diff --git a/lang/java/perf/pom.xml b/lang/java/perf/pom.xml
index f855406de1d..91c412a43ce 100644
--- a/lang/java/perf/pom.xml
+++ b/lang/java/perf/pom.xml
@@ -51,6 +51,25 @@
           </archive>
         </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>
+              <transformers>
+                <transformer implementation="org.apache.maven.plugins.shade.resource.ManifestResourceTransformer">
+                  <mainClass>org.apache.avro.perf.Perf</mainClass>
+                </transformer>
+              </transformers>
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>