diff --git a/ips/proto.py b/ips/proto.py
index 5bbffd32591b09bee01e98ef7f5db830db180abf..9d0a75bc655525b7a3f5094a95f406d991c274f2 100644
--- a/ips/proto.py
+++ b/ips/proto.py
@@ -1,9 +1,14 @@
 # definition of the IPS package.
-# see http://wiki.updatecenter.java.net/Wiki.jsp?page=UC20.Docs.Packaging for more about this
+# see https://updatecenter2.dev.java.net/maven-makepkgs-plugin/ for more about this
 
 import builder;
 
-pkg = builder.build_pkg(name="hudson", version="1.223,0-0")
+# IPS can't do SNAPSHOT
+version = builder.props['version']
+if version.endswith("-SNAPSHOT"):
+    version = version[:-9];
+
+pkg = builder.build_pkg(name="hudson", version=version+",0-0")
 pkg.update({
     "attributes"    : { 
         "pkg.summary" : "Hudson", 
@@ -12,11 +17,11 @@ pkg.update({
 })
 
 
-pkg.addfile("/usr/local/bin/hudson.war",{"file":"./hudson.war"})
-pkg.addfile("/var/svc/manifest/application/hudson.xml",{"file":"hudson.xml"})
+pkg.addfile("/usr/local/bin/hudson.war",{"file":"./target/hudson.war"})
+pkg.addfile("/var/svc/manifest/application/hudson.xml",{"file":"../ips/hudson.xml"})
 # this is the Hudson home directory
 pkg.mkdirs("/var/lib/hudson")
 
-# TODO: how do I register SMF?
+# TODO: register SMF when the feature is available?
 # see http://www.pauloswald.com/article/29/hudson-solaris-smf-manifest
 # see http://blogs.sun.com/wittyman/entry/postgresql_packages_from_ips_repository
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 10d675e70e4659107c3afa165d56648d6f051513..aef0207db7e3466aec64dea555d6b95d13a4cf47 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
         <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
         <configuration>
           <!-- enable release profile during the release -->
-          <prepareVerifyArgs>-P release</prepareVerifyArgs>
+          <prepareVerifyArgs>-P release,ips</prepareVerifyArgs>
           <!--
             also run assembly during the release.
             http://www.nabble.com/Release-Plugin%3A-Include-assemblies-for-deploying-tf2642295s177.html#a7377938
diff --git a/war/pom.xml b/war/pom.xml
index 1ed69f1bcaf404e61dd85337c200c7198170a0ea..b9073db505a98beec68ee06b7ed158880f33a44e 100644
--- a/war/pom.xml
+++ b/war/pom.xml
@@ -407,5 +407,27 @@
         </repository>
       </repositories>
     </profile>
+    <profile>
+      <!-- profile for creating Hudson IPS package -->
+      <id>ips</id>
+      <build>
+        <plugins>
+          <plugin>
+            <groupId>org.jvnet.updatecenter2</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-makepkgs-plugin</artifactId>
+            <executions>
+              <execution>
+                <goals>
+                  <goal>package</goal>
+                </goals>
+              </execution>
+            </executions>
+            <configuration>
+              <proto>../ips/proto.py</proto>
+            </configuration>
+          </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+      </build>
+    </profile>
   </profiles>
 </project>