diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 572dbae..7e9c164 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -113,3 +113,39 @@ jobs:
         skip_cleanup: true
         on:
           tags: true
+
+    - stage: Publish Maven
+      language: scala
+      jdk: oraclejdk8
+
+      before_script:
+        - if [[ -z "$TRAVIS_TAG" ]]; then echo "Skipping this build for non-tag builds."; exit 0; fi
+        - cd java
+        - make
+        - curl -o ./shared/linux-x86-64/libenry.so -sL "https://github.com/$TRAVIS_REPO_SLUG/releases/download/$TRAVIS_TAG/libenry.so"
+        - mkdir -p ./shared/darwin
+        - curl -o ./shared/darwin/libenry.dylib -sL "https://github.com/$TRAVIS_REPO_SLUG/releases/download/$TRAVIS_TAG/libenry.dylib"
+        - openssl aes-256-cbc -K $encrypted_a0e1c69dbbc7_key -iv $encrypted_a0e1c69dbbc7_iv -in key.asc.enc -out key.asc -d
+        - gpg --no-default-keyring --primary-keyring ./project/.gnupg/pubring.gpg --secret-keyring ./project/.gnupg/secring.gpg --keyring ./project/.gnupg/pubring.gpg --fingerprint --import key.asc
+
+      script:
+        - make test # ensure the shared objects are functional
+        - ./sbt publishLocal
+        - ./sbt publishSigned
+        - ./sbt sonatypeRelease
+
+      before_deploy:
+        - rm ./target/enry-java-*-javadoc.jar
+        - rm ./target/enry-java-*-sources.jar
+        - rm ./target/enry-java-*-tests.jar
+        - rm ./target/enry-java-assembly-*.jar
+
+      deploy:
+        provider: releases
+        api_key:
+          secure: $GITHUB_TOKEN
+        file_glob: true
+        file: ./target/enry-java*.jar
+        skip_cleanup: true
+        on:
+          tags: true
diff --git a/java/.gitignore b/java/.gitignore
index bbf3ec5..2e1635a 100644
--- a/java/.gitignore
+++ b/java/.gitignore
@@ -25,3 +25,7 @@ target
 .jnaerator
 shared
 *.jar
+*.gpg
+key.asc
+project/.gnupg
+
diff --git a/java/build.sbt b/java/build.sbt
index b281d73..c8cd056 100644
--- a/java/build.sbt
+++ b/java/build.sbt
@@ -1,12 +1,40 @@
 name := "enry-java"
 organization := "tech.sourced"
-version := "1.0"
+version := "1.0.0"
+
+sonatypeProfileName := "tech.sourced"
+
+// pom settings for sonatype
+homepage := Some(url("https://github.com/src-d/enry"))
+scmInfo := Some(ScmInfo(url("https://github.com/src-d/enry"),
+                            "git@github.com:src-d/enry.git"))
+developers += Developer("abeaumont",
+                        "Alfredo Beaumont",
+                        "alfredo@sourced.tech",
+                        url("https://github.com/abeaumont"))
+licenses += ("Apache-2.0", url("http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0"))
+pomIncludeRepository := (_ => false)
 
 crossPaths := false
 autoScalaLibrary := false
 publishMavenStyle := true
 exportJars := true
 
+val SONATYPE_USERNAME = scala.util.Properties.envOrElse("SONATYPE_USERNAME", "NOT_SET")
+val SONATYPE_PASSWORD = scala.util.Properties.envOrElse("SONATYPE_PASSWORD", "NOT_SET")
+credentials += Credentials(
+  "Sonatype Nexus Repository Manager",
+  "oss.sonatype.org",
+  SONATYPE_USERNAME,
+  SONATYPE_PASSWORD)
+
+val SONATYPE_PASSPHRASE = scala.util.Properties.envOrElse("SONATYPE_PASSPHRASE", "not set")
+
+useGpg := false
+pgpSecretRing := baseDirectory.value / "project" / ".gnupg" / "secring.gpg"
+pgpPublicRing := baseDirectory.value / "project" / ".gnupg" / "pubring.gpg"
+pgpPassphrase := Some(SONATYPE_PASSPHRASE.toArray)
+
 libraryDependencies += "com.novocode" % "junit-interface" % "0.11" % Test
 
 unmanagedBase := baseDirectory.value / "lib"
@@ -23,3 +51,13 @@ artifact in (Compile, assembly) := {
 }
 
 addArtifact(artifact in (Compile, assembly), assembly)
+
+isSnapshot := version.value endsWith "SNAPSHOT"
+
+publishTo := {
+  val nexus = "https://oss.sonatype.org/"
+  if (isSnapshot.value)
+    Some("snapshots" at nexus + "content/repositories/snapshots")
+  else
+    Some("releases" at nexus + "service/local/staging/deploy/maven2")
+}
diff --git a/java/key.asc.enc b/java/key.asc.enc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..540b82d
Binary files /dev/null and b/java/key.asc.enc differ
diff --git a/java/project/plugins.sbt b/java/project/plugins.sbt
index cc9a881..68c4402 100644
--- a/java/project/plugins.sbt
+++ b/java/project/plugins.sbt
@@ -1 +1,3 @@
-addSbtPlugin("com.eed3si9n" % "sbt-assembly" % "0.14.5")
\ No newline at end of file
+addSbtPlugin("com.eed3si9n" % "sbt-assembly" % "0.14.5")
+addSbtPlugin("org.xerial.sbt" % "sbt-sonatype" % "1.1")
+addSbtPlugin("com.jsuereth" % "sbt-pgp" % "1.0.0")
\ No newline at end of file