diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c400ed19e7b..c94a7f3fd23 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -47,6 +47,13 @@ in `debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.application.product`
 
 Using any of the above profiles can skip large sets of tests. The CI build uses this to parallelize tests. See https://ci.eclipse.org/cdt/view/Gerrit/
 
+#### terminal-only
+
+The terminal directory has a special profile that enables only the terminal and its dependencies when used. The allows
+running maven like this `mvn -f terminal/pom.xml verify -P only-terminal` to build and test only the terminal
+and its dependencies. A special terminal only p2 site is created in `terminal/repo/target/repository`. The CI build
+uses this to speedup turnaround on changes only affecting the terminal. See https://ci.eclipse.org/cdt/view/Gerrit/
+
 #### baseline-compare-and-replace
 
 `baseline-compare-and-replace` profile controls whether baseline replace and compare
diff --git a/terminal/pom.xml b/terminal/pom.xml
index 79e5b6599b5..c0fe4cf64a9 100644
--- a/terminal/pom.xml
+++ b/terminal/pom.xml
@@ -28,4 +28,24 @@
 		<module>plugins</module>
 		<module>features</module>
 	</modules>
+	<profiles>
+		<profile>
+			<!-- This is a special profile that allows you to build only the terminal and its CDT hosted dependencies -->
+			<id>only-terminal</id>
+			<modules>
+				<module>repo</module>
+				<module>../releng/org.eclipse.cdt.target</module>
+				<module>../core/org.eclipse.cdt.core.linux</module>
+				<module>../core/org.eclipse.cdt.core.linux.aarch64</module>
+				<module>../core/org.eclipse.cdt.core.linux.ppc64le</module>
+				<module>../core/org.eclipse.cdt.core.linux.x86_64</module>
+				<module>../core/org.eclipse.cdt.core.macosx</module>
+				<module>../core/org.eclipse.cdt.core.native</module>
+				<module>../core/org.eclipse.cdt.core.win32</module>
+				<module>../core/org.eclipse.cdt.core.win32.x86_64</module>
+				<module>../native/org.eclipse.cdt.native.serial</module>
+				<module>../releng/org.eclipse.cdt.native-feature</module>
+			</modules>
+		</profile>
+	</profiles>
 </project>
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diff --git a/terminal/repo/.project b/terminal/repo/.project
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6196b7e80b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/terminal/repo/.project
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<projectDescription>
+	<name>org.eclipse.cdt.terminal.repo</name>
+	<comment></comment>
+	<projects>
+	</projects>
+	<buildSpec>
+	</buildSpec>
+	<natures>
+	</natures>
+</projectDescription>
diff --git a/terminal/repo/.settings/org.eclipse.core.resources.prefs b/terminal/repo/.settings/org.eclipse.core.resources.prefs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..99f26c0203a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/terminal/repo/.settings/org.eclipse.core.resources.prefs
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+eclipse.preferences.version=1
+encoding/<project>=UTF-8
diff --git a/terminal/repo/README.md b/terminal/repo/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d3d6e393f77
--- /dev/null
+++ b/terminal/repo/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+The repo is only used when the "only-terminal" profile is activated. See root [README.md](../README.md) for more details.
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diff --git a/terminal/repo/category.xml b/terminal/repo/category.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4cfc77e9f40
--- /dev/null
+++ b/terminal/repo/category.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<site>
+   <feature id="org.eclipse.cdt.native">
+      <category name="terminal_main"/>
+   </feature>
+   <feature id="org.eclipse.cdt.native.source">
+      <category name="terminal_sdk"/>
+   </feature>
+   <feature id="org.eclipse.tm.terminal.control.feature">
+      <category name="terminal_main"/>
+   </feature>
+   <feature id="org.eclipse.tm.terminal.control.feature.source">
+      <category name="terminal_sdk"/>
+   </feature>
+   <feature id="org.eclipse.tm.terminal.connector.local.feature">
+      <category name="terminal_main"/>
+   </feature>
+   <feature id="org.eclipse.tm.terminal.connector.local.feature.source">
+      <category name="terminal_sdk"/>
+   </feature>
+   <feature id="org.eclipse.tm.terminal.connector.cdtserial.feature">
+      <category name="terminal_main"/>
+   </feature>
+   <feature id="org.eclipse.tm.terminal.connector.cdtserial.feature.source">
+      <category name="terminal_sdk"/>
+   </feature>
+   <feature id="org.eclipse.tm.terminal.connector.ssh.feature">
+      <category name="terminal_main"/>
+   </feature>
+   <feature id="org.eclipse.tm.terminal.connector.ssh.feature.source">
+      <category name="terminal_sdk"/>
+   </feature>
+   <feature id="org.eclipse.tm.terminal.connector.telnet.feature">
+      <category name="terminal_main"/>
+   </feature>
+   <feature id="org.eclipse.tm.terminal.connector.telnet.feature.source">
+      <category name="terminal_sdk"/>
+   </feature>
+   <feature id="org.eclipse.tm.terminal.connector.remote.feature">
+      <category name="terminal_main"/>
+   </feature>
+   <feature id="org.eclipse.tm.terminal.connector.remote.feature.source">
+      <category name="terminal_sdk"/>
+   </feature>
+   <feature id="org.eclipse.tm.terminal.view.feature">
+      <category name="terminal_main"/>
+   </feature>
+   <feature id="org.eclipse.tm.terminal.view.feature.source">
+      <category name="terminal_sdk"/>
+   </feature>
+   <feature id="org.eclipse.tm.terminal.feature">
+      <category name="terminal_main"/>
+   </feature>
+   <feature id="org.eclipse.tm.terminal.feature.source">
+      <category name="terminal_sdk"/>
+   </feature>
+   <category-def name="terminal_main" label="Terminal Features">
+      <description>
+         TM Terminal Features
+      </description>
+   </category-def>
+   <category-def name="terminal_sdk" label="Terminal SDK Features">
+      <description>
+         TM Terminal SDK Features
+      </description>
+   </category-def>
+</site>
diff --git a/terminal/repo/pom.xml b/terminal/repo/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..cd38a6c19f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/terminal/repo/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+   Copyright (c) 2011, 2021 Contributors to the Eclipse Foundation
+
+   This program and the accompanying materials
+   are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0
+   which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
+   https://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-2.0/
+
+   SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-2.0
+-->
+<project
+	xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd"
+	xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
+	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+	<parent>
+		<groupId>org.eclipse.cdt</groupId>
+		<artifactId>cdt-parent</artifactId>
+		<version>10.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
+	</parent>
+
+	<version>8.2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<artifactId>org.eclipse.cdt.terminal.repo</artifactId>
+	<packaging>eclipse-repository</packaging>
+	
+	<build>
+		<finalName>${project.artifactId}</finalName>
+	</build>
+</project>