diff --git a/docs/pom.xml b/docs/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f06d7b57
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+	xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+	<artifactId>spring-cloud-build-docs</artifactId>
+	<name>spring-cloud-build-docs</name>
+	<packaging>jar</packaging>
+	<description>Spring Cloud Build Docs</description>
+	<parent>
+		<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
+		<artifactId>spring-cloud-build</artifactId>
+		<version>1.3.5.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	</parent>
+	<build>
+		<resources>
+			<resource>
+				<directory>src/main</directory>
+			</resource>
+		</resources>
+		<plugins>
+			<plugin>
+				<artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
+				<version>2.8.2</version>
+			</plugin>
+		</plugins>
+	</build>
+</project>
diff --git a/docs/src/main/asciidoc/README.adoc b/docs/src/main/asciidoc/README.adoc
index 5b78335c..b2e0ac47 100644
--- a/docs/src/main/asciidoc/README.adoc
+++ b/docs/src/main/asciidoc/README.adoc
@@ -41,3 +41,44 @@ $ mvn deploy -P central -DaltReleaseDeploymentRepository=sonatype-nexus-staging:
 == Contributing
 
 include::https://raw.githubusercontent.com/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-build/master/docs/src/main/asciidoc/contributing.adoc[]
+
+== Reusing the documentation
+
+Spring Cloud Build publishes its `spring-cloud-build-docs` module that contains
+helpful scripts (e.g. README generation ruby script) and css, xslt and images
+for the Spring Cloud documentation. If you want to follow the same convention
+approach of generating documentation just add these plugins to your `docs` module
+
+[source,xml]
+----
+<profiles>
+		<profile>
+			<id>docs</id>
+			<build>
+				<plugins>
+					<plugin>
+						<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+						<artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId> <1>
+					</plugin>
+					<plugin>
+						<groupId>org.asciidoctor</groupId>
+						<artifactId>asciidoctor-maven-plugin</artifactId> <2>
+					</plugin>
+					<plugin>
+						<groupId>com.agilejava.docbkx</groupId>
+						<artifactId>docbkx-maven-plugin</artifactId> <3>
+					</plugin>
+					<plugin>
+						<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+						<artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId> <4>
+						<inherited>false</inherited>
+					</plugin>
+				</plugins>
+			</build>
+		</profile>
+	</profiles>
+----
+<1> This plugin downloads and unpacks the resources of the `spring-cloud-build-docs` module
+<2> This plugin is required to parse the Asciidoctor documentation
+<3> This plugin converts the Asciidoctor documentation into single and multi page docs
+<4> This plugin is required to copy resources into proper final destinations and to generate main README.adoc
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9f0d3986..36b711ea 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 	<name>Spring Cloud Parent</name>
 	<description>Spring Cloud parent pom, managing plugins and dependencies for Spring Cloud projects</description>
 	<modules>
+		<module>docs</module>
 		<module>spring-cloud-build-dependencies</module>
 		<module>spring-cloud-dependencies-parent</module>
 		<module>spring-cloud-build-tools</module>
@@ -631,6 +632,33 @@ limitations under the License.
 			<build>
 				<pluginManagement>
 					<plugins>
+						<plugin>
+							<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+							<artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
+							<version>3.0.0</version>
+							<executions>
+								<execution>
+									<id>unpack-docs</id>
+									<phase>generate-resources</phase>
+									<goals>
+										<goal>unpack</goal>
+									</goals>
+									<configuration>
+										<artifactItems>
+											<artifactItem>
+												<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
+												<artifactId>spring-cloud-build-docs</artifactId>
+												<version>${spring-cloud-build.version}</version>
+												<classifier>sources</classifier>
+												<type>jar</type>
+												<overWrite>false</overWrite>
+												<outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/build-docs</outputDirectory>
+											</artifactItem>
+										</artifactItems>
+									</configuration>
+								</execution>
+							</executions>
+						</plugin>
 						<plugin>
 							<groupId>org.asciidoctor</groupId>
 							<artifactId>asciidoctor-maven-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -694,10 +722,10 @@ limitations under the License.
