diff --git a/debezium-core/pom.xml b/debezium-core/pom.xml
index 72c6596ea..9efc96934 100644
--- a/debezium-core/pom.xml
+++ b/debezium-core/pom.xml
@@ -47,26 +47,6 @@
             <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype</groupId>
             <artifactId>jackson-datatype-jsr310</artifactId>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.codehaus.groovy</groupId>
-            <artifactId>groovy</artifactId>
-            <optional>true</optional>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.codehaus.groovy</groupId>
-            <artifactId>groovy-jsr223</artifactId>
-            <optional>true</optional>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.graalvm.js</groupId>
-            <artifactId>js</artifactId>
-            <optional>true</optional>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.graalvm.js</groupId>
-            <artifactId>js-scriptengine</artifactId>
-            <optional>true</optional>
-        </dependency>
 
         <!-- Testing -->
         <dependency>
diff --git a/debezium-microbenchmark/pom.xml b/debezium-microbenchmark/pom.xml
index 753adf758..867e71fab 100644
--- a/debezium-microbenchmark/pom.xml
+++ b/debezium-microbenchmark/pom.xml
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@
             <groupId>io.debezium</groupId>
             <artifactId>debezium-core</artifactId>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>io.debezium</groupId>
+            <artifactId>debezium-scripting</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.debezium</groupId>
             <artifactId>debezium-connector-mysql</artifactId>
diff --git a/debezium-scripting/pom.xml b/debezium-scripting/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..da4b2c609
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debezium-scripting/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,141 @@
+<?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/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>io.debezium</groupId>
+        <artifactId>debezium-parent</artifactId>
+        <version>1.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
+    </parent>
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+    <artifactId>debezium-scripting</artifactId>
+    <name>Debezium Scripting</name>
+    <packaging>jar</packaging>
+
+    <properties>
+        <assembly.descriptor>package-distribution</assembly.descriptor>
+    </properties>
+
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>io.debezium</groupId>
+            <artifactId>debezium-core</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
+            <scope>provided</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>
+            <artifactId>connect-api</artifactId>
+            <scope>provided</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>
+            <artifactId>connect-transforms</artifactId>
+            <scope>provided</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.codehaus.groovy</groupId>
+            <artifactId>groovy</artifactId>
+            <optional>true</optional>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.codehaus.groovy</groupId>
+            <artifactId>groovy-jsr223</artifactId>
+            <optional>true</optional>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.graalvm.js</groupId>
+            <artifactId>js</artifactId>
+            <optional>true</optional>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.graalvm.js</groupId>
+            <artifactId>js-scriptengine</artifactId>
+            <optional>true</optional>
+        </dependency>
+
+        <!-- Testing -->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>log4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>junit</groupId>
+            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.easytesting</groupId>
+            <artifactId>fest-assert</artifactId>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.codehaus.groovy</groupId>
+            <artifactId>groovy-json</artifactId>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>io.debezium</groupId>
+            <artifactId>debezium-core</artifactId>
+            <type>test-jar</type>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+
+    </dependencies>
+
+    <build>
+        <resources>
+            <!-- Apply the properties set in the POM to the resource files -->
+            <resource>
+                <filtering>true</filtering>
+                <directory>src/main/resources</directory>
+                <includes>
+                    <include>**/build.properties</include>
+                </includes>
+            </resource>
+        </resources>
+    </build>
+
+    <profiles>
+        <profile>
+            <id>assembly</id>
+            <activation>
+                <activeByDefault>false</activeByDefault>
+            </activation>
+            <build>
+                <plugins>
+                    <plugin>
+                        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
+                        <version>${version.assembly.plugin}</version>
+                        <executions>
+                            <execution>
+                                <id>default</id>
+                                <phase>package</phase>
+                                <goals>
+                                    <goal>single</goal>
+                                </goals>
+                                <configuration>
+                                    <appendAssemblyId>false</appendAssemblyId>
+                                    <attach>true</attach>  <!-- we want attach & deploy these to Maven -->
+                                    <descriptors>
+                                        <descriptor>src/main/resources/assemblies/${assembly.descriptor}.xml</descriptor>
+                                    </descriptors>
+                                    <tarLongFileMode>posix</tarLongFileMode>
+                                </configuration>
+                            </execution>
+                        </executions>
+                    </plugin>
+                </plugins>
+            </build>
+        </profile>
+    </profiles>
+</project>
diff --git a/debezium-core/src/main/java/io/debezium/transforms/ContentBasedRouter.java b/debezium-scripting/src/main/java/io/debezium/transforms/ContentBasedRouter.java
similarity index 100%
rename from debezium-core/src/main/java/io/debezium/transforms/ContentBasedRouter.java
rename to debezium-scripting/src/main/java/io/debezium/transforms/ContentBasedRouter.java
diff --git a/debezium-core/src/main/java/io/debezium/transforms/Filter.java b/debezium-scripting/src/main/java/io/debezium/transforms/Filter.java
similarity index 100%
