diff --git a/javadoc/.gitignore b/javadoc/.gitignore
index 7dd3c9207..b83d22266 100644
--- a/javadoc/.gitignore
+++ b/javadoc/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
 /target/
-/assemble/
diff --git a/javadoc/assemble/assemble-plugins.xml b/javadoc/assemble/assemble-plugins.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e16017de6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/javadoc/assemble/assemble-plugins.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+<assembly xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-assembly-plugin/assembly/1.1.2"
+    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+    xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-assembly-plugin/assembly/1.1.2 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/assembly-1.1.2.xsd">
+  <id>${project.version}</id>
+  <formats>
+    <format>zip</format>
+  </formats>
+  <includeBaseDirectory>false</includeBaseDirectory>
+  
+  <fileSets>
+    <fileSet>
+      <useDefaultExcludes>false</useDefaultExcludes>
+      <directory>target/site/apidocs</directory>
+      <outputDirectory>/</outputDirectory>
+    </fileSet>
+  </fileSets>
+  
+</assembly>
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