diff --git a/pom/pom.xml b/pom/pom.xml
index d552ff4..848d7d2 100644
--- a/pom/pom.xml
+++ b/pom/pom.xml
@@ -183,6 +183,45 @@
 
       </modules>
     </profile>
+    <profile>
+      <id>release</id>
+      <build>
+        <plugins>
+          <plugin>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
+            <executions>
+              <execution>
+                <id>sign-artifacts</id>
+                <phase>verify</phase>
+                <goals>
+                  <goal>sign</goal>
+                </goals>
+              </execution>
+            </executions>
+          </plugin>
+          <plugin>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
+            <configuration>
+              <descriptorRefs>
+                <descriptorRef>bin</descriptorRef>
+                <descriptorRef>project</descriptorRef>
+              </descriptorRefs>
+            </configuration>
+            <executions>
+              <execution>
+                <id>make-assembly</id>
+                <phase>package</phase>
+                <goals>
+                  <goal>attached</goal>
+                </goals>
+              </execution>
+            </executions>
+          </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+      </build>
+    </profile>
   </profiles>
 
   <distributionManagement>
@@ -296,6 +335,21 @@
           <artifactId>maven-remote-resources-plugin</artifactId>
           <version>1.0-alpha-5</version>
         </plugin> -->
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+          <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>2.0-beta-7</version>
+        </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+          <artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>1.0-alpha-4</version>
+        </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+          <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>2.2-beta-1</version>
+        </plugin>
       </plugins>
     </pluginManagement>
     <plugins>
@@ -331,6 +385,15 @@
           </execution>
         </executions>
       </plugin>-->
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <tagBase>https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/felix/releases</tagBase>
+          <useReleaseProfile>false</useReleaseProfile>
+          <goals>deploy</goals>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
   <reporting>