diff --git a/themoviedbapi/pom.xml b/themoviedbapi/pom.xml
index ebbc600ab..640ffcd01 100644
--- a/themoviedbapi/pom.xml
+++ b/themoviedbapi/pom.xml
@@ -15,10 +15,12 @@
 		<system>Google Code</system>
 		<url>http://code.google.com/p/themoviedbapi/issues/list</url>
 	</issueManagement>
+	
 	<ciManagement>
 		<system>Hudson CI</system>
 		<url>http://mediadeveloper.org:8080/job/API-TheMovieDb/</url>
 	</ciManagement>
+	
 	<scm>
 		<connection>scm:svn:http://themoviedbapi.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/themoviedbapi</connection>
 		<developerConnection>scm:svn:https://themoviedbapi.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/themoviedbapi</developerConnection>
@@ -26,8 +28,10 @@
 	</scm>
 
 	<properties>
-		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
 		<skipTests>true</skipTests>
+		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+		<project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
+		<distribution.format>zip</distribution.format>
 	</properties>
 
 	<dependencies>
@@ -37,6 +41,7 @@
 			<version>4.8.2</version>
 		</dependency>
 	</dependencies>
+	
 	<dependencyManagement>
 		<dependencies>
 			<dependency>
@@ -89,11 +94,11 @@
 					<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
 					<version>2.3.2</version>
 				</plugin>
-                <plugin>
-                    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                    <artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>1.1</version>
-                </plugin>
+				<plugin>
+					<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+					<artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
+					<version>1.1</version>
+				</plugin>
 				<plugin>
 					<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 					<artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -169,9 +174,58 @@
 				</configuration>
 			</plugin>
 
+			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+				<artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId>
+				<version>1.6</version>
+				<executions>
+					<execution>
+						<id>create-version-txt</id>
+						<phase>generate-resources</phase>
+						<configuration>
+							<target>
+								<property name="version_file" value="${project.build.directory}/version.txt" />
+								<property name="header_line" value="The MovieDb API${line.separator}" />
+								<property name="build_date_line" value="Build Date: ${timestamp}${line.separator}" />
+								<property name="version_line" value="Version: ${project.version}${line.separator}" />
+								<property name="revision_line" value="Revision: r${buildNumber}${line.separator}" />
+								<echo>Writing version file: ${version_file}</echo>
+								<echo file="${version_file}" append="false">${header_line}</echo>
+								<echo file="${version_file}" append="true">${build_date_line}</echo>
+								<echo file="${version_file}" append="true">${version_line}</echo>
+								<echo file="${version_file}" append="true">${revision_line}</echo>
+							</target>
+						</configuration>
+						<goals>
+							<goal>run</goal>
+						</goals>
+					</execution>
+				</executions>
+			</plugin>
+			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+				<artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
+				<version>2.2.1</version>
+				<executions>
+					<execution>
+						<id>distro-assembly</id>
+						<phase>package</phase>
+						<goals>
+							<goal>single</goal>
+						</goals>
+						<configuration>
+							<descriptors>
+								<descriptor>src/main/resources/bin.xml</descriptor>
+							</descriptors>
+						</configuration>
+					</execution>
+				</executions>
+			</plugin>
 		</plugins>
 
-		<finalName>${artifactId}-${project.version}-r${buildNumber}</finalName>
+		<finalName>${project.artifactId}-${project.version}-r${buildNumber}</finalName>
+		<resources>
+		</resources>
 
 	</build>
 </project>
diff --git a/themoviedbapi/src/main/resources/bin.xml b/themoviedbapi/src/main/resources/bin.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c12f07f36
--- /dev/null
+++ b/themoviedbapi/src/main/resources/bin.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+<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>bin</id>
+  	<formats>
+    	<format>${distribution.format}</format>
+  	</formats>
+  	<includeBaseDirectory>false</includeBaseDirectory>
+  	<fileSets>
+    	<!-- add version.txt file -->
+    	<fileSet>
+      		<directory>${project.build.directory}</directory>
+      		<outputDirectory></outputDirectory>
+      		<includes>
+        		<include>version.txt</include>
+      		</includes>
+    	</fileSet>
+    	
+    	<!-- add readme.txt file -->
+    	<fileSet>
+      		<directory>${basedir}</directory>
+      		<outputDirectory></outputDirectory>
+      		<includes>
+        		<include>readme.txt</include>
+      		</includes>
+    	</fileSet>
+    	
+    	<!-- add jar files -->
+    	<fileSet>
+      		<directory>${project.build.directory}</directory>
+      		<outputDirectory></outputDirectory>
+      		<includes>
+        		<include>**/*.jar</include>
+      		</includes>
+    	</fileSet>
+    	
+  	</fileSets>
+
+</assembly>