diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 313e58fb19..ba9586b76a 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -2,11 +2,13 @@ buildscript {
 	repositories {
 		mavenCentral()
 		mavenLocal()
+		if (project.hasProperty('fatJar')) jcenter()
 	}
 	dependencies {
 		classpath "pl.allegro.tech.build:axion-release-plugin:1.3.4"
 		classpath "com.bmuschko:gradle-nexus-plugin:2.3"
 		classpath "io.codearte.gradle.nexus:gradle-nexus-staging-plugin:0.5.3"
+		if (project.hasProperty('fatJar')) classpath 'com.github.jengelman.gradle.plugins:shadow:1.2.3'
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/stub-runner/stub-runner/README.md b/stub-runner/stub-runner/README.md
index bd148045da..2a749ebb39 100644
--- a/stub-runner/stub-runner/README.md
+++ b/stub-runner/stub-runner/README.md
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ Runs stubs for service collaborators. Treating stubs as contracts of services al
 You can set the following options to the main class:
 
 ```
-java -jar stub-runner.jar [options...] 
  -maxp (--maxPort) N            : Maximum port value to be assigned to the
                                   Wiremock instance. Defaults to 15000
                                   (default: 15000)
@@ -33,6 +32,21 @@ java -jar stub-runner.jar [options...]
 
 ```
 
+
+#### Building a Fat Jar
+
+Just call the following command:
+
+```
+./gradlew stub-runner-root:stub-runner:shadowJar -PfatJar
+```
+
+and inside the `build/lib` there will be a Fat Jar with classifier `fatJar` waiting for you to execute. E.g.
+
+```
+java -jar stub-runner/stub-runner/build/libs/stub-runner-1.0.1-SNAPSHOT-fatJar.jar -sr http://a.b.com -s a:b:c,d:e,f:g:h 
+```
+
 ### Stub runner configuration
 
 You can configure the stub runner by either passing the full arguments list with the `-Pargs` like this:
diff --git a/stub-runner/stub-runner/build.gradle b/stub-runner/stub-runner/build.gradle
index 63c8faa6ff..3fa0ed3b75 100644
--- a/stub-runner/stub-runner/build.gradle
+++ b/stub-runner/stub-runner/build.gradle
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ dependencies {
 	compile 'args4j:args4j:2.32'
 	compile 'com.nurkiewicz.asyncretry:asyncretry-jdk7:0.0.6'
 
+	if (rootProject.hasProperty("fatJar")) runtime 'ch.qos.logback:logback-classic:1.1.3'
+
 	testCompile('org.spockframework:spock-core:1.0-groovy-2.3') {
 		exclude(group: 'org.codehaus.groovy')
 	}
@@ -71,3 +73,24 @@ Object appendToListIfNotNull(String argument, String prefix, List list) {
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+if (rootProject.hasProperty("fatJar")) {
+
+	apply plugin: 'com.github.johnrengelman.shadow'
+	apply plugin: 'maven-publish'
+
+	publishing {
+		publications {
+			shadow(MavenPublication) {
+				from components.java
+				artifact shadowJar
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	shadowJar {
+		classifier = 'fatJar'
+		dependsOn build
+	}
+
+}
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