exclude the client (go) project based on whether a property is set
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 90d13f0..a0ad219 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
git submodule init
git submodule update --remote --merge --recursive
-And then:
+And then, with jdk 1.8+, maven 3.1+, and go 1.6+ installed (or skip go with `-Dno-go-client`):
mvn clean install
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b782dee..d9713e7 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -76,8 +76,34 @@
<module>brooklyn-ui</module>
<module>brooklyn-server</module>
<module>brooklyn-library</module>
- <module>brooklyn-client</module>
- <module>brooklyn-dist</module>
</modules>
+ <profiles>
+ <profile>
+ <!-- skip the client CLI by setting -Dno-go-client - useful if Go is not available -->
+ <id>go-client</id>
+ <activation>
+ <property>
+ <name>!no-go-client</name>
+ </property>
+ </activation>
+ <modules>
+ <module>brooklyn-client</module>
+ </modules>
+ </profile>
+ <profile>
+ <!-- also build the dist with a profile; we don't really expect people to opt in to skip, though they can;
+ mainly this is here to ensure the go-client profile modules if included get built before the dist module -->
+ <id>dist</id>
+ <activation>
+ <property>
+ <name>!no-dist</name>
+ </property>
+ </activation>
+ <modules>
+ <module>brooklyn-dist</module>
+ </modules>
+ </profile>
+ </profiles>
+
</project>
