->
+  <!-- Import properties files and environment variables here -->
+
+  <property environment="env" />
+
+  <condition property="build-cloud.properties.file" value="${build.dir}/override/build-cloud.properties" else="${build.dir}/build-cloud.properties">
+    <available file="${build.dir}/override/build-cloud.properties" />
+  </condition>
+
+  <condition property="cloud.properties.file" value="${build.dir}/override/cloud.properties" else="${build.dir}/cloud.properties">
+    <available file="${build.dir}/override/cloud.properties" />
+  </condition>
+
+  <condition property="override.file" value="${build.dir}/override/replace.properties" else="${build.dir}/replace.properties">
+    <available file="${build.dir}/override/replace.properties" />
+  </condition>
+
+  <echo message="Using build parameters from ${build-cloud.properties.file}" />
+  <property file="${build-cloud.properties.file}" />
+
+  <echo message="Using company info from ${cloud.properties.file}" />
+  <property file="${cloud.properties.file}" />
+
+  <echo message="Using override file from ${override.file}" />
+  <property file="${override.file}" />
+
+  <property file="${base.dir}/build/build.number" />
+
+  <import file="${build.dir}/build-common.xml" />
+
+  <!-- In case these didn't get defined in the build-cloud.properties -->
+  <property name="branding.name" value="default" />
+  <property name="tomcat.home" value="${env.CATALINA_HOME}" />
+  <property name="deprecation" value="off" />
+  <property name="target.compat.version" value="1.6" />
+  <property name="source.compat.version" value="1.6" />
+  <property name="debug" value="true" />
+  <property name="debuglevel" value="lines,source"/>
+
+  <!-- directories for build and distribution -->
+  <property name="dist.dir" location="${base.dir}/dist/" />
+  <property name="target.dir" location="${base.dir}/target" />
+  <property name="classes.dir" location="${target.dir}/classes" />
+  <property name="jar.dir" location="${target.dir}/jar" />
+  <property name="dep.cache.dir" location="${target.dir}/dep-cache" />
+  <property name="build.log" location="${target.dir}/ant_verbose.txt" />
+
+  <property name="deps.dir" location="${base.dir}/deps" />
+  <property name="tools.jar.dir" location="${base.dir}/tools/tooljars" />
+
+  <!-- directories for client compilation-->
+  <property name="client.dir" location="${base.dir}/client" />
+  <property name="client.test.dir" location="${client.dir}/test" />
+  <property name="client.target.dir" location="${target.dir}/ui" />
+  <property name="ui.user.dir" location="${base.dir}/ui" />
+  <property name="setup.db.dir" location="${base.dir}/setup/db" />
+  <property name="setup.apidoc.dir" location="${base.dir}/setup/apidoc" />
+
+  <!-- directories for server compilation-->
+  <property name="server.dir" location="${base.dir}/server" />
+  <property name="server.test.dir" location="${server.dir}/test" />
+  <property name="server.dist.dir" location="${dist.dir}/client" />
+  <property name="db.scripts.dir" location="${target.dir}/db"/>
+  <property name="apidoc.scripts.dir" location="${base.dir}/setup/apidoc/"/>
+
+  <!-- directories for core code compilation-->
+  <property name="core.dir" location="${base.dir}/core" />
+  <property name="core.test.dir" location="${core.dir}/test/" />
+
+  <!-- directories for agent code compilation-->
+  <property name="agent.dir" location="${base.dir}/agent" />
+  <property name="agent.test.dir" location="${utils.dir}/test/" />
+  <property name="agent.dist.dir" location="${dist.dir}/agent" />
+
+  <property name="scripts.dir" location="${base.dir}/scripts" />
+  <property name="scripts.target.dir" location="${target.dir}/scripts"/>
+
+  <!-- directories for console proxy compilation-->
+  <property name="console-proxy.dir" location="${base.dir}/console-proxy" />
+  <property name="console-proxy.dist.dir" location="${dist.dir}/console-proxy" />
