diff --git a/build/repo.targets b/build/repo.targets
index f5f6e2871f..67d7720646 100644
--- a/build/repo.targets
+++ b/build/repo.targets
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   </Target>
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TestDependsOn>$(TestDependsOn);RunTSClientNodeTests;RunBrowserTests</TestDependsOn>
+    <TestDependsOn>$(TestDependsOn);RunTSClientNodeTests;RunBrowserTests;RunJavaTests</TestDependsOn>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <Target Name="RunTSClientNodeTests">
@@ -35,9 +35,14 @@
     <Exec Command="npm run test:inner -- --no-color --configuration $(Configuration)" WorkingDirectory="$(RepositoryRoot)clients/ts/FunctionalTests" IgnoreStandardErrorWarningFormat="true" />
   </Target>
 
+  <Target Name="RunJavaTests" Condition="'$(JAVA_HOME)' != '' And Exists('$(JAVA_HOME)/lib/tools.jar')">
+    <Message Text="Running Java client tests" Importance="high" />
+    <Exec Command="./gradlew test" WorkingDirectory="$(RepositoryRoot)clients/java/signalr" IgnoreStandardErrorWarningFormat="true" />
+  </Target> 
+
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <GetArtifactInfoDependsOn>$(GetArtifactInfoDependsOn);GetNpmArtifactInfo</GetArtifactInfoDependsOn>
-    <PrepareDependsOn>$(PrepareDependsOn);GetNpmArtifactInfo</PrepareDependsOn>
+    <GetArtifactInfoDependsOn>$(GetArtifactInfoDependsOn);GetNpmArtifactInfo;GetJavaArtifactInfo</GetArtifactInfoDependsOn>
+    <PrepareDependsOn>$(PrepareDependsOn);GetNpmArtifactInfo;GetJavaArtifactInfo</PrepareDependsOn>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <Target Name="GetNpmArtifactInfo">
@@ -57,12 +62,32 @@
     </ItemGroup>
 
     <ItemGroup>
-      <FilesToExcludeFromSigning Include="%(NPMPackage.ArtifactPath)" />
+      <FilesToExcludeFromSigning Include="%(NPMPackage.ArtifactPath);" />
+    </ItemGroup>
+  </Target>
+
+  <Target Name="GetJavaArtifactInfo" Condition="'$(JAVA_HOME)' != '' And Exists('$(JAVA_HOME)/lib/tools.jar')">
+    <ItemGroup>
+      <ArtifactInfo Include="$(BuildDir)\%(Jars.Identity)">
+        <ArtifactType>JavaJar</ArtifactType>
+        <Version>$(JavaClientVersion)</Version>
+        <Category>ship</Category>
+      </ArtifactInfo>
+      <ArtifactInfo Include="$(BuildDir)\%(PomFile.Identity)">
+        <ArtifactType>MavenPOM</ArtifactType>
+        <Version>$(JavaClientVersion)</Version>
+        <Category>ship</Category>
+      </ArtifactInfo>
+    </ItemGroup>
+
+    <ItemGroup>
+      <FilesToExcludeFromSigning Include="$(BuildDir)\%(Jars.Identity)" />
+      <FilesToExcludeFromSigning Include="$(BuildDir)\%(PomFile.Identity)" />
     </ItemGroup>
   </Target>
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <CompileDependsOn>Restore;BuildNPMPackages;$(CompileDependsOn)</CompileDependsOn>
+    <CompileDependsOn>Restore;BuildNPMPackages;$(CompileDependsOn);BuildJavaClient</CompileDependsOn>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <Target Name="BuildNPMPackages" DependsOnTargets="RestoreNpm;GetNpmArtifactInfo">
     <Message Text="Building %(NPMPackage.PackageId)..." Importance="high" />
@@ -71,8 +96,13 @@
     <Exec Command="npm run build" WorkingDirectory="$(RepositoryRoot)clients/ts/FunctionalTests" IgnoreStandardErrorWarningFormat="true" />
   </Target>
 
