diff --git a/pom/plugin.jelly b/pom/plugin.jelly
index a5eb334f..888191f0 100644
--- a/pom/plugin.jelly
+++ b/pom/plugin.jelly
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
   xmlns:d="jelly:define"
   xmlns:v="jelly:validate"
   xmlns:x="jelly:xml"
+  xmlns:deploy="deploy"
   xmlns:pom="pom">
 
   <!-- set up validation tag library -->
@@ -70,4 +71,43 @@
 
   </goal>
 
+  <!-- ========================================================================== -->
+  <!-- I N S T A L L  P O M                                                       -->
+  <!-- ========================================================================== -->
+
+  <goal name="pom:install"
+        description="Install POM in the local repository.">
+
+    <copy 
+      file="project.xml" 
+      tofile="${maven.repo.local}/${pom.groupId}/poms/${pom.artifactId}-${pom.currentVersion}.pom"/>
+
+  </goal>
+
+  <!-- ========================================================================== -->
+  <!-- D E P L O Y  P O M                                                         -->
+  <!-- ========================================================================== -->
+  <!-- POMs are deployed in the form ${pom.artifactId}-${pom.currentVersion}.pom  -->
+  <!-- to match the same versioning convention as JARs. Having the POMs           -->
+  <!-- deployed during each release will allow someone to build any               -->
+  <!-- version of a project reliably.                                             -->
+  <!-- ========================================================================== -->
+
+  <goal name="pom:deploy"
+        description="Deploy POM to the central repository.">
+
+    <copy 
+      file="project.xml" 
+      tofile="${pom.artifactId}-${pom.currentVersion}.pom"/>
+
+    <deploy:artifact
+      artifact="${pom.artifactId}-${pom.currentVersion}.pom"
+      type="poms"
+      assureDirectoryCommand="mkdir -p"
+    />
+    
+    <delete file="${pom.artifactId}-${pom.currentVersion}.pom"/>
+    
+  </goal>
+
 </project>