diff --git a/debezium-assembly-descriptors/pom.xml b/debezium-assembly-descriptors/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ba98fbea9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debezium-assembly-descriptors/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>io.debezium</groupId>
+        <artifactId>debezium-parent</artifactId>
+        <version>0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
+    </parent>
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+    <artifactId>debezium-assembly-descriptors</artifactId>
+    <name>Debezium Assembly Descriptors</name>
+    <build>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <!-- We don't want to run this -->
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <id>attach-sources</id>
+                        <phase>non-existant</phase>
+                    </execution>
+                    <execution>
+                        <id>attach-test-sources</id>
+                        <phase>non-existant</phase>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+            </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
+                <configuration>
+                    <skip>true</skip>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <!-- We don't want to create a test JAR -->
+                        <id>test-jar</id>
+                        <phase>non-existant</phase>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>test-jar</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/debezium-assembly-descriptors/src/main/resources/assemblies/connector-distribution.xml b/debezium-assembly-descriptors/src/main/resources/assemblies/connector-distribution.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c6ac36d9f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debezium-assembly-descriptors/src/main/resources/assemblies/connector-distribution.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+<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>plugin</id>
+  <formats>
+    <format>tar.gz</format>
+    <format>zip</format>
+  </formats>
+  <includeBaseDirectory>false</includeBaseDirectory>
+  <dependencySets>
+      <dependencySet>
+          <outputDirectory>${project.artifactId}</outputDirectory>
+          <unpack>false</unpack>
+          <scope>runtime</scope>
+          <useProjectArtifact>false</useProjectArtifact>
+          <excludes>
+              <exclude>${project.groupId}:${project.artifactId}:*</exclude>
+              <!-- Exclude all Kafka APIs and their dependencies, since they will be available in the runtime -->
+              <exclude>org.apache.kafka:*</exclude>
+              <exclude>org.xerial.snappy:*</exclude>
+              <exclude>net.jpountz.lz4:*</exclude>
+          </excludes>
+      </dependencySet>
+      <dependencySet>
+          <outputDirectory>${project.artifactId}</outputDirectory>
+          <unpack>false</unpack>
+          <includes>
+              <include>${project.groupId}:${project.artifactId}:*</include>
+          </includes>
+      </dependencySet>
+  </dependencySets>
+  <fileSets>
+    <fileSet>
+      <!-- Get the files from the top-level directory, which should be above the connectors -->
+      <directory>${project.basedir}/..</directory>
+      <outputDirectory>${project.artifactId}</outputDirectory>
+      <includes>
+        <include>README*</include>
+        <include>CHANGELOG*</include>
+        <include>CONTRIBUTE*</include>
+        <include>COPYRIGHT*</include>
+        <include>LICENSE*</include>
+      </includes>
+      <useDefaultExcludes>true</useDefaultExcludes>
+    </fileSet>
+  </fileSets>
+</assembly>
diff --git a/debezium-connector-mysql/pom.xml b/debezium-connector-mysql/pom.xml
index 8589896c6..ddf59c7be 100644
--- a/debezium-connector-mysql/pom.xml
+++ b/debezium-connector-mysql/pom.xml
@@ -246,6 +246,36 @@
     Define several profiles for working with different Docker images (or no Docker whatsoever)
     -->
     <profiles>
+        <profile>
+            <id>assembly</id>
+            <activation>
+                <activeByDefault>false</activeByDefault>
+            </activation>
+            <build>
+                <plugins>
+                    <plugin>
+                        <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
+                        <executions>
+                            <execution>
+                                <id>default</id>
+                                <phase>package</phase>
+                                <goals>
+                                    <goal>single</goal>
+                                </goals>
+                                <configuration>
+                                    <finalName>${project.artifactId}-${project.version}</finalName>
+                                    <attach>true</attach>  <!-- we want attach & deploy these to Maven -->
+                                    <descriptorRefs>
+                                        <descriptorRef>connector-distribution</descriptorRef>
+                                    </descriptorRefs>
+                                </configuration>
+                            </execution>
+                        </executions>
+                    </plugin>
+                </plugins>
+            </build>
+        </profile>
+
       <!--  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
             Do not perform any Docker-related functionality
             To use, specify "-DskipITs" on the Maven command line.
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c8839cb62..141570f27 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@
     </properties>
     <modules>
         <module>support/checkstyle</module>
+        <module>debezium-assembly-descriptors</module>
         <module>debezium-core</module>
         <module>debezium-embedded</module>
         <module>debezium-connector-mysql</module>
@@ -348,6 +349,24 @@
                     <artifactId>docker-maven-plugin</artifactId>
                     <version>${version.docker.maven.plugin}</version>
                 </plugin>
+                <plugin>
+                    <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
+                    <dependencies>
+                        <dependency>
+                            <groupId>io.debezium</groupId>
+                            <artifactId>debezium-assembly-descriptors</artifactId>
+                            <version>${project.version}</version>
+                        </dependency>
+                    </dependencies>
+                    <executions>
+                        <execution>
+                            <phase>package</phase>
+                            <goals>
+                                <goal>single</goal>
+                            </goals>
+                        </execution>
+                    </executions>
+                </plugin>
             </plugins>
         </pluginManagement>
         <plugins>