diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core.linux/pom.xml b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core.linux/pom.xml
index a0559780e89..a1d9736ee57 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core.linux/pom.xml
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core.linux/pom.xml
@@ -43,6 +43,21 @@
 									<goal>run</goal>
 								</goals>
 							</execution>
+							<execution>
+								<id>clean-natives</id>
+								<phase>clean</phase>
+								<configuration>
+									<target>
+										<exec executable="make" newenvironment="false" dir="./library">
+											<arg value="ARCH=x86" />
+											<arg value="clean" />
+										</exec>
+									</target>
+								</configuration>
+								<goals>
+									<goal>run</goal>
+								</goals>
+							</execution>
 						</executions>
 					</plugin>
 				</plugins>
@@ -75,6 +90,21 @@
 									<goal>run</goal>
 								</goals>
 							</execution>
+							<execution>
+								<id>clean-natives</id>
+								<phase>clean</phase>
+								<configuration>
+									<target>
+										<exec executable="make" newenvironment="false" dir="./library">
+											<arg value="ARCH=x86_64" />
+											<arg value="clean" />
+										</exec>
+									</target>
+								</configuration>
+								<goals>
+									<goal>run</goal>
+								</goals>
+							</execution>
 						</executions>
 					</plugin>
 				</plugins>
@@ -107,6 +137,21 @@
 									<goal>run</goal>
 								</goals>
 							</execution>
+							<execution>
+								<id>clean-natives</id>
+								<phase>clean</phase>
+								<configuration>
+									<target>
+										<exec executable="make" newenvironment="false" dir="./library">
+											<arg value="ARCH=ppc" />
+											<arg value="clean" />
+										</exec>
+									</target>
+								</configuration>
+								<goals>
+									<goal>run</goal>
+								</goals>
+							</execution>
 						</executions>
 					</plugin>
 				</plugins>
@@ -139,6 +184,21 @@
 									<goal>run</goal>
 								</goals>
 							</execution>
+							<execution>
+								<id>clean-natives</id>
+								<phase>clean</phase>
+								<configuration>
+									<target>
+										<exec executable="make" newenvironment="false" dir="./library">
+											<arg value="ARCH=ppc64" />
+											<arg value="clean" />
+										</exec>
+									</target>
+								</configuration>
+								<goals>
+									<goal>run</goal>
+								</goals>
+							</execution>
 						</executions>
 					</plugin>
 				</plugins>
@@ -171,6 +231,21 @@
 									<goal>run</goal>
 								</goals>
 							</execution>
+							<execution>
+								<id>clean-natives</id>
+								<phase>clean</phase>
+								<configuration>
+									<target>
+										<exec executable="make" newenvironment="false" dir="./library">
+											<arg value="ARCH=ppc64le" />
+											<arg value="clean" />
+										</exec>
+									</target>
+								</configuration>
+								<goals>
+									<goal>run</goal>
+								</goals>
+							</execution>
 						</executions>
 					</plugin>
 				</plugins>
diff --git a/native/org.eclipse.cdt.native.serial/jni/Makefile b/native/org.eclipse.cdt.native.serial/jni/Makefile
index fb4cf6fcc41..19663384905 100644
--- a/native/org.eclipse.cdt.native.serial/jni/Makefile
+++ b/native/org.eclipse.cdt.native.serial/jni/Makefile
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ endif
 
 OS_DIR = ../os
 
+CFLAGS += -fPIC -D_REENTRANT
+
 UNAME = $(shell uname)
 ifeq ($(UNAME),Linux)
 LIBS = \
@@ -37,7 +39,7 @@ endif
 all:	$(LIBS)
 
 clean :
-	rm $(LIBS)
+	$(RM) $(LIBS)
 
 rebuild: clean all
 
@@ -51,12 +53,20 @@ $(OS_DIR)/win32/x86_64/serial.dll:	serial.c
 
 $(OS_DIR)/linux/x86/libserial.so:	serial.c
 	mkdir -p $(dir $@)
-	gcc -m32 -fPIC -D_REENTRANT -I$(JAVA_HOME)/include -I$(JAVA_HOME)/include/linux -shared -o $@ serial.c
+	gcc -m32 $(CFLAGS) -I$(JAVA_HOME)/include -I$(JAVA_HOME)/include/linux $(LDFLAGS) -shared -o $@ serial.c
 
