diff --git a/core/src/main/java/hudson/maven/MavenBuild.java b/core/src/main/java/hudson/maven/MavenBuild.java
index f7c5597cd479d695939c4b9e47d2a3dada030885..012f44dd6e07ff121ba15c473c5ac868bd8c8b5f 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/hudson/maven/MavenBuild.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/hudson/maven/MavenBuild.java
@@ -290,6 +290,9 @@ public class MavenBuild extends AbstractBuild<MavenModule,MavenBuild> {
 
                     public void post(BuildListener listener) {
                     }
+
+                    public void cleanUp(BuildListener listener) {
+                    }
                 });
             }
         }
@@ -347,7 +350,9 @@ public class MavenBuild extends AbstractBuild<MavenModule,MavenBuild> {
         public void post2(BuildListener listener) throws Exception {
             for (MavenReporter reporter : reporters)
                 reporter.end(MavenBuild.this,launcher,listener);
+        }
 
+        public void cleanUp(BuildListener listener) throws Exception {
             if(getResult().isBetterOrEqualTo(Result.SUCCESS))
                 scheduleDownstreamBuilds(listener,new HashSet<AbstractProject>());
         }
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/hudson/maven/MavenModuleSetBuild.java b/core/src/main/java/hudson/maven/MavenModuleSetBuild.java
index 04f48efd2181b8410f21cb8c696418f03c321019..5e5e7ce654cae1f48178cd1cbebd487877f5d530 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/hudson/maven/MavenModuleSetBuild.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/hudson/maven/MavenModuleSetBuild.java
@@ -333,7 +333,12 @@ public final class MavenModuleSetBuild extends AbstractBuild<MavenModuleSet,Mave
             }
         }
 
-        public void post2(BuildListener listener) throws Exception {
+        protected void post2(BuildListener listener) throws Exception {
+            // no op
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void cleanUp(BuildListener listener) throws Exception {
             if(project.isAggregatorStyleBuild()) {
                 // schedule downstream builds. for non aggregator style builds,
                 // this is done by each module
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/AbstractBuild.java b/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/AbstractBuild.java
index c273709b479eb0cd0c7f42cb406150e14cf99b9f..8f257005a71df919a54e6850e29c8c4dce6e7f27 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/AbstractBuild.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/AbstractBuild.java
@@ -260,6 +260,10 @@ public abstract class AbstractBuild<P extends AbstractProject<P,R>,R extends Abs
                 culprits = r;
             }
         }
+
+        public void cleanUp(BuildListener listener) throws Exception {
+            // default is no-op
+        }
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/Build.java b/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/Build.java
index 17a301ef9c403488020c52de7203b474a4c22c81..2df6d6b7738f7a740821a68d2324299f4b68b0d8 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/Build.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/Build.java
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import hudson.tasks.BuildStep;
 import hudson.tasks.BuildWrapper;
 import hudson.tasks.BuildWrapper.Environment;
 import hudson.tasks.Builder;
+import hudson.tasks.Publisher;
 import hudson.triggers.SCMTrigger;
 
 import java.io.File;
@@ -133,11 +134,21 @@ public abstract class Build <P extends Project<P,B>,B extends Build<P,B>>
         }
 
         public void post2(BuildListener listener) throws IOException, InterruptedException {
-            // run all of them even if one of them failed
-            for( BuildStep bs : project.getPublishers().values() )
-                bs.perform(Build.this, launcher, listener);
-            for( BuildStep bs : project.getProperties().values() )
-                bs.perform(Build.this, launcher, listener);
+            performAllBuildStep(listener, project.getPublishers(),true);
+            performAllBuildStep(listener, project.getProperties(),true);
+        }
+
+        public void cleanUp(BuildListener listener) throws Exception {
+            performAllBuildStep(listener, project.getPublishers(),false);
+            performAllBuildStep(listener, project.getProperties(),false);
+        }
+
+        // run all of them even if one of them failed
+        private void performAllBuildStep(BuildListener listener, Map<?, ? extends BuildStep> buildSteps, boolean phase) throws InterruptedException, IOException {
+            for( BuildStep bs : buildSteps.values() ) {
+                if( (bs instanceof Publisher && ((Publisher)bs).needsToRunAfterFinalized()) ^ phase)
+                    bs.perform(Build.this, launcher, listener);
+            }
         }
 
         private boolean build(BuildListener listener, Map<?, Builder> steps) throws IOException, InterruptedException {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/ExternalRun.java b/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/ExternalRun.java
index 4de20c282c1e7eb496c80892f5c6b1791d193cd7..9154d9d74889d2543928aef6438e5c26cd2f212e 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/ExternalRun.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/ExternalRun.java
@@ -45,6 +45,10 @@ public class ExternalRun extends Run<ExternalJob,ExternalRun> {
             public void post(BuildListener listener) {
                 // do nothing
             }
+
+            public void cleanUp(BuildListener listener) {
+                // do nothing
+            }
         });
     }
 
@@ -94,6 +98,10 @@ public class ExternalRun extends Run<ExternalJob,ExternalRun> {
             public void post(BuildListener listener) {
                 // do nothing
             }
+
+            public void cleanUp(BuildListener listener) {
+                // do nothing
+            }
         });
 
         if(duration[0]!=0) {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/Run.java b/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/Run.java
index 0ee95eafec26543e8b6e53838199e25acf114466..d9558005229c87492159daee49704e7f9a7b0d10 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/Run.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/Run.java
@@ -569,7 +569,7 @@ public abstract class Run <JobT extends Job<JobT,RunT>,RunT extends Run<JobT,Run
 
