diff --git a/pom.properties b/pom.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..951752f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pom.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+groupId=${project.groupId}
+artifactId=${project.artifactId}
+version=${project.version}
diff --git a/src/assembly/jar.xml b/src/assembly/jar.xml
index dcace80..b87ae7a 100644
--- a/src/assembly/jar.xml
+++ b/src/assembly/jar.xml
@@ -16,5 +16,15 @@
       <outputDirectory>natives/linux-amd64</outputDirectory>
       <destName>libjaggl_dri.so</destName>
     </file>
+    <!-- workaround for https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MASSEMBLY-835 -->
+    <file>
+      <source>pom.xml</source>
+      <outputDirectory>META-INF/maven/${project.groupId}/${project.artifactId}</outputDirectory>
+    </file>
+    <file>
+      <source>pom.properties</source>
+      <outputDirectory>META-INF/maven/${project.groupId}/${project.artifactId}</outputDirectory>
+      <filtered>true</filtered>
+    </file>
   </files>
 </assembly>