diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index c4478eac3f..befd2a0ece 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ apply plugin: 'application'
 apply plugin: 'project-report'
 apply plugin: QuasarPlugin
 apply plugin: 'com.github.ben-manes.versions'
+apply plugin: 'maven-publish'
 
 allprojects {
     apply plugin: 'java'
@@ -251,5 +252,16 @@ task installTemplateNodes(dependsOn: 'buildCordaJAR') << {
         filter(org.apache.tools.ant.filters.FixCrLfFilter.class, eol: org.apache.tools.ant.filters.FixCrLfFilter.CrLf.newInstance("lf"))
         into "${buildDir}/nodes"
     }
-
 }
+
+publishing {
+    publications {
+        corda(MavenPublication) {
+            artifactId 'corda'
+
+            artifact buildCordaJAR {
+                classifier ""
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/buildSrc/build.gradle b/buildSrc/build.gradle
index 2f036797bc..225d2b829e 100644
--- a/buildSrc/build.gradle
+++ b/buildSrc/build.gradle
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+apply plugin: 'maven'
+
 repositories {
     mavenCentral()
 }
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/DefaultPublishTasks.groovy b/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/DefaultPublishTasks.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..140aeefaba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/DefaultPublishTasks.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+import org.gradle.api.*
+import org.gradle.api.tasks.bundling.Jar
+import org.gradle.api.tasks.javadoc.Javadoc
+
+/**
+ * A utility plugin that when applied will automatically create source and javadoc publishing tasks
+ */
+class DefaultPublishTasks implements Plugin<Project> {
+    void apply(Project project) {
+        project.task("sourceJar", type: Jar, dependsOn: project.classes) {
+            classifier = 'sources'
+            from project.sourceSets.main.allSource
+        }
+
+        project.task("javadocJar", type: Jar, dependsOn: project.javadoc) {
+            classifier = 'javadoc'
+            from project.javadoc.destinationDir
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/contracts/build.gradle b/contracts/build.gradle
index 9b506ea682..2d585d8d04 100644
--- a/contracts/build.gradle
+++ b/contracts/build.gradle
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 apply plugin: 'kotlin'
 apply plugin: CanonicalizerPlugin
+apply plugin: DefaultPublishTasks
 
 repositories {
     mavenLocal()
@@ -27,3 +28,15 @@ sourceSets {
         }
     }
 }
+
+publishing {
+    publications {
+        contracts(MavenPublication) {
+            from components.java
+            artifactId 'contracts'
+
+            artifact sourceJar
+            artifact javadocJar
+        }
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/core/build.gradle b/core/build.gradle
index 6eef9feb06..208e2d82c5 100644
--- a/core/build.gradle
+++ b/core/build.gradle
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ apply plugin: 'kotlin'
 apply plugin: QuasarPlugin
 // Applying the maven plugin means this will get installed locally when running "gradle install"
 apply plugin: 'maven'
+apply plugin: DefaultPublishTasks
 
 buildscript {
     repositories {
@@ -87,4 +88,16 @@ dependencies {
     compile "org.hibernate.javax.persistence:hibernate-jpa-2.1-api:1.0.0.Final"
 }
 
-quasarScan.dependsOn('classes')
+publishing {
+    publications {
+        core(MavenPublication) {
+            from components.java
+            artifactId 'core'
+
+            artifact sourceJar
+            artifact javadocJar
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+quasarScan.dependsOn('classes')
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diff --git a/docs/source/creating-a-cordapp.rst b/docs/source/creating-a-cordapp.rst
index 87d2b7b3eb..1c81c9a5ee 100644
--- a/docs/source/creating-a-cordapp.rst
+++ b/docs/source/creating-a-cordapp.rst
@@ -77,4 +77,36 @@ This command line will start the debugger on port 5005 and pause the process awa
 
 .. _CordaPluginRegistry: api/com.r3corda.core.node/-corda-plugin-registry/index.html
 .. _ServiceHubInternal: api/com.r3corda.node.services.api/-service-hub-internal/index.html
-.. _ServiceHub: api/com.r3corda.node.services.api/-service-hub/index.html
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+.. _ServiceHub: api/com.r3corda.node.services.api/-service-hub/index.html
+
+Building Against Corda
+----------------------
+
+.. warning:: This feature is subject to rapid change
+
+Corda now supports publishing to Maven local to build against it. To publish to Maven local run the following in the
+root directory of Corda
+
+.. code-block:: shell
+
+    ./gradlew publishToMavenLocal
+
+This will publish corda-$version.jar, contracts-$version.jar, core-$version.jar and node-$version.jar to the
+group com.r3corda. You can now depend on these as you normally would a Maven dependency.
+
+In Gradle you can depend on these by adding/modifying your build.gradle file to contain the following:
+
+.. code-block:: groovy
+
+    repositories {
+        mavenLocal()
+        ... other repositories here ...
+    }
+
+    dependencies {
+        compile "com.r3corda:core:$corda_version"
+        compile "com.r3corda:contracts:$corda_version"
+        compile "com.r3corda:node:$corda_version"
+        compile "com.r3corda:corda:$corda_version"
+        ... other dependencies here ...
+    }
diff --git a/node/build.gradle b/node/build.gradle
index 532db0a56f..3f9755876a 100644
--- a/node/build.gradle
+++ b/node/build.gradle
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 apply plugin: 'kotlin'
 apply plugin: QuasarPlugin
+apply plugin: DefaultPublishTasks
 
 repositories {
     mavenLocal()
@@ -16,7 +17,6 @@ repositories {
 
 //noinspection GroovyAssignabilityCheck
 configurations {
-
     // we don't want isolated.jar in classPath, since we want to test jar being dynamically loaded as an attachment
     runtime.exclude module: 'isolated'
 
@@ -145,4 +145,16 @@ quasarScan.dependsOn('classes', ':core:classes', ':contracts:classes')
 task integrationTest(type: Test) {
     testClassesDir = sourceSets.integrationTest.output.classesDir
     classpath = sourceSets.integrationTest.runtimeClasspath
+}
+
+publishing {
+    publications {
+        node(MavenPublication) {
+            from components.java
+            artifactId 'node'
+
+            artifact sourceJar
+            artifact javadocJar
+        }
+    }
 }
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