diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5b4e9cb5..09e53719 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -117,6 +117,32 @@
                 <module>samples</module>
             </modules>
         </profile>
+        <profile>
+            <id>release</id>
+            <build>
+                <plugins>
+                    <plugin>
+                        <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
+                        <version>2.2-beta-5</version>
+                        <inherited>false</inherited>
+                        <executions>
+                            <execution>
+                                <id>full</id>
+                                <phase>package</phase>
+                                <goals>
+                                    <goal>single</goal>
+                                </goals>
+                                <configuration>
+                                    <descriptors>
+                                        <descriptor>src/assembly/full.xml</descriptor>
+                                    </descriptors>
+                                </configuration>
+                            </execution>
+                        </executions>
+                    </plugin>
+                </plugins>
+            </build>
+        </profile>
     </profiles>
     <build>
         <plugins>
diff --git a/release.sh b/release.sh
index 2e56ed02..613e51d4 100755
--- a/release.sh
+++ b/release.sh
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-mvn -Dmaven.test.skip=true clean javadoc:javadoc docbkx:generate-html docbkx:generate-pdf install
+mvn -Dmaven.test.skip=true -P release clean javadoc:javadoc docbkx:generate-html docbkx:generate-pdf install