diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a1c2a238..1bc94f32 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -21,3 +21,4 @@
 
 # virtual machine crash logs, see http://www.java.com/en/download/help/error_hotspot.xml
 hs_err_pid*
+/.idea/
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a4bdb80c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+	xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+	<parent>
+		<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+		<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
+		<version>2.6.1</version>
+		<relativePath/> <!-- lookup parent from repository -->
+	</parent>
+	<groupId>ru.yandex.practicum</groupId>
+	<artifactId>catsgram</artifactId>
+	<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<name>catsgram</name>
+	<description>Мини-версия популярной соцсети с фотографиями котов.</description>
+	<properties>
+		<java.version>11</java.version>
+	</properties>
+	<dependencies>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
+		</dependency>
+
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
+			<scope>test</scope>
+		</dependency>
+	</dependencies>
+
+	<build>
+		<plugins>
+			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+				<artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+			</plugin>
+		</plugins>
+	</build>
+</project>