 $(OS_DIR)/linux/x86_64/libserial.so:	serial.c
 	mkdir -p $(dir $@)
-	gcc -m64 -fPIC -D_REENTRANT -I$(JAVA_HOME)/include -I$(JAVA_HOME)/include/linux -shared -o $@ serial.c
+	gcc -m64 $(CFLAGS) -I$(JAVA_HOME)/include -I$(JAVA_HOME)/include/linux $(LDFLAGS) -shared -o $@ serial.c
+
+$(OS_DIR)/linux/ppc64/libserial.so:	serial.c
+	mkdir -p $(dir $@)
+	gcc -m64 $(CFLAGS) -I$(JAVA_HOME)/include -I$(JAVA_HOME)/include/linux $(LDFLAGS) -shared -o $@ serial.c
+
+$(OS_DIR)/linux/ppc64le/libserial.so:	serial.c
+	mkdir -p $(dir $@)
+	gcc -m64 -mcpu=power8 $(CFLAGS) -I$(JAVA_HOME)/include -I$(JAVA_HOME)/include/linux $(LDFLAGS) -shared -o $@ serial.c
 
 $(OS_DIR)/macosx/x86_64/libserial.jnilib:	serial.c
 	mkdir -p $(dir $@)
-	clang -fPIC -D_REENTRANT -I$(JAVA_HOME)/include -I$(JAVA_HOME)/include/darwin -dynamiclib -o $@ serial.c
+	clang $(CFLAGS) -I$(JAVA_HOME)/include -I$(JAVA_HOME)/include/darwin $(LDFLAGS) -dynamiclib -o $@ serial.c
diff --git a/native/org.eclipse.cdt.native.serial/pom.xml b/native/org.eclipse.cdt.native.serial/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..cbf4ae085b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/native/org.eclipse.cdt.native.serial/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,218 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  Copyright (c) 2018 Red Hat, Inc. and others.
+  All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
+  are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Distribution License v1.0
+  which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
+  http://www.eclipse.org/org/documents/edl-v10.php
+
+  Contributors:
+     Mat Booth (Red Hat) - initial implementation
+-->
+<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">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>org.eclipse.cdt</groupId>
+    <artifactId>cdt-parent</artifactId>
+    <version>9.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
+  </parent>
+
+  <version>1.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <artifactId>org.eclipse.cdt.native.serial</artifactId>
+  <packaging>eclipse-plugin</packaging>
+
+	<profiles>
+		<profile>
+			<id>build-native.linux.x86</id>
+			<activation>
+				<property>
+					<name>native</name>
+					<value>linux.x86</value>
+				</property>
+			</activation>
+			<build>
+				<plugins>
+					<plugin>
+						<artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId>
+						<executions>
+							<execution>
+								<id>natives</id>
+								<phase>process-resources</phase>
+								<configuration>
+									<target>
+										<exec executable="make" newenvironment="false" dir="./jni">
+											<arg value="LIBS=../os/linux/x86/libserial.so" />
+										</exec>
+									</target>
+								</configuration>
+								<goals>
+									<goal>run</goal>
+								</goals>
+							</execution>
+							<execution>
+								<id>clean-natives</id>
+								<phase>clean</phase>
+								<configuration>
+									<target>
+										<exec executable="make" newenvironment="false" dir="./jni">
+											<arg value="LIBS=../os/linux/x86/libserial.so" />
+											<arg value="clean" />
+										</exec>
+									</target>
+								</configuration>
+								<goals>
+									<goal>run</goal>
+								</goals>
+							</execution>
+						</executions>
+					</plugin>
+				</plugins>
+			</build>
+		</profile>
+		<profile>
+			<id>build-native.linux.x86_64</id>
+			<activation>
+				<property>
+					<name>native</name>
+					<value>linux.x86_64</value>
+				</property>
+			</activation>
+			<build>
+				<plugins>
