diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index c1e8ce1cb..5f0f92eb2 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -88,7 +88,6 @@
                             </execution>
                         </executions>
                     </plugin>
-
                 </plugins>
             </build>
         </profile>
@@ -104,6 +103,7 @@
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
 
+            <!-- Generate source and javadoc jars: Maven Central requires this -->
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -118,6 +118,27 @@
                 </executions>
             </plugin>
 
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>2.9.1</version>
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <id>attach-javadocs</id>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>jar</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+                <configuration>
+                    <detectLinks/>
+                    <links>
+                        <link>http://docs.guava-libraries.googlecode.com/git-history/release/javadoc/</link>
+                    </links>
+                    <detectJavaApiLink/>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+
             <!-- Verify the dependency chain: see https://github.com/gary-rowe/BitcoinjEnforcerRules for
                more information on this.
             -->
diff --git a/orchid/pom.xml b/orchid/pom.xml
index ca9eceb9b..e5b6cbff1 100644
--- a/orchid/pom.xml
+++ b/orchid/pom.xml
@@ -3,8 +3,12 @@
          xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
          xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>org.bitcoinj</groupId>
+        <artifactId>bitcoinj-parent</artifactId>
+        <version>0.12-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </parent>
 
-    <groupId>org.bitcoinj</groupId>
     <artifactId>orchid</artifactId>
     <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
@@ -31,51 +35,6 @@
                     <target>1.6</target>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
-
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
-                <executions>
-                    <execution>
-                        <id>attach-sources</id>
-                        <phase>verify</phase>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>jar-no-fork</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                    </execution>
-                </executions>
-            </plugin>
-
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
-                <configuration>
-                    <minimizeJar>false</minimizeJar>
-                    <filters>
-                        <filter>
-                            <!-- exclude signatures, the bundling process breaks them for some reason -->
-                            <artifact>*:*</artifact>
-                            <excludes>
-                                <exclude>META-INF/*.SF</exclude>
-                                <exclude>META-INF/*.DSA</exclude>
-                                <exclude>META-INF/*.RSA</exclude>
-                            </excludes>
-                        </filter>
-                    </filters>
-                </configuration>
-                <executions>
-                    <execution>
-                        <phase>package</phase>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>shade</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                        <configuration>
-                            <shadedArtifactAttached>true</shadedArtifactAttached>
-                            <shadedClassifierName>bundled</shadedClassifierName>
-                        </configuration>
-                    </execution>
-                </executions>
-            </plugin>
         </plugins>
 
         <pluginManagement>
@@ -147,6 +106,72 @@
                 </plugins>
             </build>
         </profile>
+
+        <profile>
+            <id>release</id>
+            <build>
+                <plugins>
+                    <plugin>
+                        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
+                        <executions>
+                            <execution>
+                                <id>attach-sources</id>
+                                <phase>verify</phase>
+                                <goals>
+                                    <goal>jar-no-fork</goal>
+                                </goals>
+                            </execution>
+                        </executions>
+                    </plugin>
+
+                    <plugin>
+                        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
+                        <version>2.9.1</version>
+                        <executions>
+                            <execution>
+                                <id>attach-javadocs</id>
+                                <goals>
+                                    <goal>jar</goal>
+                                </goals>
+                            </execution>
+                        </executions>
+                    </plugin>
+
+                    <plugin>
+                        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <minimizeJar>false</minimizeJar>
+                            <filters>
+                                <filter>
+                                    <!-- exclude signatures, the bundling process breaks them for some reason -->
+                                    <artifact>*:*</artifact>
+                                    <excludes>
+                                        <exclude>META-INF/*.SF</exclude>
+                                        <exclude>META-INF/*.DSA</exclude>
+                                        <exclude>META-INF/*.RSA</exclude>
+                                    </excludes>
+                                </filter>
+                            </filters>
+                        </configuration>
+                        <executions>
+                            <execution>
+                                <phase>package</phase>
+                                <goals>
+                                    <goal>shade</goal>
+                                </goals>
+                                <configuration>
+                                    <shadedArtifactAttached>true</shadedArtifactAttached>
+                                    <shadedClassifierName>bundled</shadedClassifierName>
+                                </configuration>
+                            </execution>
+                        </executions>
+                    </plugin>
+                </plugins>
+            </build>
+        </profile>
     </profiles>
 
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d16faa4a1..1d3f3deaa 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -51,6 +51,17 @@
     </mailingList>
   </mailingLists>
 
+  <distributionManagement>
+    <snapshotRepository>
+      <id>ossrh</id>
+      <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots</url>
+    </snapshotRepository>
+    <repository>
+      <id>ossrh</id>
+      <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/service/local/staging/deploy/maven2/</url>
+    </repository>
+  </distributionManagement>
+
   <!-- Common build plugin configuration -->
   <build>
     <plugins>
@@ -65,6 +76,18 @@
           <showWarnings>true</showWarnings>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
+
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.sonatype.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>nexus-staging-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>1.6.3</version>
+        <extensions>true</extensions>
+        <configuration>
+            <serverId>ossrh</serverId>
+            <nexusUrl>https://oss.sonatype.org/</nexusUrl>
+            <autoReleaseAfterClose>false</autoReleaseAfterClose>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
     </plugins>
     <pluginManagement>
       <plugins>