diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/release/build/BuildOperations.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/release/build/BuildOperations.java
index 2cbecd8..aa15d3e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/release/build/BuildOperations.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/release/build/BuildOperations.java
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ import org.springframework.data.release.model.Phase;
 import org.springframework.data.release.model.Project;
 import org.springframework.data.release.model.Train;
 import org.springframework.data.release.model.TrainIteration;
+import org.springframework.data.release.utils.ExecutionUtils;
+import org.springframework.data.release.utils.Logger;
 import org.springframework.plugin.core.PluginRegistry;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;
@@ -45,6 +47,7 @@ public class BuildOperations {
 
 	private final @NonNull PluginRegistry<BuildSystem, Project> buildSystems;
 	private final @NonNull MavenProperties properties;
+	private final @NonNull Logger logger;
 
 	/**
 	 * Updates all inter-project dependencies based on the given {@link TrainIteration} and release {@link Phase}.
@@ -78,12 +81,18 @@ public class BuildOperations {
 	/**
 	 * Triggers the distribution builds for all modules participating in the given {@link Train}.
 	 *
-	 * @param iteration must not be {@literal null}.
+	 * @param train must not be {@literal null}.
 	 */
 	public void distributeResources(Train train) {
 
 		Assert.notNull(train, "Train must not be null!");
 
+		logger.log(train, "Preparing distribution build…");
+		ExecutionUtils.run(train, module -> {
+			doWithBuildSystem(module, BuildSystem::prepareDistributionBuild);
+		});
+
+		logger.log(train, "Running distribution build…");
 		doWithBuildSystem(train, BuildSystem::triggerDistributionBuild);
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/release/build/BuildSystem.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/release/build/BuildSystem.java
index 54ad6a5..ce7f29e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/release/build/BuildSystem.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/release/build/BuildSystem.java
@@ -56,7 +56,15 @@ interface BuildSystem extends Plugin<Project> {
 	DeploymentInformation deploy(ModuleIteration module);
 
 	/**
-	 * Runs the distribution build.
+	 * Runs the distribution build preparation.
+	 *
+	 * @param module must not be {@literal null}.
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	Module prepareDistributionBuild(Module module);
+
+	/**
+	 * Runs the distribution build. Requires {@link #prepareDistributionBuild(Module) a preparation run}.
 	 *
 	 * @param module must not be {@literal null}.
 	 * @return
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/release/build/MavenBuildSystem.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/release/build/MavenBuildSystem.java
index 7e7e73e..f9a7022 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/release/build/MavenBuildSystem.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/release/build/MavenBuildSystem.java
@@ -95,6 +95,24 @@ class MavenBuildSystem implements BuildSystem {
 		return module;
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see org.springframework.data.release.build.BuildSystem#prepareDistributionBuild(org.springframework.data.release.model.Module)
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public Module prepareDistributionBuild(Module module) {
+
+		return doWithDistributionBuild(module, project -> {
+
+			logger.log(project, "Preparing distribution build…");
+
+			mvn.execute(project, CommandLine.of(Goal.CLEAN, goal("generate-sources"), //
+					profile("distribute"), Argument.of("-B")));
+
+			logger.log(project, "Successfully prepared distribution build!");
+		});
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * (non-Javadoc)
 	 * @see org.springframework.data.release.build.BuildSystem#triggerDistributionBuild(org.springframework.data.release.model.Module)
@@ -102,6 +120,19 @@ class MavenBuildSystem implements BuildSystem {
 	@Override
 	public Module triggerDistributionBuild(Module module) {
 
+		return doWithDistributionBuild(module, project -> {
+
+			logger.log(project, "Triggering distribution build…");
+
+			mvn.execute(project, CommandLine.of(Goal.DEPLOY, //
+					SKIP_TESTS, profile("distribute"), Argument.of("-B")));
+
+			logger.log(project, "Successfully finished distribution build!");
+		});
+	}
+
+	private Module doWithDistributionBuild(Module module, Consumer<Project> consumer) {
+
 		Project project = module.getProject();
 
 		if (BUILD.equals(project)) {
@@ -113,12 +144,7 @@ class MavenBuildSystem implements BuildSystem {
 			return module;
 		}
 
-		logger.log(project, "Triggering distribution build…");
-
-		mvn.execute(project, CommandLine.of(Goal.CLEAN, Goal.DEPLOY, //
-				SKIP_TESTS, profile("distribute"), Argument.of("-B")));
-
-		logger.log(project, "Successfully finished distribution build!");
+		consumer.accept(project);
 
 		return module;
 	}