diff --git a/client/src/main/java/org/jboss/fuse/mvnd/client/ClientLayout.java b/client/src/main/java/org/jboss/fuse/mvnd/client/ClientLayout.java
index 07a0d968..3c741587 100644
--- a/client/src/main/java/org/jboss/fuse/mvnd/client/ClientLayout.java
+++ b/client/src/main/java/org/jboss/fuse/mvnd/client/ClientLayout.java
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ public class ClientLayout extends Layout {
                                     final Path mvndH = Paths.get(cmd.get()).getParent().getParent();
                                     if (mvndH != null) {
                                         final Path mvndDaemonLib = mvndH
-                                                .resolve("lib/ext/mvnd-daemon-" + BuildProperties.getInstance().getVersion()
+                                                .resolve("mvn/lib/ext/mvnd-daemon-" + BuildProperties.getInstance().getVersion()
                                                         + ".jar");
                                         if (Files.exists(mvndDaemonLib)) {
                                             return mvndH.toString();
diff --git a/client/src/main/java/org/jboss/fuse/mvnd/client/DaemonConnector.java b/client/src/main/java/org/jboss/fuse/mvnd/client/DaemonConnector.java
index cbd914ef..479c6e0e 100644
--- a/client/src/main/java/org/jboss/fuse/mvnd/client/DaemonConnector.java
+++ b/client/src/main/java/org/jboss/fuse/mvnd/client/DaemonConnector.java
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ public class DaemonConnector {
     }
 
     private Path findCommonJar(Path mavenHome) {
-        final Path result = mavenHome.resolve("lib/ext/mvnd-common-" + buildProperties.getVersion() + ".jar");
+        final Path result = mavenHome.resolve("mvn/lib/ext/mvnd-common-" + buildProperties.getVersion() + ".jar");
         if (!Files.isRegularFile(result)) {
             throw new RuntimeException("File must exist and must be a regular file: " + result);
         }
diff --git a/common/src/main/java/org/jboss/fuse/mvnd/common/ServerMain.java b/common/src/main/java/org/jboss/fuse/mvnd/common/ServerMain.java
index 734260a4..3fc247ae 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/org/jboss/fuse/mvnd/common/ServerMain.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/org/jboss/fuse/mvnd/common/ServerMain.java
@@ -26,11 +26,11 @@ public class ServerMain {
 
     public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
         final String uidStr = Environment.DAEMON_UID.systemProperty().orFail().asString();
-        final Path mavenHome = Environment.MVND_HOME.systemProperty().orFail().asPath();
+        final Path mvndHome = Environment.MVND_HOME.systemProperty().orFail().asPath();
         URL[] classpath = Stream.concat(
                 /* jars */
-                Stream.of("lib/ext", "lib", "boot")
-                        .map(mavenHome::resolve)
+                Stream.of("mvn/lib/ext", "mvn/lib", "mvn/boot")
+                        .map(mvndHome::resolve)
                         .flatMap((Path p) -> {
                             try {
                                 return Files.list(p);
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ public class ServerMain {
                         .filter(p -> p.getFileName().toString().endsWith(".jar"))
                         .filter(Files::isRegularFile),
                 /* resources */
-                Stream.of(mavenHome.resolve("conf"), mavenHome.resolve("conf/logging")))
+                Stream.of(mvndHome.resolve("mvn/conf"), mvndHome.resolve("mvn/conf/logging")))
 
                 .map(Path::normalize)
                 .map(Path::toUri)
diff --git a/daemon/src/main/distro/bin/mvns b/daemon/src/main/distro/bin/mvns
index 7b38bbc9..d59dd250 100755
--- a/daemon/src/main/distro/bin/mvns
+++ b/daemon/src/main/distro/bin/mvns
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ exec "$JAVACMD" \
   -Dmvnd.logging=mvns \
   "-Dclassworlds.conf=${MAVEN_HOME}/bin/m2.conf" \
   "-Dmvnd.home=${MAVEN_HOME}" \
-  "-Dmaven.home=${MAVEN_HOME}" \
+  "-Dmaven.home=${MAVEN_HOME}/mvn" \
   "-Dlibrary.jansi.path=${MAVEN_HOME}/lib/jansi-native" \
   "-Dmaven.multiModuleProjectDirectory=${MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR}" \
   ${CLASSWORLDS_LAUNCHER} --builder smart --threads 0.5C "$@"
diff --git a/daemon/src/main/distro/bin/m2.conf b/daemon/src/main/distro/mvn/bin/m2.conf
similarity index 100%
rename from daemon/src/main/distro/bin/m2.conf
rename to daemon/src/main/distro/mvn/bin/m2.conf
diff --git a/daemon/src/main/distro/bin/mvn b/daemon/src/main/distro/mvn/bin/mvn
similarity index 100%
rename from daemon/src/main/distro/bin/mvn
rename to daemon/src/main/distro/mvn/bin/mvn
diff --git a/daemon/src/main/distro/bin/mvn.cmd b/daemon/src/main/distro/mvn/bin/mvn.cmd
similarity index 100%
rename from daemon/src/main/distro/bin/mvn.cmd
rename to daemon/src/main/distro/mvn/bin/mvn.cmd
diff --git a/daemon/src/main/distro/conf/logging/logback-mvn.xml b/daemon/src/main/distro/mvn/conf/logging/logback-mvn.xml
similarity index 100%
rename from daemon/src/main/distro/conf/logging/logback-mvn.xml
rename to daemon/src/main/distro/mvn/conf/logging/logback-mvn.xml
diff --git a/daemon/src/main/distro/conf/logging/logback.xml b/daemon/src/main/distro/mvn/conf/logging/logback.xml
similarity index 100%
rename from daemon/src/main/distro/conf/logging/logback.xml
rename to daemon/src/main/distro/mvn/conf/logging/logback.xml
diff --git a/daemon/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/cli/DaemonMavenCli.java b/daemon/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/cli/DaemonMavenCli.java
index c4443d25..b1a4df26 100644
--- a/daemon/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/cli/DaemonMavenCli.java
+++ b/daemon/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/cli/DaemonMavenCli.java
@@ -200,11 +200,11 @@ public class DaemonMavenCli {
         // Make sure the Maven home directory is an absolute path to save us from confusion with say drive-relative
         // Windows paths.
         //
-        String mavenHome = System.getProperty("mvnd.home");
+        String mvndHome = System.getProperty("mvnd.home");
 
