diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index eafca7cbe..79de32ce1 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -147,6 +147,19 @@
             <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
             <artifactId>cobertura-maven-plugin</artifactId>
           </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>