diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 73fda3f129..7598ecef07 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@
     </scm>
 
     <properties>
+        <!-- Export package versions are maintained in packageinfo files -->
+        <aries.osgi.export>${aries.osgi.export.pkg};-noimport:=true</aries.osgi.export>
+
         <aries.osgi.export.pkg>
             org.apache.aries.util;
             org.apache.aries.util.tracker;
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/aries/util/nls/packageinfo b/src/main/java/org/apache/aries/util/nls/packageinfo
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..db7285e07e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/aries/util/nls/packageinfo
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#
+# 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.
+#
+version 0.4.0
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/aries/util/packageinfo b/src/main/java/org/apache/aries/util/packageinfo
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..db7285e07e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/aries/util/packageinfo
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#
+# 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.
+#
+version 0.4.0
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/aries/util/tracker/packageinfo b/src/main/java/org/apache/aries/util/tracker/packageinfo
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..db7285e07e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/aries/util/tracker/packageinfo
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#
+# 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.
+#
+version 0.4.0