-        if (mavenHome != null) {
-            System.setProperty("mvnd.home", new File(mavenHome).getAbsolutePath());
-            System.setProperty("maven.home", new File(mavenHome).getAbsolutePath());
+        if (mvndHome != null) {
+            System.setProperty("mvnd.home", new File(mvndHome).getAbsolutePath());
+            System.setProperty("maven.home", new File(mvndHome + "/mvn").getAbsolutePath());
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/daemon/src/main/provisio/maven-distro.xml b/daemon/src/main/provisio/maven-distro.xml
index f8555d23..c03b1204 100644
--- a/daemon/src/main/provisio/maven-distro.xml
+++ b/daemon/src/main/provisio/maven-distro.xml
@@ -17,14 +17,14 @@
 -->
 <assembly>
 
-    <artifactSet to="mvnd-${project.version}-${os.detected.name}-${os.detected.arch}">
+    <artifactSet to="mvnd-${project.version}-${os.detected.name}-${os.detected.arch}/mvn">
         <artifact id="org.apache.maven:apache-maven:tar.gz:bin">
             <unpack useRoot="false"
                     excludes="lib/slf4j*,conf/logging/*,lib/maven-slf4j-provider*,bin/mvn*,lib/jansi-*.jar,lib/jansi-native/*"/>
         </artifact>
     </artifactSet>
 
-    <artifactSet to="mvnd-${project.version}-${os.detected.name}-${os.detected.arch}/lib/ext">
+    <artifactSet to="mvnd-${project.version}-${os.detected.name}-${os.detected.arch}/mvn/lib/ext">
         <artifact id="org.jboss.fuse.mvnd:mvnd-daemon:${project.version}">
             <exclusion id="org.codehaus.plexus:plexus-classworlds"/>
             <exclusion id="*:cdi-api"/>
diff --git a/daemon/src/test/java/org/jboss/fuse/mvnd/dist/DistroIT.java b/daemon/src/test/java/org/jboss/fuse/mvnd/dist/DistroIT.java
index f63bc6cd..ab2d96aa 100644
--- a/daemon/src/test/java/org/jboss/fuse/mvnd/dist/DistroIT.java
+++ b/daemon/src/test/java/org/jboss/fuse/mvnd/dist/DistroIT.java
@@ -37,17 +37,18 @@ public class DistroIT {
     @Test
     void noDuplicateJars() {
         final Path mavenHome = Paths.get(System.getProperty("mvnd.home"));
-        Set<Avc> mavenLibs = streamJars(mavenHome, "lib", "boot").collect(Collectors.toCollection(TreeSet::new));
+        Set<Avc> mavenLibs = streamJars(mavenHome, "mvn/lib", "mvn/boot").collect(Collectors.toCollection(TreeSet::new));
         Assertions.assertFalse(mavenLibs.isEmpty());
-        final List<Avc> mvndJars = streamJars(mavenHome, "lib/ext").collect(Collectors.toList());
+        final List<Avc> mvndJars = streamJars(mavenHome, "mvn/lib/ext").collect(Collectors.toList());
         Assertions.assertFalse(mvndJars.isEmpty());
 
         final List<Avc> dups = mvndJars.stream()
                 .filter(avc -> mavenLibs.stream().anyMatch(mvnAvc -> mvnAvc.sameArtifactId(avc)))
                 .collect(Collectors.toList());
 
-        final String msg = mavenHome.resolve("lib/ext") + " contains duplicates available in " + mavenHome.resolve("lib")
-                + " or " + mavenHome.resolve("lib");
+        final String msg = mavenHome.resolve("mvn/lib/ext") + " contains duplicates available in "
+                + mavenHome.resolve("mvn/lib")
+                + " or " + mavenHome.resolve("mvn/lib");
         Assertions.assertEquals(new ArrayList<String>(), dups, msg);
     }