diff --git a/blur-console/pom.xml b/blur-console/pom.xml
index e7b7c0f..352703e 100644
--- a/blur-console/pom.xml
+++ b/blur-console/pom.xml
@@ -129,6 +129,28 @@
 					</execution>
 				</executions>
 			</plugin>
+	      <plugin>
+	        <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
+	        <configuration>
+	          <archive>
+	            <manifest>
+	              <mainClass>org.apache.blur.console.Main</mainClass>
+	            </manifest>
+	          </archive>
+	          <descriptors>
+	            <descriptor>src/assemble/webapp.xml</descriptor>
+	          </descriptors>
+	        </configuration>
+	        <executions>
+	          <execution>
+	            <id>make-assembly</id>
+	            <phase>package</phase>
+	            <goals>
+	              <goal>single</goal>
+	            </goals>
+	          </execution>
+	        </executions>
+	      </plugin>
 		</plugins>
 	</build>
 
@@ -190,28 +212,7 @@
           <target>1.6</target>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
-        <configuration>
-          <archive>
-            <manifest>
-              <mainClass>org.apache.blur.console.Main</mainClass>
-            </manifest>
-          </archive>
-          <descriptors>
-            <descriptor>src/assemble/webapp.xml</descriptor>
-          </descriptors>
-        </configuration>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <id>make-assembly</id>
-            <phase>package</phase>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>single</goal>
-            </goals>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
-      </plugin>
+
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
diff --git a/build_release.sh b/build_release.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..202e5fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build_release.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# 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.
+
+if [ -z "$1" ]; then
+  echo "No output directory specified."
+fi
+OUTPUT_DIR=$1
+mvn clean -Dhadoop1
+mvn install -Dhadoop1 -Djava.awt.headless=true
+mvn site -Ddependency.locations.enabled=false -DskipTests -Dhadoop1 -Djava.awt.headless=true
+mvn site:stage -DskipTests -Dhadoop1 -Djava.awt.headless=true
+mvn package -DskipTests -Dhadoop1 -Djava.awt.headless=true
+cp distribution/target/*-bin.tar.gz $OUTPUT_DIR
+cp distribution/target/*-src.tar.gz $OUTPUT_DIR
+
+mvn clean -Dhadoop2
+mvn install -Dhadoop2 -Djava.awt.headless=true
+mvn site -Ddependency.locations.enabled=false -DskipTests -Dhadoop2 -Djava.awt.headless=true
+mvn site:stage -DskipTests -Dhadoop2 -Djava.awt.headless=true
+mvn package -DskipTests -Dhadoop2 -Djava.awt.headless=true
+cp distribution/target/*-bin.tar.gz $OUTPUT_DIR
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