         /**
          * Performs the post-build action.
-         *
+         * <p>
          * This method is called after the status of the build is determined.
          * This is a good opportunity to do notifications based on the result
          * of the build. When this method is called, the build is not really
@@ -578,6 +578,18 @@ public abstract class Run <JobT extends Job<JobT,RunT>,RunT extends Run<JobT,Run
          * by {@link Job#getLastSuccessfulBuild()}. 
          */
         void post( BuildListener listener ) throws Exception;
+
+        /**
+         * Performs final clean up action.
+         * <p>
+         * This method is called after {@link #post(BuildListener)},
+         * after the build result is fully finalized. This is the point
+         * where the build is already considered completed.
+         * <p>
+         * Among other things, this is often a necessary pre-condition
+         * before invoking other builds that depend on this build.
+         */
+        void cleanUp(BuildListener listener) throws Exception;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -591,14 +603,15 @@ public abstract class Run <JobT extends Job<JobT,RunT>,RunT extends Run<JobT,Run
         if(result!=null)
             return;     // already built.
 
+        BuildListener listener=null;
+        PrintStream log = null;
+
         onStartBuilding();
         try {
             // to set the state to COMPLETE in the end, even if the thread dies abnormally.
             // otherwise the queue state becomes inconsistent
 
             long start = System.currentTimeMillis();
-            BuildListener listener=null;
-            PrintStream log = null;
 
             try {
                 try {
@@ -633,21 +646,35 @@ public abstract class Run <JobT extends Job<JobT,RunT>,RunT extends Run<JobT,Run
                 handleFatalBuildProblem(listener,e);
                 result = Result.FAILURE;
             } finally {
-                RunListener.fireCompleted(this,listener);
-            }
+                long end = System.currentTimeMillis();
+                duration = end-start;
+
+                // mark the state as completed.
+                // the significance of doing this is that Hudson
+                // will now see this build as completed.
+                // things like triggering other builds requires this as pre-condition.
+                // see issue #980.
+                state = State.COMPLETED;
+
+                try {
+                    job.cleanUp(listener);
+                } catch (Exception e) {
+                    handleFatalBuildProblem(listener,e);
+                    // too late to update the result now
+                }
 
-            long end = System.currentTimeMillis();
-            duration = end-start;
+                RunListener.fireCompleted(this,listener);
 
-            if(listener!=null)
-                listener.finished(result);
-            if(log!=null)
-                log.close();
+                if(listener!=null)
+                    listener.finished(result);
+                if(log!=null)
+                    log.close();
 
-            try {
-                save();
-            } catch (IOException e) {
-                e.printStackTrace();
+                try {
+                    save();
+                } catch (IOException e) {
+                    e.printStackTrace();
+                }
             }
 
             try {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/hudson/tasks/BuildTrigger.java b/core/src/main/java/hudson/tasks/BuildTrigger.java
index ef0fadaa9eff9d67bdd66471d133687079b50bd7..72eb76d6844487899842f0464e8fcfbcd58b7d1b 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/hudson/tasks/BuildTrigger.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/hudson/tasks/BuildTrigger.java
@@ -108,6 +108,11 @@ public class BuildTrigger extends Publisher {
         return true;
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public boolean needsToRunAfterFinalized() {
+        return true;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Called from {@link Job#renameTo(String)} when a job is renamed.
      *
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/hudson/tasks/Publisher.java b/core/src/main/java/hudson/tasks/Publisher.java
index d7a1a53056ecba15badd7c85291d796362c79ae7..227af0a1817e4ea6a36e3c1c2c821c5f9f0629b1 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/hudson/tasks/Publisher.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/hudson/tasks/Publisher.java
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 package hudson.tasks;
 
 import hudson.ExtensionPoint;
+import hudson.Launcher;
 import hudson.model.Action;
 import hudson.model.Build;
 import hudson.model.BuildListener;
 import hudson.model.Describable;
 import hudson.model.Project;
+import hudson.model.AbstractBuild;
 
 /**
  * {@link BuildStep}s that run after the build is completed.
@@ -33,4 +35,32 @@ public abstract class Publisher extends BuildStepCompatibilityLayer implements B
     public Action getProjectAction(Project project) {
         return null;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Returne true if this {@link Publisher} needs to run after the build result is
+     * fully finalized.
+     *
+     * <p>
+     * The execution of normal {@link Publisher}s are considered within a part
+     * of the build. This allows publishers to mark the build as a failure, or
+     * to include their execution time in the total build time.
+     *
+     * <p>
+     * So normally, that is the preferrable behavior, but in a few cases
+     * this is problematic. One of such cases is when a publisher needs to
+     * trigger other builds, whcih in turn need to see this build as a
+     * completed build. Those plugins that need to do this can return true
+     * from this method, so that the {@link #perform(AbstractBuild, Launcher, BuildListener)}
+     * method is called after the build is marked as completed.
+     *
+     * <p>
+     * When {@link Publisher} behaves this way, note that they can no longer
+     * change the build status anymore.
+     *
+     * @author Kohsuke Kawaguchi
+     * @since 1.153
+     */
+    public boolean needsToRunAfterFinalized() {
+        return false;
+    }
 }