diff --git a/gogo/pom.xml b/gogo/pom.xml
index 3f134f2..316c825 100644
--- a/gogo/pom.xml
+++ b/gogo/pom.xml
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
 <!--
  Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
  or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
@@ -16,7 +17,7 @@
  specific language governing permissions and limitations
  under the License.
 -->
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+<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/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.felix</groupId>
@@ -99,4 +100,66 @@
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
+
+    <profiles>
+        <profile>
+            <id>release</id>
+            <build>
+                <plugins>
+                    <plugin>
+                        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
+                        <inherited>false</inherited>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <descriptorRefs>
+                                <descriptorRef>project</descriptorRef>
+                            </descriptorRefs>
+                        </configuration>
+                        <executions>
+                            <execution>
+                                <id>make-assembly</id>
+                                <phase>package</phase>
+                                <goals>
+                                    <goal>single</goal>
+                                </goals>
+                                <configuration>
+                                    <!-- we don't want to attach all the assemblies, such as bz2 -->
+                                    <attach>false</attach>
+                                </configuration>
+                            </execution>
+                        </executions>
+                    </plugin>
+                    <plugin>
+                        <!-- only attach the project and bin assemblies, in tar.gz and zip flavors -->
+                        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>build-helper-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                        <inherited>false</inherited>
+                        <executions>
+                            <execution>
+                                <id>attach-assemblies</id>
+                                <phase>package</phase>
+                                <goals>
+                                    <goal>attach-artifact</goal>
+                                </goals>
+                                <configuration>
+                                    <artifacts>
+                                        <artifact>
+                                            <file>${project.build.directory}/${project.artifactId}-${project.version}-project.tar.gz</file>
+                                            <classifier>project</classifier>
+                                            <type>tar.gz</type>
+                                        </artifact>
+                                        <artifact>
+                                            <file>${project.build.directory}/${project.artifactId}-${project.version}-project.zip</file>
+                                            <classifier>project</classifier>
+                                            <type>zip</type>
+                                        </artifact>
+                                    </artifacts>
+                                </configuration>
+                            </execution>
+                        </executions>
+                    </plugin>
+                </plugins>
+            </build>
+        </profile>
+    </profiles>
 </project>