diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b5467295..93f13bc2 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<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">
+<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</modelVersion>
     <groupId>org.mustangproject</groupId>
     <artifactId>core</artifactId>
@@ -118,9 +119,9 @@
                     <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
                 </configuration>
                 <executions>
-                <execution>
-                <id>attach-javadoc</id>
-                </execution>
+                    <execution>
+                        <id>attach-javadoc</id>
+                    </execution>
                 </executions>
             </plugin>
 
@@ -146,7 +147,7 @@
         </snapshotRepository>
         <repository>
             <id>ossrh</id>
-            <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/service/local/staging/deploy/maven2/ </url>
+            <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/service/local/staging/deploy/maven2/</url>
         </repository>
     </distributionManagement>
     <properties>
@@ -190,4 +191,37 @@
             </roles>
         </developer>
     </developers>
+    <profiles>
+
+
+        <!-- GPG Signature on release -->
+
+        <profile>
+            <id>release-sign-artifacts</id>
+            <activation>
+                <property>
+                    <name>performRelease</name>
+                    <value>true</value>
+                </property>
+            </activation>
+            <build>
+                <plugins>
+                    <plugin>
+                        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
+                        <version>1.6</version>
+                        <executions>
+                            <execution>
+                                <id>sign-artifacts</id>
+                                <phase>verify</phase>
+                                <goals>
+                                    <goal>sign</goal>
+                                </goals>
+                            </execution>
+                        </executions>
+                    </plugin>
+                </plugins>
+            </build>
+        </profile>
+    </profiles>
 </project>