diff --git a/api/pom.xml b/api/pom.xml
index c6e60929..250c617b 100644
--- a/api/pom.xml
+++ b/api/pom.xml
@@ -35,6 +35,42 @@
         </plugins>
     </build>
 
+    <profiles>
+        <profile>
+            <id>deployment</id>
+            <build>
+                <plugins>
+                    <plugin>
+                        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
+                        <version>3.0.1</version>
+                        <executions>
+                            <execution>
+                                <id>attach-sources</id>
+                                <goals>
+                                    <goal>jar</goal>
+                                </goals>
+                            </execution>
+                        </executions>
+                    </plugin>
+                    <plugin>
+                        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
+                        <version>2.10.4</version>
+                        <executions>
+                            <execution>
+                                <id>attach-javadocs</id>
+                                <goals>
+                                    <goal>jar</goal>
+                                </goals>
+                            </execution>
+                        </executions>
+                    </plugin>
+                </plugins>
+            </build>
+        </profile>
+    </profiles>
+
     <dependencies>
         <!-- guava -->
         <dependency>