diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 055c0c6d8bf..8d493d41f72 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -166,6 +166,75 @@
         </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
+  <profiles>
+    <profile>
+      <id>release-profile</id>
+      <properties>
+        <skipTests>true</skipTests>
+      </properties>
+      <build>
+        <plugins>
+          <plugin>
+            <groupId>org.scala-tools</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-scala-plugin</artifactId>
+            <executions>
+              <execution>
+                <goals>
+                  <goal>compile</goal>
+                  <goal>testCompile</goal>
+                </goals>
+              </execution>
+            </executions>
+            <configuration />
+          </plugin>
+          <plugin>
+            <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+            <artifactId>build-helper-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+            <executions>
+              <execution>
+                <id>add-source</id>
+                <phase>prepare-package</phase>
+                <goals>
+                  <goal>add-source</goal>
+                </goals>
+                <configuration>
+                  <sources>
+                    <source>src/main/scala</source>
+                  </sources>
+                </configuration>
+              </execution>
+            </executions>
+          </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+      </build>
+    </profile>
+    <profile>
+      <id>release-sign-artifacts</id>
+      <activation>
+        <property>
+          <name>performRelease</name>
+          <value>true</value>
+        </property>
+      </activation>
+      <build>
+        <plugins>
+          <plugin>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
+            <executions>
+              <execution>
+                <id>sign-artifacts</id>
+                <phase>verify</phase>
+                <goals>
+                  <goal>sign</goal>
+                </goals>
+              </execution>
+            </executions>
+          </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+      </build>
+    </profile>
+  </profiles>
   <reporting>
     <plugins>
       <plugin>