diff --git a/all/pom.xml b/all/pom.xml
index e9ceba465b..575ed00df4 100644
--- a/all/pom.xml
+++ b/all/pom.xml
@@ -116,10 +116,7 @@
             <configuration>
               <classifier>sources</classifier>
               <includes>io/netty/**</includes>
-              <includeGroupIds>io.netty</includeGroupIds>
-              <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/src</outputDirectory>
-              <overWriteReleases>false</overWriteReleases>
-              <overWriteSnapshots>true</overWriteSnapshots>
+              <includeGroupIds>${project.groupId}</includeGroupIds>
             </configuration>
           </execution>
           <execution>
@@ -132,8 +129,6 @@
               <includes>io/netty/**</includes>
               <excludes>io/netty/example/**</excludes>
               <outputDirectory>${project.build.outputDirectory}</outputDirectory>
-              <overWriteReleases>false</overWriteReleases>
-              <overWriteSnapshots>true</overWriteSnapshots>
             </configuration>
           </execution>
         </executions>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5fd4f5ef4f..14424a3b6f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -86,11 +86,9 @@
     <!-- Build xref, Javadoc, and tarball only on full build -->
     <profile>
       <id>fullbuild</id>
-      <!--
       <modules>
         <module>tarball</module>
       </modules>
-      -->
     </profile>
   </profiles>
 
diff --git a/tarball/assembly.xml b/tarball/assembly.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f33866fb56
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tarball/assembly.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<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>tarball</id>
+  <formats>
+    <format>tar.bz2</format>
+  </formats>
+  <includeBaseDirectory>false</includeBaseDirectory>
+  <fileSets>
+    <fileSet>
+      <directory>${project.basedir}/..</directory>
+      <outputDirectory/>
+      <includes>
+        <include>*.txt</include>
+        <include>*.md</include>
+      </includes>
+    </fileSet>
+    <fileSet>
+      <directory>${project.basedir}/..</directory>
+      <outputDirectory/>
+      <includes>
+        <include>license/**/*.txt</include>
+        <include>license/**/*.md</include>
+      </includes>
+    </fileSet>
+    <fileSet>
+      <directory>target/jars</directory>
+      <outputDirectory>jar</outputDirectory>
+      <includes>
+        <include>**/*.jar</include>
+      </includes>
+    </fileSet>
+    <fileSet>
+      <directory>target/jars-all</directory>
+      <outputDirectory>jar/all-in-one</outputDirectory>
+      <includes>
+        <include>**/*.jar</include>
+      </includes>
+    </fileSet>
+  </fileSets>
+</assembly>
+
diff --git a/tarball/pom.xml b/tarball/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..61cbe62fdf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tarball/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,175 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2012 The Netty Project
+  ~
+  ~ The Netty Project 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.
+  -->
+<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">
+
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
+    <artifactId>netty-parent</artifactId>
+    <version>4.0.0.Alpha1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>netty-tarball</artifactId>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <name>Netty/Tarball</name>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <!-- The example depends on all modules either directly or transitively -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+      <artifactId>netty-example</artifactId>
+      <version>${project.version}</version>
+      <scope>compile</scope>
+      <optional>true</optional>
+    </dependency>
+    <!-- All-in-one JAR -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+      <artifactId>netty</artifactId>
+      <version>${project.version}</version>
+      <scope>compile</scope>
+      <optional>true</optional>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <artifactId>maven-clean-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>2.5</version>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>clean-first</id>
+            <phase>generate-resources</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>clean</goal>
+            </goals>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>2.4</version>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>copy-jars</id>
+            <phase>generate-resources</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>copy-dependencies</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <configuration>
+              <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/jars</outputDirectory>
+              <includeGroupIds>${project.groupId}</includeGroupIds>
+              <excludeArtifactIds>netty</excludeArtifactIds>
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+          <execution>
+            <id>copy-sources</id>
+            <phase>generate-resources</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>copy-dependencies</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <configuration>
+              <classifier>sources</classifier>
+              <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/jars</outputDirectory>
+              <includeGroupIds>${project.groupId}</includeGroupIds>
+              <excludeArtifactIds>netty</excludeArtifactIds>
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+          <execution>
+            <id>copy-jars-all-in-one</id>
+            <phase>generate-resources</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>copy-dependencies</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <configuration>
+              <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/jars-all</outputDirectory>
+              <includeGroupIds>${project.groupId}</includeGroupIds>
+              <includeArtifactIds>netty</includeArtifactIds>
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+          <execution>
+            <id>copy-sources-all-in-one</id>
+            <phase>generate-resources</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>copy-dependencies</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <configuration>
+              <classifier>sources</classifier>
+              <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/jars-all</outputDirectory>
+              <includeGroupIds>${project.groupId}</includeGroupIds>
+              <includeArtifactIds>netty</includeArtifactIds>
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>2.3</version>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>build-tarball</id>
+            <phase>package</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>single</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <configuration>
+              <finalName>netty-${project.version}</finalName>
+              <appendAssemblyId>false</appendAssemblyId>
+              <attach>false</attach>
+              <descriptors>
+                <descriptor>${project.basedir}/assembly.xml</descriptor>
+              </descriptors>
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+
+      <!-- Disable animal sniffer -->
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+        <artifactId>animal-sniffer-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>default</id>
+            <phase>none</phase>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+      <!-- Disable checkstyle -->
+      <plugin>
+        <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>check-style</id>
+            <phase>none</phase>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+      <!-- Do not deploy this module -->
+      <plugin>
+        <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>2.7</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <skip>true</skip>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
+