diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 81aa25e0..a7fef7a1 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -199,6 +199,25 @@
                     <shortRevisionLength>6</shortRevisionLength>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>2.4.1</version>
+                <configuration>
+                    <descriptors>
+                        <descriptor>src/assembly/tar.xml</descriptor>
+                    </descriptors>
+                    <finalName>${artifactNamedVersion}</finalName>
+                </configuration>
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <id>make-assembly</id>
+                        <phase>package</phase>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>single</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+            </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <artifactId>jdeb</artifactId>
                 <groupId>org.vafer</groupId>
diff --git a/src/assembly/tar.xml b/src/assembly/tar.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..02b3ef5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/assembly/tar.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+<assembly xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-assembly-plugin/assembly/1.1.2" 
+  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+  xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-assembly-plugin/assembly/1.1.2 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/assembly-1.1.2.xsd">
+  <id>tar</id>
+  <formats>
+    <format>tar.gz</format>
+  </formats>
+  <fileSets>
+    <fileSet>
+      <directory>${project.basedir}</directory>
+      <outputDirectory>/</outputDirectory>
+      <includes>
+        <include>README*</include>
+        <include>LICENSE*</include>
+      </includes>
+    </fileSet>
+  </fileSets>
+  <files>
+    <file>
+      <source>${project.build.directory}/${artifactNamedVersion}.jar</source>
+      <outputDirectory>/</outputDirectory>
+      <destName>mon-persister.jar</destName>
+    </file>
+    <file>
+        <source>${project.basedir}/src/deb/etc/persister-config.yml-sample</source>
+        <outputDirectory>examples</outputDirectory>
+    </file>
+    <file>
+        <source>${project.basedir}/src/deb/init/mon-persister.conf</source>
+        <outputDirectory>examples</outputDirectory>
+    </file>
+  </files>
+</assembly>