+
+  <property name="tools.dir" location="${base.dir}/tools" />
+  <!--  <property name="antcontrib.dir" location="${tools.dir}/tools/ant/apache-ant-1.8.0/lib" />-->
+  <property name="deploy.dir" location="${build.dir}/deploy" />
+  <property name="production.dir" location="${deploy.dir}/production" />
+  <property name="meld.home" location="/usr/local/bin" />
+  <property name="assertion" value="-da" />
+
+  <!-- directory for vmware-base library -->
+  <property name="vmware-base.dir" location="${base.dir}/vmware-base" />
+
+  <!-- directories for branding -->
+  <property name="branding.dir" location="${build.dir}/deploy/branding/${branding.name}" />
+
+  <property name="core.jar" value="cloud-core.jar" />
+  <property name="utils.jar" value="cloud-utils.jar" />
+  <property name="server.jar" value="cloud-server.jar" />
+  <property name="agent.jar" value="cloud-agent.jar" />
+  <property name="console-proxy.jar" value="cloud-console-proxy.jar" />
+  <property name="api.jar" value="cloud-api.jar"/>
+  <property name="vmware-base.jar" value="cloud-vmware-base.jar" />
+
+  <!--
+		Import information about the build version and company information
+	-->
+  <property name="version" value="${company.major.version}.${company.minor.version}.${company.patch.version}" />
+
+  <!-- Class paths -->
+  <path id="prod.src.path">
+    <pathelement location="${server.dir}/src" />
+    <pathelement location="${utils.dir}/src" />
+    <pathelement location="${core.dir}/src" />
+    <pathelement location="${agent.dir}/src" />
+  </path>
+
+  <path id="src.classpath">
+  </path>
+
+  <path id="compile.deps.classpath">
+      <fileset dir="${tools.jar.dir}" erroronmissingdir="true">
+          <include name="*.jar" />
+      </fileset>
+  </path>
+
+  <path id="deps.classpath">
+    <!--filelist files="${deps.classpath}" /-->
+    <fileset dir="${deps.dir}" erroronmissingdir="false">
+      <include name="*.jar" />
+    </fileset>
+    <path refid="compile.deps.classpath" />
+  </path>
+
+  <path id="dist.classpath">
+    <fileset dir="${target.dir}">
+      <include name="**/*.jar" />
+    </fileset>
+    <fileset dir="${target.dir}/jar">
+        <include name="**/*.jar" />
+    </fileset>
+  </path>
+
+  <path id="test.classpath">
+    <fileset dir="${dist.dir}">
+      <include name="**/*.jar" />
+    </fileset>
+  </path>
+
+
+  <target name="compile-plugins" description="Compile all of the jars corresponding to plugins" depends="compile-utils, compile-api, compile-core, compile-server, compile-hypervisors, compile-deployment-planners, compile-host-allocators, compile-network-elements, compile-user-authenticators "/>
+
+  <target name="build-plugins" depends="build-hypervisors, build-network-elements, build-deployment-planners, build-host-allocators, build-user-authenticators" description="Builds all jar's for the plug-in's"/>
+
+  <target name="clean-plugins" description="Clean all of the generated files by the plugins">
+      <delete file="${build.log}" />
+      <delete dir="${classes.dir}" />
+      <delete dir="${jar.dir}" />
+      <delete dir="${dist.files.dir}" />
+      <delete dir="${target.dir}" />
+  </target>
+
+  <!-- ===================== Hypervisors ========================= -->
+
+  <target name="compile-hypervisors" depends="compile-ovm" description="Compile all hypervisors"/>
+  <target name="build-hypervisors" depends="build-ovm" description="Builds all hypervisors"/>
+
+  <target name="compile-ovm" depends="-init, compile-server" description="Compile OVM">
+  	<ant antfile="${base.dir}/plugins/hypervisors/ovm/build.xml" target="build"/>
+  </target>
+  <target name="build-ovm" depends="compile-ovm" />
+
+
+  <!-- ===================== Deployment Planners ================= -->
+
+  <target name="compile-deployment-planners" depends="compile-dp-user-dispersing, compile-dp-user-concentrated-pod" description="Compile all dp's"/>
