diff --git a/bom/openhab-core/pom.xml b/bom/openhab-core/pom.xml
index 4a96fcf9a91..759e0dfaea1 100644
--- a/bom/openhab-core/pom.xml
+++ b/bom/openhab-core/pom.xml
@@ -316,6 +316,12 @@
       <version>${project.version}</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.openhab.core.bundles</groupId>
+      <artifactId>org.openhab.core.config.discovery.addon.process</artifactId>
+      <version>${project.version}</version>
+      <scope>compile</scope>
+    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.openhab.core.bundles</groupId>
       <artifactId>org.openhab.core.config.discovery.addon.upnp</artifactId>
diff --git a/bundles/org.openhab.core.config.discovery.addon.process/.classpath b/bundles/org.openhab.core.config.discovery.addon.process/.classpath
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d3d6b3c11b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bundles/org.openhab.core.config.discovery.addon.process/.classpath
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<classpath>
+	<classpathentry kind="src" output="target/classes" path="src/main/java">
+		<attributes>
+			<attribute name="optional" value="true"/>
+			<attribute name="maven.pomderived" value="true"/>
+		</attributes>
+	</classpathentry>
+	<classpathentry kind="src" output="target/test-classes" path="src/test/java">
+		<attributes>
+			<attribute name="test" value="true"/>
+			<attribute name="optional" value="true"/>
+			<attribute name="maven.pomderived" value="true"/>
+		</attributes>
+	</classpathentry>
+	<classpathentry kind="con" path="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.JRE_CONTAINER/org.eclipse.jdt.internal.debug.ui.launcher.StandardVMType/JavaSE-17">
+		<attributes>
+			<attribute name="maven.pomderived" value="true"/>
+			<attribute name="annotationpath" value="target/dependency"/>
+		</attributes>
+	</classpathentry>
+	<classpathentry kind="con" path="org.eclipse.m2e.MAVEN2_CLASSPATH_CONTAINER">
+		<attributes>
+			<attribute name="maven.pomderived" value="true"/>
+			<attribute name="annotationpath" value="target/dependency"/>
+		</attributes>
+	</classpathentry>
+	<classpathentry kind="output" path="target/classes"/>
+</classpath>
diff --git a/bundles/org.openhab.core.config.discovery.addon.process/.project b/bundles/org.openhab.core.config.discovery.addon.process/.project
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..fefa8799dc2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bundles/org.openhab.core.config.discovery.addon.process/.project
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<projectDescription>
+	<name>org.openhab.core.config.discovery.addon.process</name>
+	<comment></comment>
+	<projects>
+	</projects>
+	<buildSpec>
+		<buildCommand>
+			<name>org.eclipse.jdt.core.javabuilder</name>
+			<arguments>
+			</arguments>
+		</buildCommand>
+		<buildCommand>
+			<name>org.eclipse.m2e.core.maven2Builder</name>
+			<arguments>
+			</arguments>
+		</buildCommand>
+	</buildSpec>
+	<natures>
+		<nature>org.eclipse.m2e.core.maven2Nature</nature>
+		<nature>org.eclipse.jdt.core.javanature</nature>
+	</natures>
+</projectDescription>
diff --git a/features/karaf/openhab-core/src/main/feature/feature.xml b/features/karaf/openhab-core/src/main/feature/feature.xml
index 2f919eb97a1..dd9cfec7a31 100644
--- a/features/karaf/openhab-core/src/main/feature/feature.xml
+++ b/features/karaf/openhab-core/src/main/feature/feature.xml
@@ -83,6 +83,12 @@
 		<feature dependency="true">openhab.tp-jmdns</feature>
 	</feature>
 
+	<feature name="openhab-core-config-discovery-addon-process" version="${project.version}">
+		<feature>openhab-core-base</feature>
+		<feature>openhab-core-config-discovery-addon</feature>
+		<bundle>mvn:org.openhab.core.bundles/org.openhab.core.config.discovery.addon.process/${project.version}</bundle>
+	</feature>
+
 	<feature name="openhab-core-config-discovery-addon-upnp" version="${project.version}">
 		<feature>openhab-core-base</feature>
 		<feature>openhab-core-config-discovery-addon</feature>