diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index 94bb9edc..1a7fd8b2 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -178,6 +178,38 @@
                 </dependencies>
 
             </plugin>
+
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>1.6</version>
+                <configuration>
+                    <minimizeJar>false</minimizeJar>
+                    <filters>
+                        <filter>
+                            <!-- exclude signatures, the bundling process breaks them for some reason -->
+                            <artifact>*:*</artifact>
+                            <excludes>
+                                <exclude>META-INF/*.SF</exclude>
+                                <exclude>META-INF/*.DSA</exclude>
+                                <exclude>META-INF/*.RSA</exclude>
+                            </excludes>
+                        </filter>
+                    </filters>
+                </configuration>
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <phase>package</phase>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>shade</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <shadedArtifactAttached>true</shadedArtifactAttached>
+                            <shadedClassifierName>bundled</shadedClassifierName>
+                        </configuration>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+            </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>