diff --git a/Documentation/dev-release.txt b/Documentation/dev-release.txt
index b3fef8af69..2495233616 100644
--- a/Documentation/dev-release.txt
+++ b/Documentation/dev-release.txt
@@ -296,6 +296,17 @@ included in the next Gerrit release. Update the Gerrit version in the
 for review and get it merged.
 
 
+[[publish-plugins-archetypes-to-maven-central]]
+=== Publish plugin archetypes to Maven Central
+
+Make sure you have done the
+link:dev-release-deploy-config.html#deploy-configuration-setting-maven-central[
+configuration needed for deployment]
+
+----
+  ./tools/plugin_archetype_deploy.sh
+----
+
 [[merge-stable]]
 === Merge `stable` into `master`
 
diff --git a/tools/plugin_archetype_deploy.sh b/tools/plugin_archetype_deploy.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..929e1fd59d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/plugin_archetype_deploy.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# Copyright (C) 2014 The Android Open Source Project
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+help()
+{
+  cat <<'eof'
+Usage: plugin_archetype_deploy [option]
+
+Deploys Gerrit plugin Maven archetypes to Maven Central
+
+Valid options:
+  --help                     show this message
+  --dry-run                  don't execute commands, just print them
+eof
+exit
+}
+
+function getver
+{
+  grep "$1" $root/VERSION | sed "s/.*'\(.*\)'/\1/"
+}
+
+function instroot
+{
+  bindir=${0%/*}
+
+  case $bindir in
+  ./*) bindir=$PWD/$bindir ;;
+  esac
+
+  cd $bindir/..
+  pwd
+}
+
+function doIt
+{
+  case $dryRun in
+    true) echo "$@" ;;
+    *) "$@" ;;
+  esac
+}
+
+function build_and_deploy
+{
+  module=${PWD##*/}
+  doIt mvn package gpg:sign-and-deploy-file \
+    -Durl=$url \
+    -DrepositoryId=sonatype-nexus-staging \
+    -DpomFile=pom.xml \
+    -Dfile=target/$module-$ver.jar
+}
+
+while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
+  test "$1" == --dry-run && dryRun=true
+  test "$1" == --help && help
+  shift
+done
+
+root=$(instroot)
+cd "$root"
+ver=$(getver GERRIT_VERSION)
+[[ $ver == *-SNAPSHOT ]] \
+  && url="https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots" \
+  || url="https://oss.sonatype.org/service/local/staging/deploy/maven2"
+
+for d in gerrit-plugin-archetype \
+         gerrit-plugin-js-archetype \
+         gerrit-plugin-gwt-archetype ; do
+  (cd "$d"; build_and_deploy)
+done
+