diff --git a/independent-projects/ide-config/pom.xml b/independent-projects/ide-config/pom.xml
index 6d2b00a14..5c8ea9f2c 100644
--- a/independent-projects/ide-config/pom.xml
+++ b/independent-projects/ide-config/pom.xml
@@ -14,4 +14,97 @@
     <name>Quarkus - IDE/Tools - Config</name>
     <version>999-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
+
+    <licenses>
+        <license>
+            <name>Apache License, Version 2.0</name>
+            <distribution>repo</distribution>
+            <url>http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html</url>
+        </license>
+    </licenses>
+
+    <scm>
+        <url>https://github.com/quarkusio/quarkus</url>
+        <connection>scm:git:git@github.com:quarkusio/quarkus.git</connection>
+        <developerConnection>scm:git:git@github.com:quarkusio/quarkus.git</developerConnection>
+        <tag>HEAD</tag>
+    </scm>
+
+    <properties>
+        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+        <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
+        <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
+        <version.nexus-staging-maven-plugin>1.6.8</version.nexus-staging-maven-plugin>
+    </properties>
+
+    <distributionManagement>
+        <snapshotRepository>
+            <id>sonatype-nexus-snapshots</id>
+            <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots</url>
+        </snapshotRepository>
+        <repository>
+            <id>sonatype-nexus-releases</id>
+            <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/service/local/staging/deploy/maven2/</url>
+        </repository>
+    </distributionManagement>
+
+    <profiles>
+        <profile>
+            <id>release</id>
+            <build>
+                <plugins>
+                    <plugin>
+                        <groupId>org.sonatype.plugins</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>nexus-staging-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                        <version>${version.nexus-staging-maven-plugin}</version>
+                        <extensions>true</extensions>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <nexusUrl>https://oss.sonatype.org/</nexusUrl>
+                            <serverId>ossrh</serverId>
+                            <autoReleaseAfterClose>false</autoReleaseAfterClose>
+                            <keepStagingRepositoryOnCloseRuleFailure>true</keepStagingRepositoryOnCloseRuleFailure>
+                        </configuration>
+                    </plugin>
+                    <plugin>
+                        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
+                        <executions>
+                            <execution>
+                                <id>attach-sources</id>
+                                <goals>
+                                    <goal>jar-no-fork</goal>
+                                </goals>
+                            </execution>
+                        </executions>
+                    </plugin>
+                    <plugin>
+                        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
+                        <executions>
+                            <execution>
+                                <id>attach-javadocs</id>
+                                <goals>
+                                    <goal>jar</goal>
+                                </goals>
+                            </execution>
+                        </executions>
+                    </plugin>
+                    <plugin>
+                        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
+                        <executions>
+                            <execution>
+                                <id>sign-artifacts</id>
+                                <phase>verify</phase>
+                                <goals>
+                                    <goal>sign</goal>
+                                </goals>
+                            </execution>
+                        </executions>
+                    </plugin>
+                </plugins>
+            </build>
+        </profile>
+    </profiles>
+
 </project>