diff --git a/log4j-assembly-test/pom.xml b/log4j-assembly-test/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0b499f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/log4j-assembly-test/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+  ~ contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+  ~ this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+  ~ The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+  ~ (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+  ~ the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+<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/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j.samples</groupId>
+    <artifactId>log4j-samples</artifactId>
+    <version>${revision}</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>log4j-assembly-test</artifactId>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+  <name>Apache Log4j Samples: Assembly test</name>
+
+  <dependencies>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>log4j-jul</artifactId>
+      <scope>runtime</scope>
+    </dependency>
+
+  </dependencies>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>3.7.1</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <appendAssemblyId>false</appendAssemblyId>
+          <descriptors>
+            <descriptor>src/main/assembly/zip.xml</descriptor>
+          </descriptors>
+        </configuration>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>make-assembly</id>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>single</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <phase>package</phase>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+
+</project>
diff --git a/log4j-assembly-test/src/main/assembly/zip.xml b/log4j-assembly-test/src/main/assembly/zip.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9b3905d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/log4j-assembly-test/src/main/assembly/zip.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+  ~ contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+  ~ this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+  ~ The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+  ~ (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+  ~ the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+<assembly xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/ASSEMBLY/2.2.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/ASSEMBLY/2.2.0 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/assembly-2.2.0.xsd">
+  <id>zip</id>
+  <formats>
+    <format>zip</format>
+  </formats>
+  <includeBaseDirectory>false</includeBaseDirectory>
+  <dependencySets>
+    <dependencySet>
+      <outputDirectory>/log4j-assembly-test/libs</outputDirectory>
+      <useProjectArtifact>false</useProjectArtifact>
+      <scope>runtime</scope>
+    </dependencySet>
+  </dependencySets>
+</assembly>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 70bc5fa..2193153 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
   <name>Apache Log4j Samples</name>
 
   <modules>
+    <module>log4j-assembly-test</module>
     <module>log4j-nashorn-test</module>
     <module>log4j-samples-aspectj</module>
     <module>log4j-samples-asynclogger</module>