diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 00982a56..1ed06015 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -896,4 +896,34 @@
     </plugins>
   </reporting>
 
+  <profiles>
+    <profile>
+      <id>release</id>
+      <build>
+        <plugins>
+          <plugin>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
+            <executions>
+              <execution>
+                <id>source-release-assembly</id>
+                <phase>package</phase>
+                <goals>
+                  <goal>single</goal>
+                </goals>
+                <configuration>
+                  <runOnlyAtExecutionRoot>true</runOnlyAtExecutionRoot>
+                  <descriptorRefs>
+                    <descriptorRef>${sourceReleaseAssemblyDescriptor}</descriptorRef>
+                  </descriptorRefs>
+                  <tarLongFileFormat>gnu</tarLongFileFormat>
+                </configuration>
+              </execution>
+            </executions>
+          </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+      </build>
+    </profile>
+  </profiles>
+
 </project>