diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index ec8a06d44b..750537e93b 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ buildscript {
         mavenCentral()
         jcenter()
     }
-	
-    apply from: file('gradle/buildscript.gradle'), to: buildscript 
+
+    apply from: file('gradle/buildscript.gradle'), to: buildscript
 }
 
 allprojects {
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ allprojects {
 
 subprojects {
     apply plugin: 'java'
+    apply plugin: 'shadow'
     group = "com.netflix.rxjava"
 
     // make 'examples' use the same classpath
@@ -45,22 +46,29 @@ subprojects {
     sourceSets {
         examples
         perf {
-		    compileClasspath += sourceSets.main.output
-		}
+            compileClasspath += sourceSets.main.output
+        }
     }
 
     tasks.build { 
         //include 'examples' in build task
         dependsOn(examplesClasses)
-		dependsOn(perfClasses)
+        dependsOn(perfClasses)
+    }
+
+    task perfJar(type: Jar, dependsOn: perfClasses) {
+        from sourceSets.perf.output + sourceSets.main.output
     }
 
     dependencies {
         perfCompile 'org.openjdk.jmh:jmh-core:0.5.3'
         perfCompile 'org.openjdk.jmh:jmh-generator-annprocess:0.5.3'
-
         //perfCompile project
     }
+
+    artifacts {
+        perfRuntime perfJar
+    }
     
     eclipse {  
         classpath {
@@ -78,49 +86,59 @@ subprojects {
         }
     }
 
-	/**
-	 * By default: Run without arguments this will execute all benchmarks that are found (can take a long time).
-	 *
-	 * Optionally pass arguments for custom execution. Example:
-	 *
-	 *  ../gradlew benchmarks '-Pjmh=-f 1 -tu ns -bm avgt -wi 5 -i 5 -r 1 .*OperatorSerializePerf.*'
-	 *
-	 * To see all options:
-	 *
-	 *  ../gradlew benchmarks '-Pjmh=-h'
-	 */ 
-	task benchmarks(type: JavaExec) {
-		main = 'org.openjdk.jmh.Main'
-		classpath = sourceSets.perf.runtimeClasspath + sourceSets.main.output
-		maxHeapSize = "512m"
-		
-		if (project.hasProperty('jmh')) {
-		      args(jmh.split(' '))
-		} else {
-	 		//args '-h' // help output
-	 		args '-f' // fork
-	 		args '1' 
-	 		args '-tu' // time unit
-	 		args 'ns'
-	 		args '-bm' // benchmark mode
-	 		args 'avgt'
-	 		args '-wi' // warmup iterations
-	 		args '5' 
-	 		args '-i' // test iterations
-	 		args '5' 
-	 		args '-r' // time per execution in seconds
-	 		args '5'
-	 		//args '-prof' // profilers
-	 		//args 'HS_GC' // HotSpot (tm) memory manager (GC) profiling via implementation-specific MBeans
-	 		//args 'HS_RT' // HotSpot (tm) runtime profiling via implementation-specific MBeans
-	 		//args 'HS_THR' // HotSpot (tm) threading subsystem via implementation-specific MBeans
-	 		//args 'HS_COMP' // HotSpot (tm) JIT compiler profiling via implementation-specific MBeans
-	 		//args 'HS_CL' // HotSpot (tm) classloader profiling via implementation-specific MBeans
-	 		//args 'STACK' // Simple and naive Java stack profiler
-	 		args '.*OperatorSerializePerf.*' // for running only a specific test
-		}
-	}
-	
+    /**
+     * By default: Run without arguments this will execute all benchmarks that are found (can take a long time).
+     *
+     * Optionally pass arguments for custom execution. Example:
+     *
+     *  ../gradlew benchmarks '-Pjmh=-f 1 -tu ns -bm avgt -wi 5 -i 5 -r 1 .*OperatorSerializePerf.*'
+     *
+     * To see all options:
+     *
+     *  ../gradlew benchmarks '-Pjmh=-h'
+     */
+    task benchmarks(type: JavaExec) {
+        main = 'org.openjdk.jmh.Main'
+        classpath = sourceSets.perf.runtimeClasspath + sourceSets.main.output
+        maxHeapSize = "512m"
+
+        if (project.hasProperty('jmh')) {
+            args(jmh.split(' '))
+        } else {
+            //args '-h' // help output
+            args '-f' // fork
+            args '1'
+            args '-tu' // time unit
+            args 'ns'
+            args '-bm' // benchmark mode
+            args 'avgt'
+            args '-wi' // warmup iterations
+            args '5'
+            args '-i' // test iterations
+            args '5'
+            args '-r' // time per execution in seconds
+            args '5'
+            //args '-prof' // profilers
+            //args 'HS_GC' // HotSpot (tm) memory manager (GC) profiling via implementation-specific MBeans
+            //args 'HS_RT' // HotSpot (tm) runtime profiling via implementation-specific MBeans
+            //args 'HS_THR' // HotSpot (tm) threading subsystem via implementation-specific MBeans
+            //args 'HS_COMP' // HotSpot (tm) JIT compiler profiling via implementation-specific MBeans
+            //args 'HS_CL' // HotSpot (tm) classloader profiling via implementation-specific MBeans
+            //args 'STACK' // Simple and naive Java stack profiler
+            args '.*OperatorSerializePerf.*' // for running only a specific test
+        }
+    }
+
+    shadow {
+        classifier = "benchmarks"
+        includeDependenciesFor = ["runtime", "perfRuntime"]
+
+        transformer(com.github.jengelman.gradle.plugins.shadow.transformers.ManifestResourceTransformer) {
+            mainClass = "org.openjdk.jmh.Main"
+        }
+    }
+
+    shadowJar.dependsOn perfJar
 }
 
 project(':rxjava-core') {
diff --git a/gradle/buildscript.gradle b/gradle/buildscript.gradle
index 0b6da7ce84..2d8643103e 100644
--- a/gradle/buildscript.gradle
+++ b/gradle/buildscript.gradle
@@ -2,10 +2,16 @@
 repositories {
     // Repo in addition to maven central
     repositories { maven { url 'http://dl.bintray.com/content/netflixoss/external-gradle-plugins/' } } // For gradle-release
+    maven {
+        //FIXME: waiting for https://github.com/johnrengelman/shadow/pull/38 to merge
+        name 'Shadow'
+        url 'http://dl.bintray.com/content/gvsmirnov/gradle-plugins'
+    }
 }
 dependencies {
     classpath 'nl.javadude.gradle.plugins:license-gradle-plugin:0.6.1'
     classpath 'com.mapvine:gradle-cobertura-plugin:0.1'
     classpath 'gradle-release:gradle-release:1.1.5'
     classpath 'org.ajoberstar:gradle-git:0.5.0'
+    classpath 'com.github.jengelman.gradle.plugins:shadow:0.8.1'
 }