diff --git a/manifests/site.pp b/manifests/site.pp
index bb522d4627..dcb17861a8 100644
--- a/manifests/site.pp
+++ b/manifests/site.pp
@@ -494,6 +494,8 @@ node 'pypi.slave.openstack.org' {
     jenkins_ssh_public_key => $openstack_project::jenkins_ssh_key,
     jenkinsci_username     => hiera('jenkins_ci_org_user'),
     jenkinsci_password     => hiera('jenkins_ci_org_password'),
+    mavencentral_username  => hiera('mavencentral_org_user'),
+    mavencentral_password  => hiera('mavencentral_org_password'),
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/modules/jenkins/files/slave_scripts/mavencentral-upload.sh b/modules/jenkins/files/slave_scripts/mavencentral-upload.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cd162ecf65
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/jenkins/files/slave_scripts/mavencentral-upload.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+#!/bin/bash -x
+#
+# Copyright 2013  Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
+#
+# Licensed 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.
+#
+# Upload java packages to maven repositories
+
+PROJECT=$1
+VERSION=$2
+META_DATA_FILE=$3
+PLUGIN_FILE=$4
+
+# Strip project name and extension leaving only the version.
+VERSION=`echo ${PLUGIN_FILE} | sed -n "s/${PROJECT}-\(.*\).jar/\1/p"`
+
+# generate pom file with version info
+POM_IN_ZIP=`unzip -Z -1 ${PLUGIN_FILE}|grep pom.xml`
+unzip -o -j ${PLUGIN_FILE} ${POM_IN_ZIP}
+sed "s/\${{project-version}}/${VERSION}/g" <pom.xml >${META_DATA_FILE}
+
+# deploy plugin artifacts from workspace to maven central repository
+MAVEN_REPO="https://oss.sonatype.org/content/groups/public/maven"
+MAVEN_REPO_CREDS="/home/jenkins/.mavencentral-curl"
+
+curl -X PUT \
+    --config ${MAVEN_REPO_CREDS} \
+    --data-binary @${META_DATA_FILE} \
+    -i "${MAVEN_REPO}/${PROJECT}/${VERSION}/${META_DATA_FILE}" > /dev/null 2>&1
+
+curl -X PUT \
+    --config ${MAVEN_REPO_CREDS} \
+    --data-binary @${PLUGIN_FILE} \
+    -i "${MAVEN_REPO}/${PROJECT}/${VERSION}/${PLUGIN_FILE}" > /dev/null 2>&1
diff --git a/modules/openstack_project/files/jenkins_job_builder/config/maven-plugin-jobs.yaml b/modules/openstack_project/files/jenkins_job_builder/config/maven-plugin-jobs.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a5b7a6040b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/openstack_project/files/jenkins_job_builder/config/maven-plugin-jobs.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+# usig a freestyle project to work around jenkins bug:
+# https://issues.jenkins-ci.org/browse/JENKINS-14193
+
+- job-template:
+    name: 'gate-{name}-build'
+    node: precise
+
+    wrappers:
+      - timeout:
+          timeout: 30
+          fail: true
+      - timestamps
+
+    builders:
+      - gerrit-git-prep
+      - shell: |
+          #!/bin/bash -xe
+          /usr/local/jenkins/slave_scripts/maven-properties.sh
+      - inject:
+          properties-file: maven.properties
+      - maven-target:
+          maven-version: Maven3
+          pom: pom.xml
+          goals: 'clean package'
+          properties:
+            - project-version=${{PROJECT_VER}}
+
+    publishers:
+      - console-log
+
+- job-template:
+    name: '{name}-localrepo-upload'
+    node: precise
+
+    wrappers:
+      - timeout:
+          timeout: 30
+          fail: true
+      - timestamps
+
+    builders:
+      - gerrit-git-prep
+      - shell: |
+          #!/bin/bash -xe
+          /usr/local/jenkins/slave_scripts/maven-properties.sh
+      - inject:
+          properties-file: maven.properties
+      - maven-target:
+          maven-version: Maven3
+          pom: pom.xml
+          goals: 'clean package'
+          properties:
+            - project-version=${{PROJECT_VER}}
+
+    publishers:
+      - war:
+          site: 'tarballs.openstack.org'
+          warfile: 'target/{name}-${{PROJECT_VER}}.jar'
+          target: 'tarballs/ci/{name}'
+      - console-log
+
+- job-template:
+    name: '{name}-mavencentral-upload'
+    node: pypi
+
+    builders:
+      - shell: |
+          #!/bin/bash -xe
+          TAG=`echo $ZUUL_REF | sed 's/^refs.tags.//'`
+          FILENAME_BIN="{name}-$TAG.jar"
+
+          # copy plugin artifacts from tarballs to local workspace
+          rm -rf *.jar
+          curl -o $FILENAME_BIN http://{tarball-site}/ci/{name}/$FILENAME_BIN
+
+          # deploy to maven repository
+          FILENAME_POM="{name}-$TAG.pom"
+          /usr/local/jenkins/slave_scripts/mavencentral-upload.sh {name} $TAG \
+              $FILENAME_POM $FILENAME_BIN
+
+    publishers:
+      - console-log
+
+- job-group:
+    name: maven-plugin-jobs
+    jobs:
+      - 'gate-{name}-build'
+      - '{name}-localrepo-upload'
+      - '{name}-mavencentral-upload'
diff --git a/modules/openstack_project/files/jenkins_job_builder/config/projects.yaml b/modules/openstack_project/files/jenkins_job_builder/config/projects.yaml
index d34a40d9d5..61ef56c3c0 100644
--- a/modules/openstack_project/files/jenkins_job_builder/config/projects.yaml
+++ b/modules/openstack_project/files/jenkins_job_builder/config/projects.yaml
@@ -362,6 +362,15 @@
     jobs:
       - jenkins-plugin-jobs
 
