diff --git a/examples/plugins/org.jboss.tools.project.examples/pom.xml b/examples/plugins/org.jboss.tools.project.examples/pom.xml
index 70c5992..e7e1a37 100644
--- a/examples/plugins/org.jboss.tools.project.examples/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/plugins/org.jboss.tools.project.examples/pom.xml
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 	<properties>
 		<!-- TODO: for GA, change this from /development/indigo/ to /stable/indigo/ -->
 		<jboss.discovery.directory.url>http://download.jboss.org/jbosstools/updates/development/indigo/jbosstools-directory.xml</jboss.discovery.directory.url>
+		<jboss.soa.update.url>https://devstudio.jboss.com/updates/5.0/central/soa-tooling/</jboss.soa.update.url>
 	</properties>
 
 	<profiles>
diff --git a/examples/plugins/org.jboss.tools.project.examples/src/org/jboss/tools/project/examples/ProjectExamplesActivator.java b/examples/plugins/org.jboss.tools.project.examples/src/org/jboss/tools/project/examples/ProjectExamplesActivator.java
index bbb1ebb..408aa0b 100644
--- a/examples/plugins/org.jboss.tools.project.examples/src/org/jboss/tools/project/examples/ProjectExamplesActivator.java
+++ b/examples/plugins/org.jboss.tools.project.examples/src/org/jboss/tools/project/examples/ProjectExamplesActivator.java
@@ -203,6 +203,7 @@ public class ProjectExamplesActivator extends AbstractUIPlugin {
 	private IJBossCentralConfigurator configurator;
 	
 	public static final String JBOSS_DISCOVERY_DIRECTORY = "jboss.discovery.directory.url"; //$NON-NLS-1$
+	public static final String JBOSS_SOA_UPDATE_URL = "jboss.soa.update.url"; //$NON-NLS-1$
 	
 	private static final Object CONFIGURATOR = "configurator"; //$NON-NLS-1$
 
diff --git a/examples/plugins/org.jboss.tools.project.examples/src/org/jboss/tools/project/examples/configurators/DefaultJBossCentralConfigurator.java b/examples/plugins/org.jboss.tools.project.examples/src/org/jboss/tools/project/examples/configurators/DefaultJBossCentralConfigurator.java
index b665835..9ee9ea8 100644
--- a/examples/plugins/org.jboss.tools.project.examples/src/org/jboss/tools/project/examples/configurators/DefaultJBossCentralConfigurator.java
+++ b/examples/plugins/org.jboss.tools.project.examples/src/org/jboss/tools/project/examples/configurators/DefaultJBossCentralConfigurator.java
@@ -44,8 +44,11 @@ public class DefaultJBossCentralConfigurator implements
 	// TODO: for GA, change this from /development/indigo/ to /stable/indigo/
 	private static final String JBOSS_DIRECTORY_URL_DEFAULT = "http://download.jboss.org/jbosstools/updates/development/indigo/jbosstools-directory.xml"; //$NON-NLS-1$
 	
-	// see pom.xml for actual value -- this is passed it at build-time via Maven
+	private static final String JBOSS_SOA_UPDATE_URL_DEFAULT = "https://devstudio.jboss.com/updates/5.0/central/soa-tooling/"; //$NON-NLS-1$
+	
+	// see pom.xml for actual values -- these are passed at build-time via Maven
 	private static final String JBOSS_DIRECTORY_URL;
+	private static final String JBOSS_SOA_UPDATE_URL;
 	
 	static {
 		ResourceBundle rb = ResourceBundle.getBundle("org.jboss.tools.project.examples.configurators.discovery"); //$NON-NLS-1$
@@ -56,6 +59,15 @@ public class DefaultJBossCentralConfigurator implements
 		} else {
 			JBOSS_DIRECTORY_URL = url;
 		}
+
+		String url2 = rb.getString("soa.update.url").trim(); //$NON-NLS-1$
+		if ("".equals(url2) || "${jboss.soa.update.url}".equals(url2)){  //$NON-NLS-1$//$NON-NLS-2$
+			//was not filtered, fallback to default value
+			JBOSS_SOA_UPDATE_URL = JBOSS_SOA_UPDATE_URL_DEFAULT;
+		} else {
+			JBOSS_SOA_UPDATE_URL = url2;
+		}
+
 	}
 
 	private static final String TWITTER_LINK ="http://twitter.com/#!/jbosstools"; //$NON-NLS-1$
@@ -86,6 +98,17 @@ public class DefaultJBossCentralConfigurator implements
 	}
 
 	@Override
+	public String getJBossSOAUpdateURL() {
+		// use commandline override -Djboss.soa.update.url
+		String directory = System.getProperty(ProjectExamplesActivator.JBOSS_SOA_UPDATE_URL, null);
+		if (directory == null) {
+			// else use Maven-generated value (or fall back to default)
+			return JBOSS_SOA_UPDATE_URL;
+		}
+		return directory;
+	}
+
+	@Override
 	public String getTwitterLink() {
 		return TWITTER_LINK;
 	}
diff --git a/examples/plugins/org.jboss.tools.project.examples/src/org/jboss/tools/project/examples/configurators/IJBossCentralConfigurator.java b/examples/plugins/org.jboss.tools.project.examples/src/org/jboss/tools/project/examples/configurators/IJBossCentralConfigurator.java
index 277e812..141e879 100644
--- a/examples/plugins/org.jboss.tools.project.examples/src/org/jboss/tools/project/examples/configurators/IJBossCentralConfigurator.java
+++ b/examples/plugins/org.jboss.tools.project.examples/src/org/jboss/tools/project/examples/configurators/IJBossCentralConfigurator.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ public interface IJBossCentralConfigurator {
 
 	String[] getMainToolbarCommandIds();
 	String getJBossDiscoveryDirectory();
+	String getJBossSOAUpdateURL();
 	String getTwitterLink();
 	String getBlogsUrl();
 	String getNewsUrl();
diff --git a/examples/plugins/org.jboss.tools.project.examples/src/org/jboss/tools/project/examples/configurators/discovery.properties b/examples/plugins/org.jboss.tools.project.examples/src/org/jboss/tools/project/examples/configurators/discovery.properties
index 376f51b..f0f991c 100644
--- a/examples/plugins/org.jboss.tools.project.examples/src/org/jboss/tools/project/examples/configurators/discovery.properties
+++ b/examples/plugins/org.jboss.tools.project.examples/src/org/jboss/tools/project/examples/configurators/discovery.properties
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 discovery.url=${jboss.discovery.directory.url}
\ No newline at end of file
+soa.update.url=${jboss.soa.update.url}
\ No newline at end of file