diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f67e385b27a2c1dcb1cabe8ef0be8892ef530565..547bbf1bffa1760b5e7579ec9446d3bf12d1a9ab 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
         <elasticsearch.plugin.jvm>true</elasticsearch.plugin.jvm>
         <tests.rest.load_packaged>false</tests.rest.load_packaged>
         <skip.unit.tests>true</skip.unit.tests>
+        <gpg.keyname>4E899B30</gpg.keyname>
+        <gpg.useagent>true</gpg.useagent> 
     </properties>
 
     <licenses>
@@ -30,6 +32,15 @@
         </license>
     </licenses>
 
+    <developers>
+        <developer>
+            <name>Medcl</name>
+            <email>medcl@elastic.co</email>
+            <organization>elastic</organization>
+            <organizationUrl>http://www.elastic.co</organizationUrl>
+        </developer>
+    </developers>
+
     <scm>
         <connection>scm:git:git@github.com:medcl/elasticsearch-analysis-ik.git</connection>
         <developerConnection>scm:git:git@github.com:medcl/elasticsearch-analysis-ik.git
@@ -165,5 +176,83 @@
                 <additionalparam>-Xdoclint:none</additionalparam>
             </properties>
         </profile>
+            <profile>
+                <id>release</id>
+                <build>
+                    <plugins>
+                        <plugin>
+                            <groupId>org.sonatype.plugins</groupId>
+                            <artifactId>nexus-staging-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                            <version>1.6.3</version>
+                            <extensions>true</extensions>
+                            <configuration>
+                                <serverId>oss</serverId>
+                                <nexusUrl>https://oss.sonatype.org/</nexusUrl>
+                                <autoReleaseAfterClose>true</autoReleaseAfterClose>
+                            </configuration>
+                        </plugin>
+                        <plugin>
+                            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                            <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
+                            <version>2.1</version>
+                            <configuration>
+                                <autoVersionSubmodules>true</autoVersionSubmodules>
+                                <useReleaseProfile>false</useReleaseProfile>
+                                <releaseProfiles>release</releaseProfiles>
+                                <goals>deploy</goals>
+                            </configuration>
+                        </plugin>
+                        <plugin>
+                            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                            <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+                            <version>2.3.2</version>
+                            <configuration>
+                                <source>1.6</source>
+                                <target>1.6</target>
+                            </configuration>
+                        </plugin>
+                        <plugin>
+                            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                            <artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
+                            <version>1.5</version>
+                            <executions>
+                                <execution>
+                                    <id>sign-artifacts</id>
+                                    <phase>verify</phase>
+                                    <goals>
+                                        <goal>sign</goal>
+                                    </goals>
+                                </execution>
+                            </executions>
+                        </plugin>
+                        <plugin>
+                            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                            <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
+                            <version>2.2.1</version>
+                            <executions>
+                                <execution>
+                                    <id>attach-sources</id>
+                                    <goals>
+                                        <goal>jar-no-fork</goal>
+                                    </goals>
+                                </execution>
+                            </executions>
+                        </plugin>
+                        <plugin>
+                            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                            <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
+                            <version>2.9</version>
+                            <executions>
+                                <execution>
+                                    <id>attach-javadocs</id>
+                                    <goals>
+                                        <goal>jar</goal>
+                                    </goals>
+                                </execution>
+                            </executions>
+                        </plugin>
+                    </plugins>
+                </build>
+            </profile>
     </profiles>
 </project>