diff --git a/gradle/maven-deployment.gradle b/gradle/maven-deployment.gradle
index bf68c10679..f5ea5d53eb 100644
--- a/gradle/maven-deployment.gradle
+++ b/gradle/maven-deployment.gradle
@@ -48,4 +48,21 @@ def customizePom(pom, gradleProject) {
         builder.length = 0 // delete existing content
         builder.append(file("build/pom.xml").text)
     }
+}
+
+task generatePom {
+    group = 'Build'
+    description = 'Generates the Maven pom.xml'
+
+    ext.generatedPomFileName = 'pom.xml'
+
+    inputs.files('**/*.gradle')
+    outputs.files(generatedPomFileName)
+
+    doLast() {
+        def p = pom {}
+        customizePom(p, project)
+        p.writeTo(generatedPomFileName)
+    }
+
 }
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