+  <Target Name="BuildJavaClient" Condition="'$(JAVA_HOME)' != '' And Exists('$(JAVA_HOME)/lib/tools.jar')" DependsOnTargets="GetJavaArtifactInfo">
+    <Message Text="Building Java client" Importance="high" />
+    <Exec Command="./gradlew compileJava" WorkingDirectory="$(RepositoryRoot)clients/java/signalr" />
+  </Target>
+
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <PackageDependsOn>Compile;PackNPMPackages;$(PackageDependsOn)</PackageDependsOn>
+    <PackageDependsOn>Compile;PackNPMPackages;$(PackageDependsOn);PackJavaClient</PackageDependsOn>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <Target Name="PackNPMPackages" DependsOnTargets="BuildNPMPackages">
     <Message Text="Packing %(NPMPackage.PackageId)..." Importance="high" />
@@ -83,4 +113,24 @@
     <Move SourceFiles="%(NPMPackage.OutputTar)" DestinationFiles="%(NPMPackage.ArtifactPath)" />
     <Move SourceFiles="%(NPMPackage.PackageJson).bak" DestinationFiles="%(NPMPackage.PackageJson)" />
   </Target>
+
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <JavaBuildFiles Include="signalr-client-$(JavaClientVersion)-preview1.jar;signalr-client-$(JavaClientVersion)-preview1-javadoc.jar;signalr-client-$(JavaClientVersion)-preview1-sources.jar;signalr-client-$(JavaClientVersion)-preview1.pom"/>
+  </ItemGroup>
+  
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <Jars Include="signalr-client-$(JavaClientVersion)-preview1.jar;signalr-client-$(JavaClientVersion)-preview1-javadoc.jar;signalr-client-$(JavaClientVersion)-preview1-sources.jar;" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <PomFile Include="signalr-client-$(JavaClientVersion)-preview1.pom" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+
+  <Target Name="PackJavaClient" Condition="'$(JAVA_HOME)' != '' And Exists('$(JAVA_HOME)/lib/tools.jar')">
+    <Message Text="Packing Java client" Importance="high" />
+    <Exec Command="./gradlew jar sourceJar javadocJar generatePOM" WorkingDirectory="$(RepositoryRoot)clients/java/signalr" />
+    <Move SourceFiles="$(RepositoryRoot)clients/java/signalr/signalr-client-$(JavaClientVersion)-preview1.pom" DestinationFolder="$(RepositoryRoot)clients/java/signalr\build\libs" />
+    <Copy SourceFiles="$(RepositoryRoot)clients/java/signalr\build\libs\%(JavaBuildFiles.Identity)" DestinationFolder="$(BuildDir)" />
+  </Target>
+
 </Project>
diff --git a/clients/java/signalr/build.gradle b/clients/java/signalr/build.gradle
index 4033dad394..fe04561d69 100644
--- a/clients/java/signalr/build.gradle
+++ b/clients/java/signalr/build.gradle
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 plugins {
     id 'java'
+    id 'maven'
 }
 
 group 'com.microsoft.aspnetcore'
-version '0.1.0'
+version '0.1.0-preview1'
 
 sourceCompatibility = 1.8
 
@@ -16,3 +17,32 @@ dependencies {
     implementation "org.java-websocket:Java-WebSocket:1.3.8"
     implementation 'com.google.code.gson:gson:2.8.5'
 }
+
+task sourceJar(type: Jar) {
+    classifier "sources"
+    from sourceSets.main.allJava
+}
+
+task javadocJar(type: Jar, dependsOn: javadoc) {
+    classifier "javadoc"
+    from javadoc.destinationDir
+}
+
+task generatePOM {
+    pom {
+        project {
+            groupId 'com.microsoft.aspnetcore'
+            artifactId 'signalr'
+            version '0.1.0-preview1'
+
+            inceptionYear '2018'
+            licenses {
+                license {
+                    name 'The Apache Software License, Version 2.0'
+                    url 'http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt'
+                    distribution 'repo'
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }.writeTo("signalr-client-0.1.0-preview1.pom")
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/clients/java/signalr/gradlew b/clients/java/signalr/gradlew
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
diff --git a/clients/java/signalr/settings.gradle b/clients/java/signalr/settings.gradle
index 8e0fe12928..90473932b7 100644
--- a/clients/java/signalr/settings.gradle
+++ b/clients/java/signalr/settings.gradle
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-rootProject.name = 'client'
+rootProject.name = 'signalr-client'
 include 'main'
 
diff --git a/version.props b/version.props
index 573566501b..069b0cebe7 100644
--- a/version.props
+++ b/version.props
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <Project>
   <PropertyGroup>
     <VersionPrefix>1.1.0</VersionPrefix>
+    <JavaClientVersion>0.1.0</JavaClientVersion>
     <VersionSuffix>preview1</VersionSuffix>
     <PackageVersion Condition="'$(IsFinalBuild)' == 'true' AND '$(VersionSuffix)' == 'rtm' ">$(VersionPrefix)</PackageVersion>
     <PackageVersion Condition="'$(IsFinalBuild)' == 'true' AND '$(VersionSuffix)' != 'rtm' ">$(VersionPrefix)-$(VersionSuffix)-final</PackageVersion>