diff --git a/examples/pom.xml b/examples/pom.xml
index af6699e..a715137 100644
--- a/examples/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/pom.xml
@@ -22,13 +22,33 @@
       <version>${project.version}</version>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
-  <scm>
-    <connection>
-      scm:svn:http://piccolo2d.googlecode.com/svn/piccolo2d.java/trunk/examples
-    </connection>
-    <developerConnection>
-      scm:svn:https://piccolo2d.googlecode.com/svn/piccolo2d.java/trunk/examples
-    </developerConnection>
-    <url>http://code.google.com/p/piccolo2d/source/browse/piccolo2d.java/trunk/examples</url>
-  </scm> 
+  <scm>
+    <connection>
+      scm:svn:http://piccolo2d.googlecode.com/svn/piccolo2d.java/trunk/examples
+    </connection>
+    <developerConnection>
+      scm:svn:https://piccolo2d.googlecode.com/svn/piccolo2d.java/trunk/examples
+    </developerConnection>
+    <url>http://code.google.com/p/piccolo2d/source/browse/piccolo2d.java/trunk/examples</url>
+  </scm> 
+  <build>
+    <pluginManagement>
+      <plugins>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+          <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
+          <configuration>
+            <archive>
+              <manifest>
+                <mainClass>edu.umd.cs.piccolo.examples.ExampleRunner</mainClass>
+              </manifest>
+            </archive>
+            <descriptorRefs>
+              <descriptorRef>jar-with-dependencies</descriptorRef>
+            </descriptorRefs>
+          </configuration>
+        </plugin>
+      </plugins>
+    </pluginManagement>
+  </build>
 </project>
diff --git a/swt-examples/pom.xml b/swt-examples/pom.xml
index eb128c2..1bd1aa6 100644
--- a/swt-examples/pom.xml
+++ b/swt-examples/pom.xml
@@ -24,4 +24,24 @@
       <version>${project.version}</version>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
+  <build>
+    <pluginManagement>
+      <plugins>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+          <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
+          <configuration>
+            <archive>
+              <manifest>
+                <mainClass>edu.umd.cs.piccolox.swt.examples.SWTBasicExample</mainClass>
+              </manifest>
+            </archive>
+            <descriptorRefs>
+              <descriptorRef>jar-with-dependencies</descriptorRef>
+            </descriptorRefs>
+          </configuration>
+        </plugin>
+      </plugins>
+    </pluginManagement>
+  </build>
 </project>