diff --git a/packaging/butterfly.properties b/packaging/butterfly.properties
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..67be50720
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packaging/butterfly.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+#
+#  Butterfly Configuration
+#
+# NOTE: properties passed to the JVM using '-Dkey=value' from the command line
+#       override the settings in this file.
+
+# indicates the URL path where butterfly is available in the proxy URL space
+# as there is no way of knowing otherwise as this information is not 
+# transferred thru the HTTP protocol or otherwise (different story if
+# the appserver is connected thru a different protocol such as AJP)
+
+butterfly.url = / 
+
+# ---------- Extensions -------------
+
+butterfly.default.mountpoint = /extension
+
+# ---------- Miscellaneous ----------
+
+#butterfly.locale.language = en
+#butterfly.locale.country = US
+#butterfly.timeZone = GMT+09:00
+
+# ---------- Module ------
+
+butterfly.modules.path = modules
+butterfly.modules.path = extensions
+    # Add more paths here if your extensions live elsewhere.
+    # Relative paths are relative to refine/main/webapp/
+
+butterfly.modules.wirings = WEB-INF/modules.properties
+
+#butterfly.modules.ignore = extensions,.*-whatever
+
+# ---------- Clustering ----
+
+#butterfly.routing.cookie.maxage = -1
+
diff --git a/packaging/linux.xml b/packaging/linux.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9d78bcf38
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packaging/linux.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+<assembly xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/ASSEMBLY/2.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+	  xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/ASSEMBLY/2.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/assembly-2.0.0.xsd">
+  <id>linux-${project.version}</id>
+  <formats>
+    <format>tar.gz</format>
+  </formats>
+  <baseDirectory>${project.build.finalName}-${project.version}</baseDirectory>
+  <fileSets>
+    <fileSet>
+      <directory>${rootdir}/server/target/lib</directory>
+      <outputDirectory>server/target/lib</outputDirectory>
+      <includes>
+	<include>*.jar</include>
+      </includes>
+    </fileSet>
+    <fileSet>
+      <directory>${rootdir}/main/webapp</directory>
+      <outputDirectory>webapp</outputDirectory>
+      
+      <excludes>
+	<exclude>**/*.java</exclude>
+	<exclude>**/butterfly.properties</exclude>
+      </excludes>
+    </fileSet>
+    <fileSet>
+      <directory>${rootdir}/licenses</directory>
+      <outputDirectory>licenses</outputDirectory>
+    </fileSet>
+    <fileSet>
+      <directory>${rootdir}/licenses</directory>
+      <outputDirectory>licenses</outputDirectory>
+    </fileSet>    
+    <fileSet>
+      <directory>${rootdir}/extensions</directory>
+      <outputDirectory>webapp/extensions</outputDirectory>
+      <includes>
+	<include>**</include>
+      </includes>
+      <excludes>
+	<exclude>**/target/**</exclude>
+	<exclude>**/tests/**</exclude>
+	<exclude>**/src/**</exclude>
+	<exclude>**/*.java</exclude>
+      </excludes>
+    </fileSet>
+  </fileSets>
+  <!-- TODO replace $VERSION by ${project.version} in WEB-INF/web.xml -->
+  <files>
+    <file>
+      <source>${rootdir}/refine</source>
+      <fileMode>755</fileMode>
+    </file>
+    <file>
+      <source>${rootdir}/refine.ini</source>
+    </file>
+    <file>
+      <source>${rootdir}/README.md</source>
+    </file>
+    <file>
+      <source>${rootdir}/LICENSE.txt</source>
+    </file>
+    <file>
+      <source>${rootdir}/packaging/butterfly.properties</source>
+      <outputDirectory>webapp/WEB-INF</outputDirectory>
+    </file>
+    <file>
+      <source>${rootdir}/server/target/openrefine-${project.version}-server.jar</source>
+      <outputDirectory>server/target/lib</outputDirectory>
+    </file>
+  </files>
+</assembly>
+
diff --git a/packaging/pom.xml b/packaging/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..43e78f54f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packaging/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+<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/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+  <groupId>org.openrefine</groupId>
+  <artifactId>packaging</artifactId>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+  <version>3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+
+  <name>OpenRefine - packaging</name>
+  <description>Creates packages for all supported operating systems</description>
+  <url>http://openrefine.org/</url>
+
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>org.openrefine</groupId>
+    <artifactId>openrefine</artifactId>
+    <version>3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+  <properties>
+    <rootdir>${basedir}/..</rootdir>
+  </properties>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+	<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+	<artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
+	<version>3.1.0</version>
+	<executions>
+	  <execution>
+	    <id>package-distributions</id>
+	    <goals>
+	      <goal>single</goal>
+	    </goals>
+	    <phase>package</phase>
+	    <configuration>
+	      <descriptors>
+		<descriptor>linux.xml</descriptor>
+	      </descriptors>
+	    </configuration>
+	  </execution>
+	</executions>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+      <artifactId>server</artifactId>
+      <version>${project.version}</version>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+</project>
+
+
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 84f803a2e..a3b716c53 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
         <module>main</module>
         <module>server</module>
         <module>extensions</module>
+        <module>packaging</module>
   </modules>
 
   <properties>
@@ -149,7 +150,6 @@
                 </configuration>
 
       </plugin>
-
     </plugins>
     <pluginManagement>
       <plugins>
diff --git a/server/pom.xml b/server/pom.xml
index a1676b359..95a529a5d 100644
--- a/server/pom.xml
+++ b/server/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
   </scm>
 
   <build>
-    <finalName>openrefine-server</finalName>
+    <finalName>openrefine-${project.version}-server</finalName>
     <resources>
       <resource>
         <directory>src</directory>