+  <target name="build-deployment-planners" depends="build-dp-user-dispersing, build-dp-user-concentrated-pod" description="builds all dp's"/>
+  
+  <target name="compile-dp-user-dispersing" depends="-init, compile-server" description="Compile dp-user-dispersing">
+  	<ant antfile="${base.dir}/plugins/deployment-planners/user-dispersing/build.xml" target="build"/>
+  </target>
+  <target name="build-dp-user-dispersing" depends="compile-dp-user-dispersing" />
+
+  <target name="compile-dp-user-concentrated-pod" depends="-init, compile-server" description="Compile ">
+  	<ant antfile="${base.dir}/plugins/deployment-planners/user-concentrated-pod/build.xml" target="build"/>
+  </target>
+  <target name="build-dp-user-concentrated-pod" depends="compile-dp-user-concentrated-pod" />
+
+
+  <!-- ===================== Host Allocators ===================== -->
+
+  <target name="compile-host-allocators" depends="compile-host-allocator-random" description="Compile all host allocators"/>
+  <target name="build-host-allocators" depends="build-host-allocator-random" description="builds all host allocators"/>
+ 
+  <target name="compile-host-allocator-random" depends="-init, compile-server" description="Compile ">
+  	<ant antfile="${base.dir}/plugins/host-allocators/random/build.xml" target="build"/>
+  </target>
+  <target name="build-host-allocator-random" depends="compile-host-allocator-random" />
+
+
+  <!-- ===================== User Authenticators ================== -->
+
+  <target name="compile-user-authenticators" depends="compile-user-authenticator-ldap" description="Compile all user authenicators"/>
+  <target name="build-user-authenticators" depends="build-user-authenticator-ldap" description="builds all user authenticators"/>
+
+  <target name="compile-user-authenticator-ldap" depends="-init, compile-server" description="Compile ">
+  	<ant antfile="${base.dir}/plugins/user-authenticators/ldap/build.xml" target="build"/>
+  </target>
+  <target name="build-user-authenticator-ldap" depends="compile-user-authenticator-ldap" />
+
+
+  <!-- ===================== Network Elements ===================== -->
+
+  <target name="compile-network-elements" depends="compile-netscaler, compile-f5, compile-srx" description="Compile all network elements"/>
+  <target name="build-network-elements" depends="build-netscaler, build-f5, build-srx" description="build all network elements"/>
+ 
+  <target name="compile-netscaler" depends="-init, compile-server" description="Compile NetScaler plugin">
+  	<ant antfile="${base.dir}/plugins/network-elements/netscaler/build.xml" target="build"/>
+  </target>
+  <target name="build-netscaler" depends="compile-netscaler"/>
+
+  <target name="compile-f5" depends="-init, compile-server" description="Compile F5 plugin">
+  	<ant antfile="${base.dir}/plugins/network-elements/f5/build.xml" target="build"/>
+  </target>
+  <target name="build-f5" depends="compile-f5"/>
+
+  <target name="compile-srx" depends="-init, compile-server" description="Compile SRX plugin">
+  	<ant antfile="${base.dir}/plugins/network-elements/juniper-srx/build.xml" target="build"/>
+  </target>
+  <target name="build-srx" depends="compile-srx"/>
+
+</project>
diff --git a/build/build-cloud.xml b/build/build-cloud.xml
index f95768a489c..b8ad09edc30 100755
--- a/build/build-cloud.xml
+++ b/build/build-cloud.xml
@@ -586,58 +586,10 @@
     <delete dir="${unittest.dir}"/>
   </target>
 
-  <target name="compile-all" description="Compile all of the jars" depends="compile-utils, compile-api, compile-core, compile-server, compile-ovm, compile-netscaler, compile-f5, compile-srx, compile-dp-user-dispersing, compile-dp-user-concentrated-pod, compile-host-allocator-random, compile-host-allocator-random"/>
+  <target name="compile-all" description="Compile all of the jars" depends="compile-utils, compile-api, compile-core, compile-server, compile-plugins"/>
 
