diff --git a/dataflow-website/batch-developer-guides/batch/batchsamples/README.adoc b/dataflow-website/batch-developer-guides/batch/batchsamples/README.adoc
index 4c7e671..d2c2616 100644
--- a/dataflow-website/batch-developer-guides/batch/batchsamples/README.adoc
+++ b/dataflow-website/batch-developer-guides/batch/batchsamples/README.adoc
@@ -13,6 +13,12 @@ From the root project execute the following:
 ```
 $ ./mvnw clean package
 ```
+
+== Build the project zip file
+```
+$./mvnw clean package -Pdist
+```
+
 == Build the Docker Images for the project
 ```
 $ ./mvnw clean package jib:dockerBuild
diff --git a/dataflow-website/batch-developer-guides/batch/batchsamples/dist/batchsamples.zip b/dataflow-website/batch-developer-guides/batch/batchsamples/dist/batchsamples.zip
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..371f611
Binary files /dev/null and b/dataflow-website/batch-developer-guides/batch/batchsamples/dist/batchsamples.zip differ
diff --git a/dataflow-website/batch-developer-guides/batch/batchsamples/pom.xml b/dataflow-website/batch-developer-guides/batch/batchsamples/pom.xml
index bc67205..8dc2bf2 100644
--- a/dataflow-website/batch-developer-guides/batch/batchsamples/pom.xml
+++ b/dataflow-website/batch-developer-guides/batch/batchsamples/pom.xml
@@ -112,6 +112,70 @@
 		</plugins>
 	</build>
 
+	<profiles>
+		<profile>
+			<id>dist</id>
+			<build>
+				<plugins>
+					<plugin>
+						<groupId>org.commonjava.maven.plugins</groupId>
+						<artifactId>directory-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+						<version>0.1</version>
+						<executions>
+							<execution>
+								<id>directories</id>
+								<goals>
+									<goal>highest-basedir</goal>
+								</goals>
+								<phase>initialize</phase>
+								<configuration>
+									<property>streams.basedir</property>
+								</configuration>
+							</execution>
+						</executions>
+					</plugin>
+
+					<plugin>
+						<artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId>
+						<executions>
+							<execution>
+								<phase>package</phase>
+								<configuration>
+									<tasks>
+										<copy file="${streams.basedir}/target/spring-cloud-task-edu-samples-${project.version}.zip"
+											  tofile="${streams.basedir}/dist/batchsamples.zip" overwrite="true"/>
+									</tasks>
+								</configuration>
+								<goals>
+									<goal>run</goal>
+								</goals>
+							</execution>
+						</executions>
+					</plugin>
+
+					<plugin>
+						<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+						<artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
+						<executions>
+							<execution>
+								<phase>prepare-package</phase>
+								<goals>
+									<goal>single</goal>
+								</goals>
+								<configuration>
+									<appendAssemblyId>false</appendAssemblyId>
+									<descriptors>
+										<descriptor>${streams.basedir}/src/main/assembly/assembly.xml</descriptor>
+									</descriptors>
+								</configuration>
+							</execution>
+						</executions>
+					</plugin>
+				</plugins>
+			</build>
+		</profile>
+	</profiles>
+
 	<repositories>
 		<repository>
 			<id>spring-snapshots</id>
diff --git a/dataflow-website/batch-developer-guides/batch/batchsamples/src/main/assembly/assembly.xml b/dataflow-website/batch-developer-guides/batch/batchsamples/src/main/assembly/assembly.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5233b5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dataflow-website/batch-developer-guides/batch/batchsamples/src/main/assembly/assembly.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+<assembly xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-assembly-plugin/assembly/1.1.2"
+          xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+          xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-assembly-plugin/assembly/1.1.2 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/assembly-1.1.2.xsd">
+    <id>zip</id>
+    <includeBaseDirectory>true</includeBaseDirectory>
+
+    <formats>
+        <format>zip</format>
+    </formats>
+    <baseDirectory>batchsamples</baseDirectory>
+    <fileSets>
+        <fileSet>
+            <directory>${project.basedir}</directory>
+            <excludes>
+                <exclude>**/target/**</exclude>
+                <exclude>src/**</exclude>
+                <exclude>**/dist/**</exclude>
+            </excludes>
+        </fileSet>
+    </fileSets>
+</assembly>
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