diff --git a/java_tools/.idea/.gitignore b/java_tools/.idea/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..26d33521af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java_tools/.idea/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# Default ignored files
+/shelf/
+/workspace.xml
diff --git a/java_tools/.idea/compiler.xml b/java_tools/.idea/compiler.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..61a9130cd9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java_tools/.idea/compiler.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project version="4">
+  <component name="CompilerConfiguration">
+    <bytecodeTargetLevel target="1.8" />
+  </component>
+</project>
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diff --git a/java_tools/.idea/gradle.xml b/java_tools/.idea/gradle.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a1cca83d6d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java_tools/.idea/gradle.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project version="4">
+  <component name="GradleSettings">
+    <option name="linkedExternalProjectsSettings">
+      <GradleProjectSettings>
+        <option name="distributionType" value="DEFAULT_WRAPPED" />
+        <option name="externalProjectPath" value="$PROJECT_DIR$" />
+        <option name="gradleJvm" value="#JAVA_HOME" />
+        <option name="modules">
+          <set>
+            <option value="$PROJECT_DIR$/../java_console/logging-api" />
+            <option value="$PROJECT_DIR$" />
+          </set>
+        </option>
+      </GradleProjectSettings>
+    </option>
+  </component>
+</project>
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diff --git a/java_tools/.idea/jarRepositories.xml b/java_tools/.idea/jarRepositories.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fdc392fe87
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java_tools/.idea/jarRepositories.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project version="4">
+  <component name="RemoteRepositoriesConfiguration">
+    <remote-repository>
+      <option name="id" value="central" />
+      <option name="name" value="Maven Central repository" />
+      <option name="url" value="https://repo1.maven.org/maven2" />
+    </remote-repository>
+    <remote-repository>
+      <option name="id" value="jboss.community" />
+      <option name="name" value="JBoss Community repository" />
+      <option name="url" value="https://repository.jboss.org/nexus/content/repositories/public/" />
+    </remote-repository>
+    <remote-repository>
+      <option name="id" value="MavenRepo" />
+      <option name="name" value="MavenRepo" />
+      <option name="url" value="https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/" />
+    </remote-repository>
+  </component>
+</project>
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diff --git a/java_tools/.idea/misc.xml b/java_tools/.idea/misc.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b0051c81ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java_tools/.idea/misc.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project version="4">
+  <component name="ExternalStorageConfigurationManager" enabled="true" />
+  <component name="ProjectRootManager" version="2" languageLevel="JDK_1_8" default="true" project-jdk-name="1.8" project-jdk-type="JavaSDK" />
+</project>
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diff --git a/java_tools/.idea/vcs.xml b/java_tools/.idea/vcs.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6c0b863585
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java_tools/.idea/vcs.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project version="4">
+  <component name="VcsDirectoryMappings">
+    <mapping directory="$PROJECT_DIR$/.." vcs="Git" />
+  </component>
+</project>
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