diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index a0b4427ea..8790f671e 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ buildscript {
         classpath 'com.palantir.gradle.plugintesting:gradle-plugin-testing:0.6.0'
         classpath 'com.palantir.javaformat:gradle-palantir-java-format:2.81.0'
         classpath 'com.palantir.suppressible-error-prone:gradle-suppressible-error-prone:2.24.0'
+        classpath 'com.github.johnrengelman:shadow:8.1.1'
         classpath 'me.champeau.jmh:jmh-gradle-plugin:0.7.3'
         classpath 'org.revapi:gradle-revapi:1.8.0'
     }
diff --git a/palantir-java-format/build.gradle b/palantir-java-format/build.gradle
index 7592197fe..fb1c18c05 100644
--- a/palantir-java-format/build.gradle
+++ b/palantir-java-format/build.gradle
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 apply plugin: 'application'
 apply plugin: 'com.palantir.external-publish-jar'
+apply plugin: 'com.github.johnrengelman.shadow'
 
 mainClassName = 'com.palantir.javaformat.java.Main'
 
@@ -65,3 +66,19 @@ tasks.named("test") {
 javaVersion {
     target = 21
 }
+
+shadowJar {
+    manifest {
+        attributes 'Main-Class': 'com.palantir.javaformat.java.Main'
+    }
+}
+
+publishing {
+    publications {
+        maven {
+            artifact(shadowJar) {
+                classifier = 'executable'
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}