diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 424c03b5..0ef04c0c 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ allprojects {
 }
 
 apply plugin: 'opensearch.opensearchplugin'
+apply plugin: 'opensearch.pluginzip'
 
 licenseFile = rootProject.file('LICENSE.txt')
 noticeFile = rootProject.file('NOTICE.txt')
@@ -144,6 +145,29 @@ project.afterEvaluate {
     compileJava.options.compilerArgs.removeAll(['--release', version])
 }
 
+publishing {
+    publications {
+        pluginZip(MavenPublication) { publication ->
+            pom {
+                name = "performance-analyzer"
+                description = "OpenSearch performance-analyzer plugin"
+                licenses {
+                    license {
+                        name = "The Apache License, Version 2.0"
+                        url = "http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt"
+                    }
+                }
+                developers {
+                    developer {
+                        name = "OpenSearch"
+                        url = "https://github.com/opensearch-project/performance-analyzer"
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 repositories {
     mavenCentral()
     mavenLocal()
diff --git a/scripts/build.sh b/scripts/build.sh
index 7080c537..7f5ae6bd 100644
--- a/scripts/build.sh
+++ b/scripts/build.sh
@@ -71,3 +71,6 @@ fi
 mkdir -p $OUTPUT/plugins
 cp ./build/distributions/*.zip $OUTPUT/plugins
 
+./gradlew publishPluginZipPublicationToZipStagingRepository -Dopensearch.version=$VERSION -Dbuild.snapshot=$SNAPSHOT -Dbuild.version_qualifier=$QUALIFIER
+mkdir -p $OUTPUT/maven/org/opensearch
+cp -r ./build/local-staging-repo/org/opensearch/. $OUTPUT/maven/org/opensearch