diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index fc1170dd..49c2507b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -195,6 +195,30 @@
 						</execution>
 					</executions>
 			</plugin>
+			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+				<artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId>
+				<version>1.4</version>
+				<executions>
+					<execution>
+						<id>upload-dist</id>
+						<phase>compile</phase> <!-- doing it during compile now, deploy later -->
+						<configuration>
+							<tasks>
+								<!--
+								<property name="compile_classpath" refid="maven.compile.classpath"/>
+								-->
+								<ant antfile="${basedir}/src/ant/upload-dist.xml">
+									<target name="upload-dist"/>
+								</ant>
+							</tasks>
+						</configuration>
+						<goals>
+							<goal>run</goal>
+						</goals>
+					</execution>
+				</executions>
+			</plugin>
 		</plugins>
 	</build>
 	<repositories>
diff --git a/src/ant/upload-dist.xml b/src/ant/upload-dist.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e4509fac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ant/upload-dist.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<project name="bogus">
+
+    <!--
+    <taskdef name="myTask" resource="org/springframework/build/aws/ant/antlib.xml"
+             classname="com.acme.MyTask" classpathref="maven.plugin.classpath"/>
+    -->
+
+    <target name="upload-dist">
+        <echo message="Test from Ant"/>
+        <!--
+        <checksum file="${package.output.file}" algorithm="sha1"/>
+        <aws:s3 accessKey="${accessKey}" secretKey="${secretKey}">
+            <upload bucketName="dist.${bucket.basename}" file="${package.output.file}"
+                    toFile="${adjusted.release.type}/${project.key}/${package.file.name}" publicRead="true">
+                <metadata name="project.name" value="${project.name}"/>
+                <metadata name="release.type" value="${release.type}"/>
+                <metadata name="bundle.version" value="${bundle.version}"/>
+                <metadata name="package.file.name" value="${package.file.name}"/>
+            </upload>
+            <upload bucketName="dist.${bucket.basename}" file="${package.output.file}.sha1"
+                    toFile="${adjusted.release.type}/${project.key}/${package.file.name}.sha1" publicRead="true">
+            </upload>
+        </aws:s3>
+        -->
+    </target>
+</project>