diff --git a/parent/pom.xml b/parent/pom.xml
index c3f85ae..cdb9c0f 100644
--- a/parent/pom.xml
+++ b/parent/pom.xml
@@ -239,6 +239,14 @@
             <target>${jdk.version}</target>
           </configuration>
         </plugin>
+         <plugin>
+          <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>2.4</version>
+        </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>1.0</version>
+        </plugin>
         <plugin>
           <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>        
           <version>2.6.1</version>
@@ -311,5 +319,37 @@
       <id>maven.site</id>
       <url>${piccolo2d.file.site.base}</url>
     </site>
+    <repository>
+      <id>sonatype-nexus-staging</id>
+      <name>Nexus Release Repository</name>
+      <url>http://oss.sonatype.org/service/local/staging/deploy/maven2/</url>
+    </repository>
   </distributionManagement>
+  <profiles>
+    <profile>
+      <id>release-sign-artifacts</id>
+      <activation>
+        <property>
+          <name>signArtifacts</name>
+          <value>true</value>
+        </property>
+      </activation>
+      <build>
+        <plugins>
+          <plugin>
+            <artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
+            <executions>
+              <execution>
+                <id>sign-artifacts</id>
+                <phase>verify</phase>
+                <goals>
+                  <goal>sign</goal>
+                </goals>
+              </execution>
+            </executions>
+          </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+      </build>
+    </profile>
+  </profiles>
 </project>