diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1348585..69c2ebe 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -133,7 +133,35 @@
 						</executions>
 					</plugin>
 				</plugins>
-			</build>			
+			</build>
+		</profile>
+
+		<!-- run `mvn clean javadoc:javadoc scm-publish:publish-scm -P docs` to push
+		Javadoc to Github -->
+		<profile>
+			<id>docs</id>
+			<build>
+				<plugins>
+					<plugin>
+						<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+						<artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
+						<version>2.10.2</version>
+					</plugin>
+					<plugin>
+						<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+						<artifactId>maven-scm-publish-plugin</artifactId>
+						<version>1.1</version>
+						<configuration>
+							<checkoutDirectory>${project.build.directory}/scmpublish</checkoutDirectory>
+							<checkinComment>Publishing javadoc for ${project.artifactId}:${project.version}</checkinComment>
+							<content>${project.build.directory}/site/apidocs</content>
+							<skipDeletedFiles>true</skipDeletedFiles>
+							<pubScmUrl>scm:git:https://github.com/01org/jndn-utils.git</pubScmUrl>
+							<scmBranch>gh-pages</scmBranch>
+						</configuration>
+					</plugin>
+				</plugins>
+			</build>
 		</profile>
 	</profiles>
 </project>
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