diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ad711a534c..14aa128097 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -8,3 +8,4 @@ manifests/secrets.pp
 .tox/
 .test/
 openstack_infra_config.egg-info/
+/.project
diff --git a/modules/openstack_project/files/jenkins_job_builder/config/gearman-plugin.yaml b/modules/openstack_project/files/jenkins_job_builder/config/gearman-plugin.yaml
index 5933794e0f..eb7600e609 100644
--- a/modules/openstack_project/files/jenkins_job_builder/config/gearman-plugin.yaml
+++ b/modules/openstack_project/files/jenkins_job_builder/config/gearman-plugin.yaml
@@ -19,3 +19,29 @@
 
     publishers:
       - console-log
+
+- job:
+    name: gearman-plugin-tarball
+    project-type: maven
+    node: quantal && !jclouds
+
+    triggers:
+      - zuul-post
+
+    prebuilders:
+      - gerrit-git-prep
+
+    maven:
+      maven-name: Maven3
+      root-module:
+        group-id: org.jenkins-ci.plugins
+        artifact-id: gearman-plugin
+      root-pom: pom.xml
+      goals: 'clean package -Dmaven.test.skip=true'
+
+    publishers:
+      - war:
+          site: 'tarballs.openstack.org'
+          warfile: 'target/gearman-plugin.hpi'
+          target: 'tarballs/ci/'
+      - console-log-post
diff --git a/modules/openstack_project/files/zuul/layout.yaml b/modules/openstack_project/files/zuul/layout.yaml
index 74d74073e3..0396ea2bce 100644
--- a/modules/openstack_project/files/zuul/layout.yaml
+++ b/modules/openstack_project/files/zuul/layout.yaml
@@ -1230,6 +1230,8 @@ projects:
       - gate-gearman-plugin-build
     gate:
       - gate-gearman-plugin-build
+    post:
+      - gearman-plugin-tarball
 
   - name: stackforge/database-api
     check: