diff --git a/polyglot-ruby/pom.xml b/polyglot-ruby/pom.xml
index c1d9c5bf..ec38602a 100644
--- a/polyglot-ruby/pom.xml
+++ b/polyglot-ruby/pom.xml
@@ -180,6 +180,70 @@
             </configuration>
           </plugin>
 
+          <plugin>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
+            <version>3.7.1</version>
+            <executions>
+              <execution>
+                <id>unpack-maven</id>
+                <goals>
+                  <goal>unpack</goal>
+                </goals>
+                <phase>package</phase>
+                <configuration>
+                  <artifact>org.apache.maven:apache-maven:${mavenVersion}:zip:bin</artifact>
+                </configuration>
+              </execution>
+              <execution>
+                <id>add-polyglot-ruby</id>
+                <goals>
+                  <goal>copy</goal>
+                </goals>
+                <phase>package</phase>
+                <configuration>
+                  <artifactItems>
+                    <artifactItem>
+                      <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+                      <artifactId>${project.artifactId}</artifactId>
+                      <version>${project.version}</version>
+                      <type>${project.packaging}</type>
+                    </artifactItem>
+                  </artifactItems>
+                  <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/dependency/apache-maven-${mavenVersion}/lib/ext</outputDirectory>
+                </configuration>
+              </execution>
+              <execution>
+                <id>add-polyglot-ruby-dependencies</id>
+                <goals>
+                  <goal>copy-dependencies</goal>
+                </goals>
+                <phase>package</phase>
+                <configuration>
+                  <includeScope>runtime</includeScope>
+                  <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/dependency/apache-maven-${mavenVersion}/lib/ext</outputDirectory>
+                </configuration>
+              </execution>
+            </executions>
+          </plugin>
+          <plugin>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
+            <executions>
+              <execution>
+                <id>create-distro-packages</id>
+                <goals>
+                  <goal>single</goal>
+                </goals>
+                <phase>package</phase>
+                <configuration>
+                  <descriptors>
+                    <descriptor>src/main/assembly/distro.xml</descriptor>
+                  </descriptors>
+                </configuration>
+              </execution>
+            </executions>
+          </plugin>
         </plugins>
       </build>
 
diff --git a/polyglot-ruby/src/main/assembly/distro.xml b/polyglot-ruby/src/main/assembly/distro.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..17a18f31
--- /dev/null
+++ b/polyglot-ruby/src/main/assembly/distro.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+<!--
+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.
+-->
+
+<assembly xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/ASSEMBLY/2.1.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+          xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/ASSEMBLY/2.1.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/assembly-2.1.0.xsd">
+    <id>distro</id>
+    <formats>
+        <format>zip</format>
+        <format>tar.gz</format>
+    </formats>
+    <fileSets>
+        <fileSet>
+            <directory>target/dependency/apache-maven-${mavenVersion}</directory>
+            <outputDirectory>./</outputDirectory>
+        </fileSet>
+        <fileSet>
+            <directory>target/dependency/apache-maven-${mavenVersion}/bin</directory>
+            <outputDirectory>bin</outputDirectory>
+            <includes>
+                <include>*.cmd</include>
+                <include>*.conf</include>
+            </includes>
+            <lineEnding>dos</lineEnding>
+        </fileSet>
+        <fileSet>
+            <directory>target/dependency/apache-maven-${mavenVersion}/bin</directory>
+            <outputDirectory>bin</outputDirectory>
+            <includes>
+                <include>mvn</include>
+                <include>mvnDebug</include>
+                <!-- This is so that CI systems can periodically run the profiler -->
+                <include>mvnyjp</include>
+            </includes>
+            <lineEnding>unix</lineEnding>
+            <fileMode>0755</fileMode>
+        </fileSet>
+    </fileSets>
+</assembly>