diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/release/default.nix b/pkgs/build-support/release/default.nix
index 357a5227cbda..b7a362aa9f92 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/release/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/release/default.nix
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ rec {
     { inherit stdenv;
     } // args);
 
+  mvnBuild = args: import ./maven-build.nix (
+    { inherit stdenv;
+    } // args);
+
   nixBuild = args: import ./nix-build.nix (
     { inherit stdenv;
     } // args);
diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/release/maven-build.nix b/pkgs/build-support/release/maven-build.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8fbd7f0677bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/release/maven-build.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+{ stdenv
+, name
+, src
+, doTest ? true
+, doTestCompile ? true
+, doJavadoc ? false
+, doCheckstyle ? false
+, doRelease ? false
+, includeTestClasses ? true
+
+, ...
+} @ args :
+
+let 
+  mvnFlags = "-Dmaven.repo.local=$M2_REPO ${if doTest then "" else "-Dmaven.test.skip.exec=true"}";
+in
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation ( rec {
+  inherit name src; 
+  phases = "setupPhase unpackPhase patchPhase mvnCompile ${if doTestCompile then "mvnTestCompile mvnTestJar" else ""} ${if doTest then "mvnTest mvnCobertura" else ""} ${if doJavadoc then "mvnJavadoc" else ""} ${if doCheckstyle then "mvnCheckstyle" else ""} mvnJar mvnAssembly mvnRelease finalPhase";
+
+  setupPhase = ''
+    runHook preSetupPhase
+
+    ensureDir $out/nix-support
+    export LANG="en_US.UTF-8"
+    export LOCALE_ARCHIVE=$glibcLocales/lib/locale/locale-archive
+    export M2_REPO=$TMPDIR/repository
+
+    runHook postSetupPhase
+  '';
+
+  mvnCompile = ''
+    mvn compile ${mvnFlags}
+  '';  
+
+  mvnTestCompile = ''
+    mvn test-compile ${mvnFlags}
+  '';  
+
+  mvnTestJar = ''
+    mvn jar:test-jar ${mvnFlags}
+  '';  
+
+  mvnTest = ''
+    mvn test ${mvnFlags}
+  '';  
+
+  mvnJavadoc = ''
+    mvn javadoc:javadoc ${mvnFlags}
+    cp -R target/site/apidocs $out/apidocs
+    echo "report javadoc $out/apidocs" >> $out/nix-support/hydra-build-products
+  '';  
+
+  mvnCobertura = ''
+    mvn cobertura:cobertura ${mvnFlags}
+    cp -R target/site/cobertura $out/cobertura
+    echo "report cobertura $out/cobertura" >> $out/nix-support/hydra-build-products
+  '';  
+
+  mvnCheckstyle = ''
+    mvn checkstyle:checkstyle ${mvnFlags}
+    ensureDir $out/checkstyle
+    cp -R target/site/checkstyle.* $out/checkstyle/
+    cp -R target/site/images $out/checkstyle/images
+    echo "report checkstyle $out/checkstyle/checkstyle.html" >> $out/nix-support/hydra-build-products
+  '';  
+
+  mvnJar = ''
+    mvn jar:jar ${mvnFlags}
+  '';  
+
+  mvnAssembly = ''
+    mvn assembly:assembly ${mvnFlags}
+  '';
+
+  mvnRelease = ''
+    ensureDir $out/release
+ls -l target/
+    zip=$(ls target/*.zip| head -1)
+    releaseName=$(basename $zip .zip)
+    releaseName="$releaseName-r${toString src.rev}"
+    cp $zip $out/release/$releaseName.zip
+    
+    echo "$releaseName" > $out/nix-support/hydra-release-name
+
+    ${if doRelease then  ''
+    echo "file zip $out/release/$releaseName.zip" >> $out/nix-support/hydra-build-products
+    '' else ""}
+  '';  
+
+  finalPhase = ''
+    ensureDir $out/site
+    cp -R src/test/site/* $out/site
+  '';
+} // args 
+)