+					<plugin>
+						<artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId>
+						<executions>
+							<execution>
+								<id>natives</id>
+								<phase>process-resources</phase>
+								<configuration>
+									<target>
+										<exec executable="make" newenvironment="false" dir="./jni">
+											<arg value="LIBS=../os/linux/x86_64/libserial.so" />
+										</exec>
+									</target>
+								</configuration>
+								<goals>
+									<goal>run</goal>
+								</goals>
+							</execution>
+							<execution>
+								<id>clean-natives</id>
+								<phase>clean</phase>
+								<configuration>
+									<target>
+										<exec executable="make" newenvironment="false" dir="./jni">
+											<arg value="LIBS=../os/linux/x86_64/libserial.so" />
+											<arg value="clean" />
+										</exec>
+									</target>
+								</configuration>
+								<goals>
+									<goal>run</goal>
+								</goals>
+							</execution>
+						</executions>
+					</plugin>
+				</plugins>
+			</build>
+		</profile>
+		<profile>
+			<id>build-native.linux.ppc64</id>
+			<activation>
+				<property>
+					<name>native</name>
+					<value>linux.ppc64</value>
+				</property>
+			</activation>
+			<build>
+				<plugins>
+					<plugin>
+						<artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId>
+						<executions>
+							<execution>
+								<id>natives</id>
+								<phase>process-resources</phase>
+								<configuration>
+									<target>
+										<exec executable="make" newenvironment="false" dir="./jni">
+											<arg value="LIBS=../os/linux/ppc64/libserial.so" />
+										</exec>
+									</target>
+								</configuration>
+								<goals>
+									<goal>run</goal>
+								</goals>
+							</execution>
+							<execution>
+								<id>clean-natives</id>
+								<phase>clean</phase>
+								<configuration>
+									<target>
+										<exec executable="make" newenvironment="false" dir="./jni">
+											<arg value="LIBS=../os/linux/ppc64/libserial.so" />
+											<arg value="clean" />
+										</exec>
+									</target>
+								</configuration>
+								<goals>
+									<goal>run</goal>
+								</goals>
+							</execution>
+						</executions>
+					</plugin>
+				</plugins>
+			</build>
+		</profile>
+		<profile>
+			<id>build-native.linux.ppc64le</id>
+			<activation>
+				<property>
+					<name>native</name>
+					<value>linux.ppc64le</value>
+				</property>
+			</activation>
+			<build>
+				<plugins>
+					<plugin>
+						<artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId>
+						<executions>
+							<execution>
+								<id>natives</id>
+								<phase>process-resources</phase>
+								<configuration>
+									<target>
+										<exec executable="make" newenvironment="false" dir="./jni">
+											<arg value="LIBS=../os/linux/ppc64le/libserial.so" />
+										</exec>
+									</target>
+								</configuration>
+								<goals>
+									<goal>run</goal>
+								</goals>
+							</execution>
+							<execution>
+								<id>clean-natives</id>
+								<phase>clean</phase>
+								<configuration>
+									<target>
+										<exec executable="make" newenvironment="false" dir="./jni">
+											<arg value="LIBS=../os/linux/ppc64le/libserial.so" />
+											<arg value="clean" />
+										</exec>
+									</target>
+								</configuration>
+								<goals>
+									<goal>run</goal>
+								</goals>
+							</execution>
+						</executions>
+					</plugin>
+				</plugins>
+			</build>
+		</profile>
+	</profiles>
+</project>