 								<includes>${docs.main}.xml</includes>
 								<xincludeSupported>true</xincludeSupported>
 								<chunkedOutput>false</chunkedOutput>
-								<foCustomization>${basedir}/src/main/docbook/xsl/pdf.xsl</foCustomization>
+								<foCustomization>${project.build.directory}/build-docs/docbook/xsl/pdf.xsl</foCustomization>
 								<useExtensions>1</useExtensions>
 								<highlightSource>1</highlightSource>
-								<highlightXslthlConfig>${basedir}/src/main/docbook/xsl/xslthl-config.xml</highlightXslthlConfig>
+								<highlightXslthlConfig>${project.build.directory}/build-docs/docbook/xsl/xslthl-config.xml</highlightXslthlConfig>
 							</configuration>
 							<dependencies>
 								<dependency>
@@ -722,7 +750,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 									</goals>
 									<phase>prepare-package</phase>
 									<configuration>
-										<htmlCustomization>${basedir}/src/main/docbook/xsl/html-singlepage.xsl</htmlCustomization>
+										<htmlCustomization>${project.build.directory}/build-docs/docbook/xsl/html-singlepage.xsl</htmlCustomization>
 										<targetDirectory>${basedir}/target/docbook/htmlsingle</targetDirectory>
 										<postProcess>
 											<copy todir="${basedir}/target/contents/reference/htmlsingle">
@@ -731,7 +759,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 												</fileset>
 											</copy>
 											<copy todir="${basedir}/target/contents/reference/htmlsingle">
-												<fileset dir="${basedir}/src/main/docbook">
+												<fileset dir="${project.build.directory}/build-docs/docbook">
 													<include name="**/*.css" />
 													<include name="**/*.png" />
 													<include name="**/*.gif" />
@@ -748,7 +776,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 									</goals>
 									<phase>prepare-package</phase>
 									<configuration>
-										<htmlCustomization>${basedir}/src/main/docbook/xsl/html-multipage.xsl</htmlCustomization>
+										<htmlCustomization>${project.build.directory}/build-docs/docbook/xsl/html-multipage.xsl</htmlCustomization>
 										<targetDirectory>${basedir}/target/docbook/html</targetDirectory>
 										<!-- By default `-` prefix is added to files and gh-pages don't render these files -->
 										<chunkedFilenamePrefix>multi_</chunkedFilenamePrefix>
@@ -760,7 +788,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 												</fileset>
 											</copy>
 											<copy todir="${basedir}/target/contents/reference/html">
-												<fileset dir="${basedir}/src/main/docbook">
+												<fileset dir="${project.build.directory}/build-docs/docbook">
 													<include name="**/*.css" />
 													<include name="**/*.png" />
 													<include name="**/*.gif" />
@@ -824,7 +852,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 									<configuration>
 										<target>
 											<java classname="org.jruby.Main" failonerror="yes">
-												<arg value="${basedir}/src/main/ruby/generate_readme.sh"/>
+												<arg value="${project.build.directory}/build-docs/ruby/generate_readme.sh"/>
 												<arg value="-o"/>
 												<arg value="${main.basedir}/README.adoc"/>
 											</java>
@@ -840,10 +868,10 @@ limitations under the License.
 									<configuration>
 										<target>
 											<copy todir="${basedir}/target/generated-docs/css">
-												<fileset dir="${basedir}/src/main/docbook/css"/>
+												<fileset dir="${project.build.directory}/build-docs/docbook/css"/>
 											</copy>
 											<copy failonerror="false" todir="${basedir}/target/generated-docs/images">
-												<fileset dir="${basedir}/src/main/docbook/images"/>
+												<fileset dir="${project.build.directory}/build-docs/docbook/images"/>
 											</copy>
 										</target>
 									</configuration>