rename from debezium-core/src/main/java/io/debezium/transforms/Filter.java
rename to debezium-scripting/src/main/java/io/debezium/transforms/Filter.java
diff --git a/debezium-core/src/main/java/io/debezium/transforms/ScriptingTransformation.java b/debezium-scripting/src/main/java/io/debezium/transforms/ScriptingTransformation.java
similarity index 100%
rename from debezium-core/src/main/java/io/debezium/transforms/ScriptingTransformation.java
rename to debezium-scripting/src/main/java/io/debezium/transforms/ScriptingTransformation.java
diff --git a/debezium-core/src/main/java/io/debezium/transforms/scripting/Engine.java b/debezium-scripting/src/main/java/io/debezium/transforms/scripting/Engine.java
similarity index 100%
rename from debezium-core/src/main/java/io/debezium/transforms/scripting/Engine.java
rename to debezium-scripting/src/main/java/io/debezium/transforms/scripting/Engine.java
diff --git a/debezium-core/src/main/java/io/debezium/transforms/scripting/GraalJsEngine.java b/debezium-scripting/src/main/java/io/debezium/transforms/scripting/GraalJsEngine.java
similarity index 100%
rename from debezium-core/src/main/java/io/debezium/transforms/scripting/GraalJsEngine.java
rename to debezium-scripting/src/main/java/io/debezium/transforms/scripting/GraalJsEngine.java
diff --git a/debezium-core/src/main/java/io/debezium/transforms/scripting/Jsr223Engine.java b/debezium-scripting/src/main/java/io/debezium/transforms/scripting/Jsr223Engine.java
similarity index 100%
rename from debezium-core/src/main/java/io/debezium/transforms/scripting/Jsr223Engine.java
rename to debezium-scripting/src/main/java/io/debezium/transforms/scripting/Jsr223Engine.java
diff --git a/debezium-core/src/main/java/io/debezium/transforms/scripting/RecordHeader.java b/debezium-scripting/src/main/java/io/debezium/transforms/scripting/RecordHeader.java
similarity index 100%
rename from debezium-core/src/main/java/io/debezium/transforms/scripting/RecordHeader.java
rename to debezium-scripting/src/main/java/io/debezium/transforms/scripting/RecordHeader.java
diff --git a/debezium-scripting/src/main/resources/assemblies/package-distribution.xml b/debezium-scripting/src/main/resources/assemblies/package-distribution.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5ea904634
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debezium-scripting/src/main/resources/assemblies/package-distribution.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<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>distribution</id>
+  <formats>
+    <format>tar.gz</format>
+    <format>zip</format>
+  </formats>
+  <includeBaseDirectory>false</includeBaseDirectory>
+  <fileSets>
+    <fileSet>
+      <!-- Get the module JAR file -->
+      <directory>${project.build.directory}</directory>
+      <outputDirectory>${project.artifactId}</outputDirectory>
+      <includes>
+        <include>${project.build.finalName}.jar</include>
+      </includes>
+      <useDefaultExcludes>true</useDefaultExcludes>
+    </fileSet>
+    <fileSet>
+      <!-- Get the files from the top-level directory -->
+      <directory>${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-core/src/test/java/io/debezium/transforms/FilterTest.java b/debezium-scripting/src/test/java/io/debezium/transforms/FilterTest.java
similarity index 100%
rename from debezium-core/src/test/java/io/debezium/transforms/FilterTest.java
rename to debezium-scripting/src/test/java/io/debezium/transforms/FilterTest.java
diff --git a/debezium-core/src/test/java/io/debezium/transforms/RouterTest.java b/debezium-scripting/src/test/java/io/debezium/transforms/RouterTest.java
similarity index 100%
rename from debezium-core/src/test/java/io/debezium/transforms/RouterTest.java
rename to debezium-scripting/src/test/java/io/debezium/transforms/RouterTest.java
diff --git a/debezium-scripting/src/test/resources/log4j.properties b/debezium-scripting/src/test/resources/log4j.properties
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5849b7860
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debezium-scripting/src/test/resources/log4j.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# Direct log messages to stdout
+log4j.appender.stdout=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender
+log4j.appender.stdout.Target=System.out
+log4j.appender.stdout.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
+log4j.appender.stdout.layout.ConversionPattern=%d{ISO8601} %-5p     %m (%c)%n
+
+# Direct Debezium log messages to stdout with special prefix
+log4j.appender.debezium=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender
+log4j.appender.debezium.Target=System.out
+log4j.appender.debezium.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
+log4j.appender.debezium.layout.ConversionPattern=%d{ISO8601} %-5p DBZ %m (%c)%n
+
+# Root logger option
+log4j.rootLogger=INFO, stdout
+
+# Set up the default logging to be INFO level, then override specific units
+log4j.logger.io.debezium=INFO, debezium
+log4j.additivity.io.debezium=false
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/debezium-server/debezium-server-dist/pom.xml b/debezium-server/debezium-server-dist/pom.xml
index 092f3dbf1..db8c10083 100644
--- a/debezium-server/debezium-server-dist/pom.xml
+++ b/debezium-server/debezium-server-dist/pom.xml
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
                                 <goals>
                                     <goal>single</goal>
                                 </goals>
-				<configuration>
+                                <configuration>
                                     <appendAssemblyId>false</appendAssemblyId>
                                     <attach>true</attach>  <!-- we want attach & deploy these to Maven -->
                                     <descriptors>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 75786bf65..5cb1090b2 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -179,6 +179,7 @@
         <module>debezium-connector-sqlserver</module>
         <module>debezium-microbenchmark</module>
         <module>debezium-quarkus-outbox</module>
+        <module>debezium-scripting</module>
         <module>debezium-server</module>
         <module>debezium-testing</module>
     </modules>
@@ -470,6 +471,11 @@
                 <artifactId>debezium-core</artifactId>
                 <version>${project.version}</version>
             </dependency>
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>io.debezium</groupId>
+                <artifactId>debezium-scripting</artifactId>
+                <version>${project.version}</version>
+            </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>io.debezium</groupId>
                 <artifactId>debezium-embedded</artifactId>