diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 8a08474d17..04728a0a21 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -162,6 +162,7 @@ configurations {
 dependencies {
     implementation "org.opensearch.plugin:geo:${opensearch_version}"
     api project(":libs:h3")
+    api project(":geospatial-common")
     yamlRestTestRuntimeOnly "org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-core:${versions.log4j}"
     testImplementation "org.hamcrest:hamcrest:${versions.hamcrest}"
     testImplementation 'org.json:json:20231013'
diff --git a/common/build.gradle b/common/build.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3fcb256675
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/build.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+plugins {
+    id 'java'
+    id 'maven-publish'
+
+}
+
+group = 'org.opensearch'
+version = '3.0.0.0-SNAPSHOT'
+
+repositories {
+    mavenLocal()
+    maven { url "https://aws.oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots" }
+    mavenCentral()
+    maven { url "https://plugins.gradle.org/m2/" }
+}
+
+dependencies {
+    testImplementation platform('org.junit:junit-bom:5.10.0')
+    testImplementation 'org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter'
+}
+
+publishing {
+    publications {
+        mavenJava(MavenPublication) {
+            from components.java
+        }
+    }
+    repositories {
+        mavenLocal()
+    }
+}
+
+test {
+    useJUnitPlatform()
+}
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diff --git a/common/src/main/java/org/opensearch/CommonMain.java b/common/src/main/java/org/opensearch/CommonMain.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e32de89d57
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/src/main/java/org/opensearch/CommonMain.java
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+package org.opensearch;
+
+public class CommonMain {
+
+    public final static String TEST_STR = "TEST";
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+
+        System.out.println("Hello world!");
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/settings.gradle b/settings.gradle
index 72251801a7..5a76591554 100644
--- a/settings.gradle
+++ b/settings.gradle
@@ -10,4 +10,7 @@
 rootProject.name = 'geospatial'
 
 include ":libs"
-include ":libs:h3"
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+include ":libs:h3"
+
+include 'common'
+project(":common").name = rootProject.name + "-common"
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/opensearch/geospatial/plugin/GeospatialPlugin.java b/src/main/java/org/opensearch/geospatial/plugin/GeospatialPlugin.java
index d64f20b4f7..68a949b5ac 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/opensearch/geospatial/plugin/GeospatialPlugin.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/opensearch/geospatial/plugin/GeospatialPlugin.java
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.function.Supplier;
 
+import org.opensearch.CommonMain;
 import org.opensearch.action.ActionRequest;
 import org.opensearch.client.Client;
 import org.opensearch.cluster.metadata.IndexNameExpressionResolver;
@@ -220,6 +221,7 @@ public List<RestHandler> getRestHandlers(
             new ActionHandler<>(UpdateDatasourceAction.INSTANCE, UpdateDatasourceTransportAction.class),
             new ActionHandler<>(DeleteDatasourceAction.INSTANCE, DeleteDatasourceTransportAction.class)
         );
+        String testStr = CommonMain.TEST_STR;
 
         List<ActionHandler<? extends ActionRequest, ? extends ActionResponse>> allHandlers = new ArrayList<>();
         allHandlers.addAll(geoJsonHandlers);