diff --git a/scm-webapp/pom.xml b/scm-webapp/pom.xml
index 576a45f938..a932e7ae0c 100644
--- a/scm-webapp/pom.xml
+++ b/scm-webapp/pom.xml
@@ -231,6 +231,49 @@
 
   <profiles>
 
+    <profile>
+      <id>release</id>
+
+      <build>
+        <plugins>
+
+          <plugin>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
+            <version>2.1.1</version>
+            <configuration>
+              <webResources>
+                <resource>
+                  <directory>${project.build.directory}/web-compressor</directory>
+                </resource>
+              </webResources>
+            </configuration>
+          </plugin>
+
+
+          <plugin>
+            <groupId>sonia.maven</groupId>
+            <artifactId>web-compressor</artifactId>
+            <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+            <executions>
+              <execution>
+                <phase>prepare-package</phase>
+                <goals>
+                  <goal>compress-template</goal>
+                </goals>
+              </execution>
+            </executions>
+            <configuration>
+              <source>src/main/webapp/index.html</source>
+              <target>${project.build.directory}/web-compressor/index.html</target>
+              <compressCSS>false</compressCSS>
+            </configuration>
+          </plugin>
+
+        </plugins>
+      </build>
+    </profile>
+
     <profile>
       <id>development</id>