diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index abceeb333..c750026ac 100755
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -192,6 +192,15 @@
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
 
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-site-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <xdocDirectory>${basedir}/src/xdocs</xdocDirectory>
+          <validate>true</validate>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-enforcer-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -279,24 +288,6 @@
         </dependencies>
       </plugin>
 
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-site-plugin</artifactId>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <id>gen-site</id>
-            <phase>prepare-package</phase>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>site</goal>
-            </goals>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
-        <configuration>
-          <xdocDirectory>${basedir}/src/xdocs</xdocDirectory>
-          <validate>true</validate>
-        </configuration>
-      </plugin>
-
       <!-- Used to set custom properties -->
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
@@ -332,28 +323,6 @@
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
 
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <phase>package</phase>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>shade</goal>
-            </goals>
-            <configuration>
-              <shadedArtifactAttached>true</shadedArtifactAttached>
-              <shadedClassifierName>all</shadedClassifierName>
-              <transformers>
-                <transformer implementation="org.apache.maven.plugins.shade.resource.ManifestResourceTransformer">
-                  <mainClass>com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.Main</mainClass>
-                </transformer>
-              </transformers>
-            </configuration>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
-      </plugin>
-
       <!-- Ensure the manifest has all the gory details -->
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
@@ -368,25 +337,6 @@
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
 
-      <plugin>
-        <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
-        <configuration>
-          <descriptors>
-            <descriptor>config/assembly-bin.xml</descriptor>
-            <descriptor>config/assembly-src.xml</descriptor>
-          </descriptors>
-        </configuration>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <id>make-bundle</id>
-            <phase>package</phase>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>single</goal>
-            </goals>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
-      </plugin>
-
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
         <artifactId>cobertura-maven-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -440,6 +390,73 @@
   </reporting>
 
   <profiles>
+    <profile>
+      <!-- To be used when making distributions. Run the command-->
+      <!-- mvn -Pdistro package -->
+      <id>distro</id>
+      <build>
+        <plugins>
+          <!-- Generates the site, which is required for assembly -->
+          <plugin>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-site-plugin</artifactId>
+            <executions>
+              <execution>
+                <id>gen-site</id>
+                <phase>prepare-package</phase>
+                <goals>
+                  <goal>site</goal>
+                </goals>
+              </execution>
+            </executions>
+          </plugin>
+
+          <!-- Creates the all inclusive uber jar -->
+          <plugin>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
+            <executions>
+              <execution>
+                <phase>package</phase>
+                <goals>
+                  <goal>shade</goal>
+                </goals>
+                <configuration>
+                  <shadedArtifactAttached>true</shadedArtifactAttached>
+                  <shadedClassifierName>all</shadedClassifierName>
+                  <transformers>
+                    <transformer implementation="org.apache.maven.plugins.shade.resource.ManifestResourceTransformer">
+                      <mainClass>com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.Main</mainClass>
+                    </transformer>
+                  </transformers>
+                </configuration>
+              </execution>
+            </executions>
+          </plugin>
+
+          <!-- Creates the binary and source distributions -->
+          <plugin>
+            <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
+            <configuration>
+              <descriptors>
+                <descriptor>config/assembly-bin.xml</descriptor>
+                <descriptor>config/assembly-src.xml</descriptor>
+              </descriptors>
+            </configuration>
+            <executions>
+              <execution>
+                <id>make-bundle</id>
+                <phase>package</phase>
+                <goals>
+                  <goal>single</goal>
+                </goals>
+              </execution>
+            </executions>
+          </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+      </build>
+    </profile>
+
     <profile>
       <id>release</id>
       <distributionManagement>