diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
index 1f66c1b18..8810e79ea 100644
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
 import com.diffplug.spotless.LineEnding
+import com.jfrog.bintray.gradle.BintrayExtension
+import com.jfrog.bintray.gradle.tasks.BintrayPublishTask
 import org.gradle.api.tasks.testing.logging.TestExceptionFormat
 import org.gradle.api.tasks.testing.logging.TestLogEvent
 
 plugins {
     `java-library`
     id("com.diffplug.gradle.spotless") version Config.QualityPlugins.spotlessVersion apply true
+    id(Config.PublishPlugins.bintrayPlugin) version Config.PublishPlugins.bintrayVersion apply true
     jacoco
 }
 
@@ -34,6 +37,7 @@ allprojects {
     }
     group = "io.sentry"
     version = "2.0.0-SNAPSHOT"
+    description = "SDK for sentry.io"
     tasks {
         withType<Test> {
             testLogging.showStandardStreams = true
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/java/Config.kt b/buildSrc/src/main/java/Config.kt
index 9da05bc63..458f8e672 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/java/Config.kt
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/java/Config.kt
@@ -7,6 +7,11 @@ object Config {
         val kotlinGradlePlugin = "gradle-plugin"
     }
 
+    object PublishPlugins {
+        val bintrayPlugin = "com.jfrog.bintray"
+        val bintrayVersion = "1.8.4"
+    }
+
     object Android {
         private val sdkVersion = 29
 
diff --git a/sentry-core/build.gradle.kts b/sentry-core/build.gradle.kts
index cfaa9556e..e7bd647d9 100644
--- a/sentry-core/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/sentry-core/build.gradle.kts
@@ -1,8 +1,15 @@
+import com.jfrog.bintray.gradle.tasks.BintrayPublishTask
+import com.jfrog.bintray.gradle.tasks.BintrayUploadTask
+import org.gradle.api.publish.PublishingExtension
+
 plugins {
     `java-library`
+    `maven-publish`
+    signing
     kotlin("jvm")
     jacoco
     id("net.ltgt.errorprone")
+    id(Config.PublishPlugins.bintrayPlugin)
 }
 
 dependencies {
@@ -49,4 +56,60 @@ tasks {
         dependsOn(jacocoTestCoverageVerification)
         dependsOn(jacocoTestReport)
     }
+
+    withType<BintrayUploadTask> {
+        bintray {
+            user = System.getenv("BINTRAY_USER")
+            key = System.getenv("BINTRAY_KEY")
+            with(pkg) {
+                repo = "mvn"
+                name = project.name
+                userOrg = "getsentry"
+                setLicenses("MIT")
+                websiteUrl = "https://sentry.io"
+                vcsUrl = "https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-android"
+                setLabels("sentry", "getsentry", "error-tracking", "crash-reporting")
+                with(version) {
+                    name = project.version.toString()
+                    vcsTag = project.version.toString()
+                    desc = project.description.toString()
+                }
+            }
+            println("version: $version")
+            setPublications(project.name)
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+publishing {
+    publications {
+        register(project.name, MavenPublication::class) {
+            if (project.hasProperty("android")) {
+                artifact("$buildDir/outputs/aar/${project.name}-release.aar")
+            } else {
+                from(components["java"])
+            }
+            groupId = project.group.toString()
+            artifactId = project.name
+            version = project.version.toString()
+//            artifact(sourcesJar)
+//            artifact(javadocJar)
+
+            if (project.hasProperty("android")) {
+                pom {
+                    withXml {
+                        asNode().appendNode("dependencies").let { depNode ->
+                            configurations.implementation.get().allDependencies.forEach {
+                                depNode.appendNode("dependency").apply {
+                                    appendNode("groupId", it.group)
+                                    appendNode("artifactId", it.name)
+                                    appendNode("version", it.version)
+                                }
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/sentry-sample/build.gradle.kts b/sentry-sample/build.gradle.kts
index 258eb4d2f..90682d403 100644
--- a/sentry-sample/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/sentry-sample/build.gradle.kts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import org.jetbrains.kotlin.config.KotlinCompilerVersion
 plugins {
     id("com.android.application")
     kotlin("android")
-//    id("io.sentry.android.gradle") how to add sentry gradle plugin
+    id(Config.PublishPlugins.bintrayPlugin)
 }
 
 android {