-  <target name="clean-all" depends="clean, clean-awsapi" description="Clean all of the generated files, including dependency cache and javadoc">
+  <target name="clean-all" depends="clean, clean-plugins, clean-awsapi" description="Clean all of the generated files, including dependency cache and javadoc">
     <delete dir="${target.dir}" />
   </target>
 
-  <!-- ===================== Ovm.Jar ===================== -->
-  <target name="compile-ovm" depends="-init, compile-server" description="Compile OVM">
-  	<ant antfile="${base.dir}/plugins/hypervisors/ovm/build.xml" target="build"/>
-  </target>
-  <target name="build-ovm" depends="compile-ovm" />
-
-  <!-- =====================cloud-dp-user-dispersing.Jar ===================== -->
-  <target name="compile-dp-user-dispersing" depends="-init, compile-server" description="Compile dp-user-dispersing">
-  	<ant antfile="${base.dir}/plugins/deployment-planners/user-dispersing/build.xml" target="build"/>
-  </target>
-  <target name="build-dp-user-dispersing" depends="compile-dp-user-dispersing" />
-
-  <!-- =====================cloud-dp-user-concentrated-pod.Jar ===================== -->
-  <target name="compile-dp-user-concentrated-pod" depends="-init, compile-server" description="Compile ">
-  	<ant antfile="${base.dir}/plugins/deployment-planners/user-concentrated-pod/build.xml" target="build"/>
-  </target>
-  <target name="build-dp-user-concentrated-pod" depends="compile-dp-user-concentrated-pod" />
- 
-  <!-- =====================cloud-host-allocator-random.jar ===================== -->
-  <target name="compile-host-allocator-random" depends="-init, compile-server" description="Compile ">
-  	<ant antfile="${base.dir}/plugins/host-allocators/random/build.xml" target="build"/>
-  </target>
-  <target name="build-host-allocator-random" depends="compile-host-allocator-random" />
-
-  <!-- =====================cloud-user-authenticator-ldap.jar ===================== -->
-  <target name="compile-user-authenticator-ldap" depends="-init, compile-server" description="Compile ">
-  	<ant antfile="${base.dir}/plugins/user-authenticators/ldap/build.xml" target="build"/>
-  </target>
-  <target name="build-user-authenticator-ldap" depends="compile-user-authenticator-ldap" />
-
- <!-- ===================== Cloud-Plugin-Netscaler.Jar ===================== -->
-  <target name="compile-netscaler" depends="-init, compile-server" description="Compile NetScaler plugin">
-  	<ant antfile="${base.dir}/plugins/network-elements/netscaler/build.xml" target="build"/>
-  </target>
-  <target name="build-netscaler" depends="compile-netscaler"/>
-
-  <!-- ===================== Cloud-Plugin-F5.Jar ===================== -->
-  <target name="compile-f5" depends="-init, compile-server" description="Compile F5 plugin">
-  	<ant antfile="${base.dir}/plugins/network-elements/f5/build.xml" target="build"/>
-  </target>
-  <target name="build-f5" depends="compile-f5"/>
-
-  <!-- ===================== Cloud-Plugin-Srx.Jar ===================== -->
-  <target name="compile-srx" depends="-init, compile-server" description="Compile SRX plugin">
-  	<ant antfile="${base.dir}/plugins/network-elements/juniper-srx/build.xml" target="build"/>
-  </target>
-  <target name="build-srx" depends="compile-srx"/>
-
 </project>
diff --git a/build/package.xml b/build/package.xml
index 0c2ca3a9b4b..2b5a74b123a 100755
--- a/build/package.xml
+++ b/build/package.xml
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@
     </zip>
   </target>
 
-  <target name="build-all" depends="build-opensource, build-ui, build-war-oss, compile-testclient, compile-usage, build-awsapi">
+  <target name="build-all" depends="build-opensource, build-plugins, build-ui, build-war-oss, compile-testclient, compile-usage, build-awsapi">
   </target>
 
   <target name="build-all-with-simulator" depends="build-all, compile-agent-simulator">