diff --git a/ipojo/manipulator/manipulator-it/pom.xml b/ipojo/manipulator/manipulator-it/pom.xml
index c55a442..59418c3 100644
--- a/ipojo/manipulator/manipulator-it/pom.xml
+++ b/ipojo/manipulator/manipulator-it/pom.xml
@@ -166,6 +166,7 @@
             <groupId>org.ow2.chameleon.testing</groupId>
             <artifactId>tinybundles-ipojo</artifactId>
             <version>0.3.0</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
 
         <!-- Define the tested version -->
@@ -395,6 +396,40 @@
                 </plugins>
             </build>
         </profile>
+
+        <profile>
+            <id>apache-release</id>
+            <build>
+                <plugins>
+                    <plugin>
+                        <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
+                        <dependencies>
+                            <dependency>
+                                <groupId>org.apache.apache.resources</groupId>
+                                <artifactId>apache-source-release-assembly-descriptor</artifactId>
+                                <version>1.0.3</version>
+                            </dependency>
+                        </dependencies>
+                        <executions>
+                            <execution>
+                                <id>source-release-assembly</id>
+                                <phase>package</phase>
+                                <goals>
+                                    <goal>single</goal>
+                                </goals>
+                                <configuration>
+                                    <runOnlyAtExecutionRoot>false</runOnlyAtExecutionRoot>
+                                    <descriptorRefs>
+                                        <descriptorRef>${sourceReleaseAssemblyDescriptor}</descriptorRef>
+                                    </descriptorRefs>
+                                    <tarLongFileMode>gnu</tarLongFileMode>
+                                </configuration>
+                            </execution>
+                        </executions>
+                    </plugin>
+                </plugins>
+            </build>
+        </profile>
     </profiles>
 
     <repositories>