diff --git a/DEVELOPER_GUIDE.md b/DEVELOPER_GUIDE.md
index b19599e5..a979ae63 100644
--- a/DEVELOPER_GUIDE.md
+++ b/DEVELOPER_GUIDE.md
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
     - [Build](#build)
         - [Building from the command line](#building-from-the-command-line)
         - [Debugging](#debugging)
+    - [Publish zips to maven](#to-publish-generated-plugin-zips-to-maven-repo)
     - [Using IntelliJ IDEA](#using-intellij-idea)
     - [Submitting Changes](#submitting-changes)
 
@@ -53,6 +54,16 @@ opensearch-plugin install file:///path/to/target/releases/opensearch-job-schedul
 ```
 to install the JobScheduler plugin to your OpenSearch.
 
+## To Publish generated plugin zips to maven repo
+The generated plugin zip `opensearch-job-scheduler-<version>.zip` after the build, inside the folder `build/distributions` can be published to maven repo. This can be done by including the project `pluginZips` inside `settings.gradle` file. Once added the generated plugin zip will be published to maven repo with following maven coordinates
+```
+  <groupId>org.opensearch.plugin</groupId>
+  <artifactId>opensearch-job-scheduler</artifactId>
+  <version><version></version>
+  <packaging>zip</packaging>
+```
+To skip the publish, while this sub-project is still included, pass the flag as ` ext.publish = 'skip'` to file `build.gradle` inside `maven/plugin-zips/` folder.
+
 ## Develop a plugin that extends JobScheduler
 JobScheduler plugin provides a SPI for other plugins to implement. Essentially, you need to
 1. Define your *JobParameter* type by implementing `ScheduledJobParameter` interface
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 6c807111..cac94f44 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -184,4 +184,4 @@ afterEvaluate {
             doLast { delete file("$buildDir/distributions/$archiveName") }
         }
     }
-}
+}
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diff --git a/maven/plugin-zips/build.gradle b/maven/plugin-zips/build.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..12386b1e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven/plugin-zips/build.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+plugins {
+    id 'maven-publish'
+}
+
+ext {
+    isSnapshot = "true" == System.getProperty("build.snapshot", "true")
+    opensearch_version = System.getProperty("opensearch.version", "2.0.0-alpha1-SNAPSHOT")
+    buildVersionQualifier = System.getProperty("build.version_qualifier", "alpha1")
+    // 2.0.0-alpha1-SNAPSHOT -> 2.0.0.0-alpha1-SNAPSHOT
+    version_tokens = opensearch_version.tokenize('-')
+    opensearch_build = version_tokens[0] + '.0'
+    if (buildVersionQualifier) {
+        opensearch_build += "-${buildVersionQualifier}"
+        opensearch_build_nosnapshot = opensearch_build
+    }
+    if (isSnapshot) {
+        opensearch_build += "-SNAPSHOT"
+    }
+}
+
+
+allprojects {
+    // Default to the apache license
+    project.ext.licenseName = 'The Apache Software License, Version 2.0'
+    project.ext.licenseUrl = 'http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt'
+    publishing {
+            repositories {
+                maven {
+                    name = 'staging'
+                    url = "${rootProject.buildDir}/local-staging-repo"
+                }
+            }
+            publications {
+                // add license information to generated poms
+                all {
+                    pom.withXml { XmlProvider xml ->
+                        Node node = xml.asNode()
+                        node.appendNode('inceptionYear', '2021')
+
+                        Node license = node.appendNode('licenses').appendNode('license')
+                        license.appendNode('name', project.licenseName)
+                        license.appendNode('url', project.licenseUrl)
+
+                        Node developer = node.appendNode('developers').appendNode('developer')
+                        developer.appendNode('name', 'OpenSearch')
