diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b153014c..bc124d3a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -110,6 +110,24 @@
                 <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
                 <version>2.0</version>
             </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>2.2-beta-4</version>
+                <configuration>
+                    <descriptors>
+                        <descriptor>src/assemble/examples.xml</descriptor>
+                    </descriptors>
+                </configuration>
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <id>make-assembly</id>
+                        <phase>package</phase>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>single</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+            </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
diff --git a/src/assemble/examples.xml b/src/assemble/examples.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ce35f44b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/assemble/examples.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+<assembly xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-assembly-plugin/assembly/1.1.0"
+          xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+          xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-assembly-plugin/assembly/1.1.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/assembly-1.1.0.xsd">
+    <id>examples</id>
+    <formats>
+        <format>zip</format>
+    </formats>
+    <fileSets>
+        <fileSet>
+            <directory>src/main/java/examples</directory>
+            <includes/>
+            <outputDirectory>examples</outputDirectory>
+        </fileSet>
+    </fileSets>
+</assembly>
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