diff --git a/src/lioss/pom.clj b/src/lioss/pom.clj
index 92c78db..2feac71 100644
--- a/src/lioss/pom.clj
+++ b/src/lioss/pom.clj
@@ -164,6 +164,29 @@
        [:name "Clojars repository"]
        [:url "https://clojars.org/repo"]]]]))
 
+(defn old-group-id-pom [opts]
+  (let [proj-name (:name opts)
+        version (:version opts)
+        old-group-id (:old-group-id opts)
+        group-id (:group-id opts)]
+    [:project {:xmlns "http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+               :xmlns:xsi "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+               :xsi:schemalocation "http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd"}
+     [:modelVersion "4.0.0"]
+     [:groupId old-group-id]
+     [:artifactId proj-name]
+     [:version version]
+     [:dependencies
+      [:dependency
+       [:groupId group-id]
+       [:artifactId proj-name]
+       [:version version]]]
+     [:distributionManagement
+      [:repository
+       [:id "clojars"]
+       [:name "Clojars repository"]
+       [:url "https://clojars.org/repo"]]]]))
+
 (defn spit-pom [h]
   (util/spit-cwd "pom.xml" (hiccup->xml h)))
 
@@ -174,3 +197,6 @@
 (defn spit-relocation-poms [opts]
   (spit-pom (relocation-pom opts))
   (util/do-modules opts (comp spit-pom relocation-pom)))
+
+(defn spit-old-group-id-pom [opts]
+  (spit-pom (old-group-id-pom opts)))
diff --git a/src/lioss/release.clj b/src/lioss/release.clj
index 465e11d..e3642de 100644
--- a/src/lioss/release.clj
+++ b/src/lioss/release.clj
@@ -96,6 +96,15 @@
       (pom/spit-poms opts)
       (util/do-modules opts (fn [_] (mvn "deploy")))
       (mvn "deploy")
+
+      ;; if :old-group-id is defined, create a new pom (in temp dir)
+      ;; with :old-group-id (name, version same) and points to the
+      ;; package under actual :group-id as a single dependency
+      (when (:old-group-id opts)
+        (util/with-temp-cwd
+          (pom/spit-old-group-id-pom opts)
+          (mvn "deploy")))
+
       (prepend-changelog-placeholders)
       (git/git! "add" "pom.xml")
       (util/do-modules opts (fn [_] (git/git! "add" "pom.xml")))
diff --git a/src/lioss/util.clj b/src/lioss/util.clj
index f28ab34..987c0ad 100644
--- a/src/lioss/util.clj
+++ b/src/lioss/util.clj
@@ -1,6 +1,16 @@
 (ns lioss.util
+  (:require [clojure.java.io :as io])
   (:import [java.io File]))
 
+(defn delete-recursively
+  "Delete a directory recursively.
+
+  Also deletes if given just a file."
+  [^java.io.File file]
+  (when (.isDirectory file)
+    (run! delete-recursively (.listFiles file)))
+  (io/delete-file file))
+
 (def ^:dynamic *cwd* (System/getProperty "user.dir"))
 
 (defmacro with-cwd [cwd & body]
@@ -13,6 +23,19 @@
          (finally
            (System/setProperty "user.dir" prev#))))))
 
+(defmacro with-temp-cwd
+  "Same as with-cwd except that it creates a temp dir
+  in *cwd* and evals the body inside it.
+
+  It cleans up the temp dir afterwards also removing
+  any temp files created within it."
+  [& body]
+  `(let [cwd# ".temp"
+         dir# (File. *cwd* cwd#)]
+     (.mkdirs dir#)
+     (with-cwd cwd# ~@body)
+     (delete-recursively dir#)))
+
 (defn slurp-cwd [f]
   (slurp (File. *cwd* f)))