diff --git a/Jenkinsfile b/Jenkinsfile
index c2930c3c2..1c4718724 100644
--- a/Jenkinsfile
+++ b/Jenkinsfile
@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@ node {
    checkout scm
 
    stage 'Build'
-   sh "./gradlew build"
+   sh "./gradlew build uploadArchives"
    archive '**/build/**/*.jar'
 }
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diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 7b5ed9861..6157163ea 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ subprojects {
 	apply from: "${rootDir}/gradle/versions.gradle"
 	apply from: "${rootDir}/gradle/eclipse-project-layout.gradle"
 	apply from: "${rootDir}/gradle/java-compiler-settings.gradle"
+	apply from: "${rootDir}/gradle/maven-deployment.gradle"
 	
 	group = 'org.eclipse.xtext'
 }
diff --git a/gradle/developers.gradle b/gradle/developers.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4ca4b86bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradle/developers.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+uploadArchives.repositories.mavenDeployer.pom.project {
+	developers {
+		developer {
+			name 'Sven Efftinge'
+			email 'sven.efftinge@typefox.io'
+			organization 'TypeFox'
+			organizationUrl 'http://typefox.io'
+		}
+		developer {
+			name 'Sebastian Benz'
+		}
+		developer {
+			name 'Lorenzo Bettini'
+		}
+		developer {
+			name 'Michael Clay'
+		}
+		developer {
+			name 'Christian Dietrich'
+			email 'christian.dietrich@itemis.de'
+			organization 'itemis'
+			organizationUrl 'http://www.itemis.com'
+		}
+		developer {
+			name 'Moritz Eysholdt'
+			email 'moritz.eysholdt@typefox.io'
+			organization 'TypeFox'
+			organizationUrl 'http://typefox.io'
+		}
+		developer {
+			name 'Dennis Hübner'
+			email 'dennis.huebner@typefox.io'
+			organization 'TypeFox'
+			organizationUrl 'http://typefox.io'
+		}
+		developer {
+			name 'Jan Köhnlein'
+			email 'jan.koehnlein@typefox.io'
+			organization 'TypeFox'
+			organizationUrl 'http://typefox.io'
+		}
+		developer {
+			name 'Anton Kosyakov'
+			email 'anton.kosyakov@typefox.io'
+			organization 'TypeFox'
+			organizationUrl 'http://typefox.io'
+		}
+		developer {
+			name 'Stefan Oehme'
+		}
+		developer {
+			name 'Holger Schill'
+			email 'holger.schill@itemis.de'
+			organization 'itemis'
+			organizationUrl 'http://www.itemis.com'
+		}
+		developer {
+			name 'Christian Schneider'
+			email 'christian.schneider@typefox.io'
+			organization 'TypeFox'
+			organizationUrl 'http://typefox.io'
+		}
+		developer {
+			name 'Miro Spönemann'
+			email 'miro.spoenemann@typefox.io'
+			organization 'TypeFox'
+			organizationUrl 'http://typefox.io'
+		}
+		developer {
+			name 'Knut Wannheden'
+		}
+		developer {
+			name 'Sebastian Zarnekow'
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/gradle/java-compiler-settings.gradle b/gradle/java-compiler-settings.gradle
index dfe9f217f..0f2146516 100644
--- a/gradle/java-compiler-settings.gradle
+++ b/gradle/java-compiler-settings.gradle
@@ -6,6 +6,12 @@ tasks.withType(JavaCompile) {
 	options.encoding = 'ISO-8859-1'
 }
 
+tasks.withType(Javadoc) {
+	options.encoding = 'ISO-8859-1'
+	options.tags = [ 'noreference', 'noextend', 'noimplement', 'noinstantiate', 'nooverride', 'model', 'generated', 'ordered' ] 
+	options.addStringOption('Xdoclint:none', '-quiet')
+}
+
 configurations {
     optional {
     	description 'Dependencies required at build time, but not exported into meta data'
@@ -25,4 +31,3 @@ configurations {
 sourceSets.main.compileClasspath += configurations.optional
 eclipse.classpath.plusConfigurations += [configurations.optional]
 javadoc.classpath += configurations.optional
-javadoc.options.addStringOption('-Xdoclint:none')
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diff --git a/gradle/maven-deployment.gradle b/gradle/maven-deployment.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..962633124
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradle/maven-deployment.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+apply plugin: 'signing'
+
+task sourcesJar(type: Jar, dependsOn: classes) {
+	classifier = 'sources'
+	from sourceSets.main.allSource
+	from ('.') {
+		include 'schema/**', 'model/**'
+	}
+	metaInf {
+		from 'META-INF'
+	}
+}
+
+task javadocJar(type: Jar, dependsOn: javadoc) {
+	classifier = 'javadoc'
+	from javadoc.destinationDir
+}
+
+artifacts {
+	archives sourcesJar, javadocJar
+}
+
+def envSecretKeyRingFile = System.getenv('SIGNING_KEY_RING')
+if (envSecretKeyRingFile != null)
+	ext.'signing.secretKeyRingFile' = envSecretKeyRingFile
+def envKeyId = System.getenv('SIGNING_KEY_ID')
+if (envKeyId != null)
+	ext.'signing.keyId' = envKeyId
+def envPassword = System.getenv('SIGNING_PASSWORD')
+if (envPassword != null)
+	ext.'signing.password' = envPassword
+
+signing {
+	required { gradle.taskGraph.hasTask('uploadArchives') }
+	sign configurations.archives
+}
+if (!project.hasProperty('signing.secretKeyRingFile') || !project.property('signing.secretKeyRingFile')
+		|| !project.hasProperty('signing.keyId') || !project.property('signing.keyId')
+		|| !project.hasProperty('signing.password') || !project.property('signing.password')) {
+	signArchives.enabled = false
+}
+
+def envSonatypeUser = System.getenv('SONATYPE_USER')
+if (envSonatypeUser != null)
+	ext.'sonatypeUserName' = envSonatypeUser
+def envSonatypePassword = System.getenv('SONATYPE_PASSWORD')
+if (envSonatypePassword != null)
+	ext.'sonatypePassword' = envSonatypePassword
+
+uploadArchives.repositories.mavenDeployer {
+	beforeDeployment { deployment -> signing.signPom(deployment) }
+	repository(url: "https://oss.sonatype.org/service/local/staging/deploy/maven2/") {
+		if (project.hasProperty('sonatypeUserName') && project.hasProperty('sonatypePassword')) {
+			authentication(userName: sonatypeUserName, password: sonatypePassword)
+		}
+	}
+	snapshotRepository(url: "https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots/") {
+		if (project.hasProperty('sonatypeUserName') && project.hasProperty('sonatypePassword')) {
+			authentication(userName: sonatypeUserName, password: sonatypePassword)
+		}
+	}
+	pom.project {
+		packaging 'jar'
+		url 'https://www.eclipse.org/Xtext/'
+		licenses {
+			license {
+				name 'Eclipse Public License, Version 1.0'
+				url 'http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html'
+			}
+		}
+		scm {
+			connection 'scm:git:git@github.com:eclipse/xtext-core.git'
+			developerConnection 'scm:git:git@github.com:eclipse/xtext-core.git'
+			url 'git@github.com:eclipse/xtext-core.git'
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+apply from: "${rootDir}/gradle/developers.gradle"