diff --git a/asterixdb-jdbc/asterix-jdbc-driver/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/jdbc/Driver.java b/asterixdb-jdbc/asterix-jdbc-driver/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/jdbc/Driver.java
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+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.asterix.jdbc;
+
+import org.apache.asterix.jdbc.core.ADBDriverBase;
+
+public final class Driver extends ADBDriverBase implements java.sql.Driver {
+
+    private static final String DRIVER_SCHEME = "asterixdb:";
+
+    private static final int DEFAULT_API_PORT = 19002;
+
+    static {
+        setupLogging(Driver.class);
+        registerDriver(new Driver());
+    }
+
+    public Driver() {
+        super(DRIVER_SCHEME, DEFAULT_API_PORT);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/asterixdb-jdbc/asterix-jdbc-driver/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/java.sql.Driver b/asterixdb-jdbc/asterix-jdbc-driver/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/java.sql.Driver
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+#
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+#
+org.apache.asterix.jdbc.Driver
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