diff --git a/cli/pom.xml b/cli/pom.xml
index e719b5b43df..694c1712109 100644
--- a/cli/pom.xml
+++ b/cli/pom.xml
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ Copyright (c) 2012 - Jeremy Long. All Rights Reserved.
                     <useWildcardClassPath>true</useWildcardClassPath>
                     <configurationDirectory>plugins/*</configurationDirectory>
                     <includeConfigurationDirectoryInClasspath>true</includeConfigurationDirectoryInClasspath>
+                    <unixScriptTemplate>${project.basedir}/src/main/conf/unixBinTemplate</unixScriptTemplate>
                 </configuration>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
diff --git a/cli/src/main/conf/unixBinTemplate b/cli/src/main/conf/unixBinTemplate
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..59210f4faf9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cli/src/main/conf/unixBinTemplate
@@ -0,0 +1,124 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env sh
+@LICENSE_HEADER@
+
+# resolve links - $0 may be a softlink
+PRG="$0"
+
+while [ -h "$PRG" ]; do
+  ls=`ls -ld "$PRG"`
+  link=`expr "$ls" : '.*-> \(.*\)$'`
+  if expr "$link" : '/.*' > /dev/null; then
+    PRG="$link"
+  else
+    PRG=`dirname "$PRG"`/"$link"
+  fi
+done
+
+PRGDIR=`dirname "$PRG"`
+BASEDIR=`cd "$PRGDIR/.." >/dev/null; pwd`
+
+# Reset the REPO variable. If you need to influence this use the environment setup file.
+REPO=
+@ENV_SETUP@
+
+# OS specific support.  $var _must_ be set to either true or false.
+cygwin=false;
+darwin=false;
+case "`uname`" in
+  CYGWIN*) cygwin=true ;;
+  Darwin*) darwin=true
+           if [ -z "$JAVA_VERSION" ] ; then
+             JAVA_VERSION="CurrentJDK"
+           else
+             echo "Using Java version: $JAVA_VERSION"
+           fi
+		   if [ -z "$JAVA_HOME" ]; then
+		      if [ -x "/usr/libexec/java_home" ]; then
+			      JAVA_HOME=`/usr/libexec/java_home`
+			  else
+			      JAVA_HOME=/System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/${JAVA_VERSION}/Home
+			  fi
+           fi       
+           ;;
+esac
+
+if [ -z "$JAVA_HOME" ] ; then
+  if [ -r /etc/gentoo-release ] ; then
+    JAVA_HOME=`java-config --jre-home`
+  fi
+fi
+
+# For Cygwin, ensure paths are in UNIX format before anything is touched
+if $cygwin ; then
+  [ -n "$JAVA_HOME" ] && JAVA_HOME=`cygpath --unix "$JAVA_HOME"`
+  [ -n "$CLASSPATH" ] && CLASSPATH=`cygpath --path --unix "$CLASSPATH"`
+fi
+
+# If a specific java binary isn't specified search for the standard 'java' binary
+if [ -z "$JAVACMD" ] ; then
+  if [ -n "$JAVA_HOME"  ] ; then
+    if [ -x "$JAVA_HOME/jre/sh/java" ] ; then
+      # IBM's JDK on AIX uses strange locations for the executables
+      JAVACMD="$JAVA_HOME/jre/sh/java"
+    else
+      JAVACMD="$JAVA_HOME/bin/java"
+    fi
+  else
+    JAVACMD=`which java`
+  fi
+fi
+
+if [ ! -x "$JAVACMD" ] ; then
+  echo "Error: JAVA_HOME is not defined correctly." 1>&2
+  echo "  We cannot execute $JAVACMD" 1>&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+if [ -z "$REPO" ]
+then
+  REPO="$BASEDIR"/@REPO@
+fi
+
+CLASSPATH=@CLASSPATH@
+
+ENDORSED_DIR=@ENDORSED_DIR@
+if [ -n "$ENDORSED_DIR" ] ; then
+  CLASSPATH=$BASEDIR/$ENDORSED_DIR/*:$CLASSPATH
+fi
+
+if [ -n "$CLASSPATH_PREFIX" ] ; then
+  CLASSPATH=$CLASSPATH_PREFIX:$CLASSPATH
+fi
+
+# For Cygwin, switch paths to Windows format before running java
+if $cygwin; then
+  [ -n "$CLASSPATH" ] && CLASSPATH=`cygpath --path --windows "$CLASSPATH"`
+  [ -n "$JAVA_HOME" ] && JAVA_HOME=`cygpath --path --windows "$JAVA_HOME"`
+  [ -n "$HOME" ] && HOME=`cygpath --path --windows "$HOME"`
+  [ -n "$BASEDIR" ] && BASEDIR=`cygpath --path --windows "$BASEDIR"`
+  [ -n "$REPO" ] && REPO=`cygpath --path --windows "$REPO"`
+fi
+
+#exec "$JAVACMD" $JAVA_OPTS @EXTRA_JVM_ARGUMENTS@ \
+#  -classpath "$CLASSPATH" \
+#  -Dapp.name="@APP_NAME@" \
+#  -Dapp.pid="$$" \
+#  -Dapp.repo="$REPO" \
+#  -Dapp.home="$BASEDIR" \
+#  -Dbasedir="$BASEDIR" \
+#  @MAINCLASS@ \
+#  @APP_ARGUMENTS@"$@"@UNIX_BACKGROUND@
+
+CMDS=("$JAVACMD" \
+  -classpath "$CLASSPATH" \
+  -Dapp.name="@APP_NAME@" \
+  -Dapp.pid="$$" \
+  -Dapp.repo="$REPO" \
+  -Dapp.home="$BASEDIR" \
+  -Dbasedir="$BASEDIR" \
+  @MAINCLASS@)
+
+for arg; do
+CMDS+=("$arg")
+done
+exec "${CMDS[@]@UNIX_BACKGROUND@}"
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