diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 62bda46..5826d79 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ allprojects {
 subprojects {
     apply plugin: 'java'
     apply plugin: 'eclipse'
+    apply from: "$rootDir/gradle/publish-maven.gradle"
 	
 	sourceCompatibility = 1.6
 	targetCompatibility = 1.6
diff --git a/gradle/publish-maven.gradle b/gradle/publish-maven.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ab27721
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradle/publish-maven.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+apply plugin: "maven"
+
+install {
+	repositories.mavenInstaller {
+		customizePom(pom, project)
+	}
+}
+
+def customizePom(pom, gradleProject) {
+	pom.whenConfigured { generatedPom ->
+		// sort to make pom dependencies order consistent to ease comparison of older poms
+		generatedPom.dependencies = generatedPom.dependencies.sort { dep ->
+			"$dep.scope:$dep.groupId:$dep.artifactId"
+		}
+
+		// add all items necessary for maven central publication
+		generatedPom.project {
+			name = gradleProject.description
+			description = gradleProject.description
+			url = "https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-loaded"
+			organization {
+				name = "Spring IO"
+				url = "http://projects.spring.io/spring-loaded"
+			}
+			licenses {
+				license {
+					name "The Apache Software License, Version 2.0"
+					url "http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt"
+					distribution "repo"
+				}
+			}
+			scm {
+				url = "https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-loaded"
+				connection = "scm:git:git://github.com/spring-projects/spring-loaded"
+				developerConnection = "scm:git:git://github.com/spring-projects/spring-loaded"
+			}
+			developers {
+				developer {
+					id = "aclement"
+					name = "Andy Clement"
+					email = "aclement@gopivotal.com"
+				}
+			}
+			issueManagement {
+				system = "GitHub"
+				url = "https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-loaded/issues"
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}