diff --git a/build-plugins/src/main/groovy/com/cloudogu/scm/JavaModulePlugin.groovy b/build-plugins/src/main/groovy/com/cloudogu/scm/JavaModulePlugin.groovy
index 9e3c339c76..ed3950df99 100644
--- a/build-plugins/src/main/groovy/com/cloudogu/scm/JavaModulePlugin.groovy
+++ b/build-plugins/src/main/groovy/com/cloudogu/scm/JavaModulePlugin.groovy
@@ -26,22 +26,51 @@ package com.cloudogu.scm
 import com.hierynomus.gradle.license.tasks.LicenseCheck
 import org.gradle.api.Plugin
 import org.gradle.api.Project
+import org.gradle.api.publish.maven.MavenPublication
+import org.gradle.api.tasks.javadoc.Javadoc
 import org.gradle.jvm.toolchain.JavaLanguageVersion
 
 class JavaModulePlugin implements Plugin<Project> {
 
   void apply(Project project) {
+    project.plugins.apply("java")
+    project.plugins.apply("maven-publish")
     project.plugins.apply("com.github.hierynomus.license")
 
-    project.afterEvaluate {
-      project.java {
-        toolchain {
-          languageVersion = JavaLanguageVersion.of(11)
+    project.java {
+      toolchain {
+        languageVersion = JavaLanguageVersion.of(11)
+      }
+      withJavadocJar()
+      withSourcesJar()
+    }
+
+    project.compileJava {
+      options.release = 8
+    }
+
+    project.tasks.withType(Javadoc) {
+      failOnError false
+    }
+
+
+    project.publishing {
+      publications {
+        mavenJava(MavenPublication) {
+          artifactId project.name
+          project.afterEvaluate {
+            def component = project.components.findByName("web")
+            if (component == null) {
+              component = project.components.java
+            }
+            from component
+          }
         }
       }
-      project.compileJava {
-        options.release = 8
-      }
+    }
+
+    project.rootProject.publishing.repositories.each { r ->
+      project.publishing.repositories.add(r)
     }
 
     project.license {
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index ca6650a967..46c8d814ed 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -24,9 +24,10 @@
 
 plugins {
   id 'java-platform'
+  id 'maven-publish'
 }
 
-subprojects {
+subprojects { s ->
   repositories {
     maven {
       url 'https://packages.scm-manager.org/repository/public/'
@@ -38,6 +39,20 @@ allprojects {
   apply from: rootProject.file('gradle/dependencies.gradle')
 }
 
+publishing {
+  publications {
+    mavenJava(MavenPublication) {
+      artifactId project.name
+      from components.javaPlatform
+    }
+  }
+  repositories {
+    maven {
+      url = "/tmp/repo"
+    }
+  }
+}
+
 dependencies {
   constraints {
     // lombok
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index da9da79d53..212d009095 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -21,5 +21,5 @@
 # OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
 # SOFTWARE.
 #
-
+group=sonia.scm
 version=2.13.0-SNAPSHOT