diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5f358c5032..d03b6c3ef1 100755
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1130,5 +1130,59 @@
 
     </plugins>
   </reporting>
+  
+  <profiles>
+
+    <profile>
+      <id>apache-release</id>
+      <activation>
+        <property>
+          <name>apache-release</name>
+        </property>
+      </activation>
+      <build>
+        <plugins>
+          <plugin>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
+            <executions>
+              <execution>
+                <goals>
+                  <goal>single</goal>
+                </goals>
+                <phase>package</phase>
+                <configuration>
+                  <runOnlyAtExecutionRoot>true</runOnlyAtExecutionRoot>
+                  <descriptorRefs>
+                    <descriptorRef>
+                      source-release
+                    </descriptorRef>
+                  </descriptorRefs>
+                </configuration>
+              </execution>
+            </executions>
+            <dependencies>
+              <dependency>
+                <!-- apache version not yet released -->
+                <!--<groupId>org.apache</groupId>-->
+                <groupId>org.apache.geronimo.genesis</groupId>
+                <artifactId>apache-source-release-assembly-descriptor</artifactId>
+                <!-- apache version not yet known -->
+                <version>2.0</version>
+              </dependency>
+            </dependencies>
+          </plugin>
+          <plugin>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
+            <configuration>
+              <test>false</test>
+            </configuration>
+          </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+      </build>
+    </profile>
+
+  </profiles>
 
 </project>