diff --git a/jackrabbit-core/assembly.xml b/jackrabbit-core/assembly.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..258992e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jackrabbit-core/assembly.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+   Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+   contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+   this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+   The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+   (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+   the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+   Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+   distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+   WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+   See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+   limitations under the License.
+  -->
+<assembly>
+  <id>tests</id>
+  <includeBaseDirectory>false</includeBaseDirectory>
+  <formats>
+    <format>jar</format>
+  </formats>
+  <fileSets>
+    <fileSet>
+      <directory>${project.build.testOutputDirectory}</directory>
+      <outputDirectory></outputDirectory>
+    </fileSet>
+  </fileSets>
+</assembly>
diff --git a/jackrabbit-core/pom.xml b/jackrabbit-core/pom.xml
index bd17eee..40de6e6 100644
--- a/jackrabbit-core/pom.xml
+++ b/jackrabbit-core/pom.xml
@@ -137,6 +137,22 @@
           </excludes>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <phase>package</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>single</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <configuration>
+              <descriptors>
+                <descriptor>assembly.xml</descriptor>
+              </descriptors>
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
     </plugins>
     <resources>
       <resource>