diff --git a/hadoop-assemblies/src/main/resources/assemblies/hadoop-src-submarine.xml b/hadoop-assemblies/src/main/resources/assemblies/hadoop-src-submarine.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b1e039fd501
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hadoop-assemblies/src/main/resources/assemblies/hadoop-src-submarine.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+<!--
+   Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+   contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+   this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+   The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+   (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+   the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+   Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+   distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+   WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+   See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+   limitations under the License.
+-->
+<assembly xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-assembly-plugin/assembly/1.1.3"
+  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+  xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-assembly-plugin/assembly/1.1.3 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/assembly-1.1.3.xsd">
+  <id>hadoop-src</id>
+  <formats>
+    <format>tar.gz</format>
+  </formats>
+  <includeBaseDirectory>true</includeBaseDirectory>
+  <fileSets>
+    <fileSet>
+      <directory>.</directory>
+      <includes>
+        <include>LICENCE.txt</include>
+        <include>README.txt</include>
+        <include>NOTICE.txt</include>
+      </includes>
+    </fileSet>
+    <fileSet>
+      <directory>.</directory>
+      <useDefaultExcludes>true</useDefaultExcludes>
+      <excludes>
+        <exclude>.git/**</exclude>
+        <exclude>**/.gitignore</exclude>
+        <exclude>**/.svn</exclude>
+        <exclude>**/*.iws</exclude>
+        <exclude>**/*.ipr</exclude>
+        <exclude>**/*.iml</exclude>
+        <exclude>**/.classpath</exclude>
+        <exclude>**/.project</exclude>
+        <exclude>**/.settings</exclude>
+        <exclude>**/target/**</exclude>
+        <!-- until the code that does this is fixed -->
+        <exclude>**/*.log</exclude>
+        <exclude>**/build/**</exclude>
+        <exclude>**/file:/**</exclude>
+        <exclude>**/SecurityAuth.audit*</exclude>
+      </excludes>
+    </fileSet>
+  </fileSets>
+</assembly>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d5b85956a79..a630d403f80 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -641,6 +641,63 @@ xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xs
         </plugins>
       </build>
     </profile>
+    <profile>
+      <id>submarine-src</id>
+      <activation>
+        <activeByDefault>false</activeByDefault>
+      </activation>
+      <build>
+        <plugins>
+          <plugin>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
+            <inherited>false</inherited>
+            <executions>
+              <execution>
+                <id>src-dist</id>
+                <phase>package</phase>
+                <goals>
+                  <goal>single</goal>
+                </goals>
+                <configuration>
+                  <appendAssemblyId>false</appendAssemblyId>
+                  <attach>false</attach>
+                  <finalName>hadoop-submarine-${project.version}-src</finalName>
+                  <outputDirectory>hadoop-dist/target</outputDirectory>
+                  <!-- Not using descriptorRef and hadoop-assembly dependency -->
+                  <!-- to avoid making hadoop-main to depend on a module      -->
+                  <descriptors>
+                    <descriptor>hadoop-assemblies/src/main/resources/assemblies/hadoop-src-submarine.xml</descriptor>
+                  </descriptors>
+                </configuration>
+              </execution>
+            </executions>
+          </plugin>
+          <plugin>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId>
+            <inherited>false</inherited>
+            <executions>
+              <execution>
+                <id>src-dist-msg</id>
+                <phase>package</phase>
+                <goals>
+                  <goal>run</goal>
+                </goals>
+                <configuration>
+                  <target>
+                    <echo/>
+                    <echo>Hadoop source tar with Submarine source is available at: ${basedir}/hadoop-dist/target/hadoop-${project.version}-src-with-submarine.tar.gz</echo>
+                    <echo/>
+                  </target>
+                </configuration>
+              </execution>
+            </executions>
+          </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+      </build>
+    </profile>
+
 
     <profile>
       <id>sign</id>