diff --git a/core/cml-calcite/pom.xml b/core/cml-calcite/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ff6b00d62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/cml-calcite/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+<?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 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+    <parent>
+        <artifactId>cml-root</artifactId>
+        <groupId>io.cml</groupId>
+        <version>1</version>
+        <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
+    </parent>
+
+    <artifactId>cml-calcite</artifactId>
+    <name>cml-calcite</name>
+
+    <properties>
+        <air.main.basedir>${project.parent.basedir}</air.main.basedir>
+    </properties>
+
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
+            <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>io.cml</groupId>
+            <artifactId>trino-parser</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.calcite</groupId>
+            <artifactId>calcite-core</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
+            <scope>runtime</scope>
+        </dependency>
+
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
+            <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.testng</groupId>
+            <artifactId>testng</artifactId>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 46270196d..37a00f8ac 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
 
         <dep.antlr.version>4.9</dep.antlr.version>
         <dep.airlift.version>203</dep.airlift.version>
+        <dep.calcite.version>1.30.0</dep.calcite.version>
         <dep.packaging.version>${dep.airlift.version}</dep.packaging.version>
         <dep.drift.version>1.14</dep.drift.version>
         <dep.errorprone.version>2.13.0</dep.errorprone.version>
@@ -64,6 +65,7 @@
     </properties>
 
     <modules>
+        <module>core/cml-calcite</module>
         <module>core/cml-main</module>
         <module>core/cml-postgres-wire-protocol</module>
         <module>core/cml-server</module>
@@ -234,6 +236,22 @@
                 <version>${dep.antlr.version}</version>
             </dependency>
 
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>org.apache.calcite</groupId>
+                <artifactId>calcite-core</artifactId>
+                <version>${dep.calcite.version}</version>
+                <exclusions>
+                    <exclusion>
+                        <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
+                    </exclusion>
+                    <exclusion>
+                        <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
+                    </exclusion>
+                </exclusions>
+            </dependency>
+
             <!-- TODO: move this to Airbase -->
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>