diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 855c9c2a9f..3cd9397c17 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ under the License.
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
     <artifactId>maven-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>5</version>
+    <version>6-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../pom/maven/pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>maven</artifactId>
@@ -257,4 +257,33 @@ under the License.
     </pluginRepository>
   </pluginRepositories>
 
+  <profiles>
+    <profile>
+      <id>release</id>
+      <build>
+        <plugins>
+          <plugin>
+            <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
+            <inherited>false</inherited>
+            <configuration>
+              <descriptors>
+                <descriptor>src/main/assembly/src.xml</descriptor>
+              </descriptors>
+              <tarLongFileMode>gnu</tarLongFileMode>
+              <finalName>maven-${project.version}-src</finalName>
+            </configuration>
+            <executions>
+              <execution>
+                <id>make-assembly</id>
+                <phase>package</phase>
+                <goals>
+                  <goal>single</goal>
+                </goals>
+              </execution>
+            </executions>
+          </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+      </build>
+    </profile>
+  </profiles>
 </project>
diff --git a/src/main/assembly/src.xml b/src/main/assembly/src.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8f53436013
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/assembly/src.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+<!--
+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>
+  <id>src</id>
+  <formats>
+    <format>zip</format>
+    <format>tar.gz</format>
+    <format>tar.bz2</format>
+  </formats>
+  <fileSets>
+    <fileSet>
+      <directory>.</directory>
+      <outputDirectory>/</outputDirectory>
+      <excludes>
+        <exclude>**/target/**</exclude>
+      </excludes>
+    </fileSet>
+    <fileSet>
+      <directory>target/maven-shared-archive-resources/META-INF</directory>
+      <outputDirectory>/</outputDirectory>
+    </fileSet>
+  </fileSets>
+</assembly>
+