diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a198724a17fc..4c6ce7c6fbe8 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -140,6 +140,35 @@
         <dataflow.javadoc_opts>-Xdoclint:-missing</dataflow.javadoc_opts>
       </properties>
     </profile>
+    <profile>
+      <id>src</id>
+      <activation>
+        <activeByDefault>false</activeByDefault>
+      </activation>
+      <build>
+        <plugins>
+          <plugin>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
+            <executions>
+              <execution>
+                <id>src</id>
+                <phase>package</phase>
+                <goals>
+                  <goal>single</goal>
+                </goals>
+                <configuration>
+                  <finalName>apache-beam-${project.version}</finalName>
+                  <descriptors>
+                    <descriptor>sdks/java/src.xml</descriptor>
+                  </descriptors>
+                </configuration>
+              </execution>
+            </executions>
+          </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+      </build>
+    </profile>
   </profiles>
 
   <build>
@@ -344,6 +373,18 @@
           <artifactId>build-helper-maven-plugin</artifactId>
           <version>1.10</version>
         </plugin>
+
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+          <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>2.5.3</version>
+          <configuration>
+            <releaseProfiles>src</releaseProfiles>
+            <preparationGoals>clean install</preparationGoals>
+            <goals>deploy</goals>
+            <autoVersionSubmodules>true</autoVersionSubmodules>
+          </configuration>
+        </plugin>
       </plugins>
     </pluginManagement>
   </build>
diff --git a/sdks/java/src.xml b/sdks/java/src.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e5f8664eb944
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sdks/java/src.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+    contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+    this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+    The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+    (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+    the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+    WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+    See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+    limitations under the License.
+-->
+<assembly xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-assembly-plugin/assembly/1.1.3" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+          xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-assembly-plugin/assembly/1.1.3 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/assembly-1.1.3.xsd">
+
+  <id>src</id>
+
+  <formats>
+    <format>tar.gz</format>
+    <format>zip</format>
+  </formats>
+
+  <fileSets>
+    <fileSet>
+      <directory>${basedir}</directory>
+      <outputDirectory>/</outputDirectory>
+      <excludes>
+        <!-- NB: the exclude here should be sync with content of .gitignore -->
+        <!-- Ignore files generated by the Maven build process -->
+        <exclude>**/target/**</exclude>
+        <!-- Ignore IntelliJ files -->
+        <exclude>**/.idea/**</exclude>
+        <exclude>**/*.iml</exclude>
+        <exclude>**/*.ipr</exclude>
+        <exclude>**/*.iws</exclude>
+        <!-- Ignore Eclipse files -->
+        <exclude>**/.classpath</exclude>
+        <exclude>**/.project</exclude>
+        <exclude>**/.factorypath</exclude>
+        <exclude>**/.checkstyle</exclude>
+        <exclude>**/.settings/**</exclude>
+        <!-- The build process generates the dependency-reduced POM, but it shouldn't be part of the src distro -->
+        <exclude>**/dependency-reduced-pom.xml</exclude>
+        <!-- Ignore files that end with '~', since they are most likely auto-save files produced by a text editor -->
+        <exclude>**/*~</exclude>
+      </excludes>
+    </fileSet>
+  </fileSets>
+
+</assembly>