+                        developer.appendNode('url', 'https://github.com/opensearch-project/job-scheduler')
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+}
+
+def group = "org.opensearch.plugin"
+def pluginversion = opensearch_build
+def component = "opensearch-job-scheduler"
+def description = "OpenSearch Job Scheduler Zip"
+def zipFile = "${component}-${pluginversion}.zip"
+def zipArtifact = "${rootProject.buildDir}/distributions/${zipFile}"
+
+
+publishing {
+    publications { 
+        maven(MavenPublication) {
+            //Add ext.publish = 'skip' to skip publishing skip to maven staging repo
+            groupId = "${group}"
+            artifactId = "${component}"
+            version = "${pluginversion}"
+            // Add extension, to get <packaging>zip</packaging> as in pom file
+            artifact(zipArtifact) {
+                extension 'zip'
+            }
+            pom {
+              name = "${component}"
+              description = "${description}"
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+task printZipsPublishProperty {
+  doLast {
+      tasks.withType(PublishToMavenRepository).all { publishTask ->
+      if (publication.hasProperty('publish')) {
+          println(publication.publish)
+      }else {
+          println("null")
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+afterEvaluate {
+    tasks.withType(PublishToMavenRepository).all { publishTask ->                                   
+        publishTask.onlyIf { task ->                                                                  
+        if (publication.hasProperty('publish') && publication.publish == 'skip') {
+            return false                                                                    
+        }                                                                                           
+        return true                                                                                 
+       }   
+    } 
+}
+
diff --git a/scripts/build.sh b/scripts/build.sh
index 40a856a2..f7ffb095 100755
--- a/scripts/build.sh
+++ b/scripts/build.sh
@@ -67,12 +67,12 @@ fi
 [[ "$SNAPSHOT" == "true" ]] && VERSION=$VERSION-SNAPSHOT
 [ -z "$OUTPUT" ] && OUTPUT=artifacts
 
-./gradlew publishToMavenLocal -Dopensearch.version=$VERSION -Dbuild.snapshot=$SNAPSHOT -Dbuild.version_qualifier=$QUALIFIER
-./gradlew publishAllPublicationsToStagingRepository -Dopensearch.version=$VERSION -Dbuild.snapshot=$SNAPSHOT -Dbuild.version_qualifier=$QUALIFIER
-mkdir -p $OUTPUT/maven/org/opensearch
-cp -r ./build/local-staging-repo/org/opensearch/. $OUTPUT/maven/org/opensearch
-
 ./gradlew assemble --no-daemon --refresh-dependencies -DskipTests=true -Dopensearch.version=$VERSION -Dbuild.snapshot=$SNAPSHOT -Dbuild.version_qualifier=$QUALIFIER
 [ -z "$OUTPUT" ] && OUTPUT=artifacts
 mkdir -p $OUTPUT/plugins
 cp ./build/distributions/*.zip $OUTPUT/plugins
+
+./gradlew publishToMavenLocal -Dopensearch.version=$VERSION -Dbuild.snapshot=$SNAPSHOT -Dbuild.version_qualifier=$QUALIFIER
+./gradlew publishAllPublicationsToStagingRepository -Dopensearch.version=$VERSION -Dbuild.snapshot=$SNAPSHOT -Dbuild.version_qualifier=$QUALIFIER
+mkdir -p $OUTPUT/maven/org/opensearch
+cp -r ./build/local-staging-repo/org/opensearch/. $OUTPUT/maven/org/opensearch
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diff --git a/settings.gradle b/settings.gradle
index e70743c2..f4ba8b93 100644
--- a/settings.gradle
+++ b/settings.gradle
@@ -9,4 +9,8 @@ include "spi"
 project(":spi").name = rootProject.name + "-spi"
 
 include "sample-extension-plugin"
-project(":sample-extension-plugin").name = rootProject.name + "-sample-extension"
\ No newline at end of file
+project(":sample-extension-plugin").name = rootProject.name + "-sample-extension"
+
+//Adding pluginZips project under maven folder, this is to publish generated plugin zips to maven repo
+include 'pluginZips'
+project(':pluginZips').projectDir = file('maven/plugin-zips')