+- project:
+    name: clouddocs-maven-plugin
+    maven-group-id: com.rackspace.cloud.api
+    github-org: stackforge
+    node: precise
+    tarball-site: tarballs.openstack.org
+
+    jobs:
+      - maven-plugin-jobs
 
 - project:
     name: zmq-event-publisher
diff --git a/modules/openstack_project/files/zuul/layout.yaml b/modules/openstack_project/files/zuul/layout.yaml
index b9a171b4cf..d9cf8973ae 100644
--- a/modules/openstack_project/files/zuul/layout.yaml
+++ b/modules/openstack_project/files/zuul/layout.yaml
@@ -1750,9 +1750,14 @@ projects:
 
   - name: stackforge/clouddocs-maven-plugin
     check:
-      - gate-noop
+      - gate-clouddocs-maven-plugin-build
     gate:
-      - gate-noop
+      - gate-clouddocs-maven-plugin-build
+    post:
+      - clouddocs-maven-plugin-localrepo-upload
+    release:
+      - clouddocs-maven-plugin-localrepo-upload:
+        - clouddocs-maven-plugin-mavencentral-upload
 
   - name: stackforge/congress
     check:
diff --git a/modules/openstack_project/manifests/pypi_slave.pp b/modules/openstack_project/manifests/pypi_slave.pp
index b43bf2a091..53ae559e09 100644
--- a/modules/openstack_project/manifests/pypi_slave.pp
+++ b/modules/openstack_project/manifests/pypi_slave.pp
@@ -52,4 +52,13 @@ class openstack_project::pypi_slave (
     require => File['/home/jenkins'],
   }
 
+  file { '/home/jenkins/.mavencentral-curl':
+    ensure  => present,
+    owner   => 'jenkins',
+    group   => 'jenkins',
+    mode    => '0600',
+    content => template('openstack_project/mavencentral-curl.erb'),
+    require => File['/home/jenkins'],
+  }
+
 }
diff --git a/modules/openstack_project/templates/mavencentral-curl.erb b/modules/openstack_project/templates/mavencentral-curl.erb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6beba5bdf2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/openstack_project/templates/mavencentral-curl.erb
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+user = "<%= mavencentral_username %>:<%= mavencentral_password %>"