diff --git a/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/api/IIncrementalAssemblyContributor.kt b/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/api/IIncrementalAssemblyContributor.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a11ab639
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/api/IIncrementalAssemblyContributor.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+package com.beust.kobalt.api
+
+import com.beust.kobalt.IncrementalTaskInfo
+
+/**
+ * Plug-ins that will be invoked during the "assemble" task and wish to return an incremental task instead
+ * of a regular one.
+ */
+interface IIncrementalAssemblyContributor {
+    fun assemble(project: Project, context: KobaltContext) : IncrementalTaskInfo
+}
+
diff --git a/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/internal/KobaltPluginXml.kt b/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/internal/KobaltPluginXml.kt
index b4f8ff82..192fd8ed 100644
--- a/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/internal/KobaltPluginXml.kt
+++ b/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/internal/KobaltPluginXml.kt
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ class PluginInfo(val xml: KobaltPluginXml, val classLoader: ClassLoader?) {
     val buildConfigFieldContributors = arrayListOf<IBuildConfigFieldContributor>()
     val taskContributors = arrayListOf<ITaskContributor>()
     val assemblyContributors = arrayListOf<IAssemblyContributor>()
+    val incrementalAssemblyContributors = arrayListOf<IIncrementalAssemblyContributor>()
 
     // Not documented yet
     val buildConfigContributors = arrayListOf<IBuildConfigContributor>()
@@ -160,6 +161,7 @@ class PluginInfo(val xml: KobaltPluginXml, val classLoader: ClassLoader?) {
                 if (this is ITestSourceDirectoryContributor) testSourceDirContributors.add(this)
                 if (this is IBuildConfigContributor) buildConfigContributors.add(this)
                 if (this is IAssemblyContributor) assemblyContributors.add(this)
+                if (this is IIncrementalAssemblyContributor) incrementalAssemblyContributors.add(this)
 
                 // Not documented yet
             }
@@ -193,6 +195,7 @@ class PluginInfo(val xml: KobaltPluginXml, val classLoader: ClassLoader?) {
         mavenIdInterceptors.addAll(pluginInfo.mavenIdInterceptors)
         buildConfigContributors.addAll(pluginInfo.buildConfigContributors)
         assemblyContributors.addAll(pluginInfo.assemblyContributors)
+        incrementalAssemblyContributors.addAll(pluginInfo.incrementalAssemblyContributors)
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/plugin/packaging/PackagingPlugin.kt b/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/plugin/packaging/PackagingPlugin.kt
index c5d90eeb..3ed25496 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/plugin/packaging/PackagingPlugin.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/plugin/packaging/PackagingPlugin.kt
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import com.beust.kobalt.api.annotation.ExportedProjectProperty
 import com.beust.kobalt.api.annotation.Task
 import com.beust.kobalt.archive.*
 import com.beust.kobalt.glob
+import com.beust.kobalt.internal.IncrementalManager
 import com.beust.kobalt.internal.JvmCompilerPlugin
 import com.beust.kobalt.maven.DependencyManager
 import com.beust.kobalt.maven.PomGenerator
@@ -21,10 +22,11 @@ import javax.inject.Singleton
 
 @Singleton
 class PackagingPlugin @Inject constructor(val dependencyManager : DependencyManager,
+        val incrementalManager: IncrementalManager,
         val executors: KobaltExecutors, val jarGenerator: JarGenerator, val warGenerator: WarGenerator,
         val zipGenerator: ZipGenerator, val taskContributor: TaskContributor,
         val pomFactory: PomGenerator.IFactory, val configActor: ConfigActor<InstallConfig>)
-            : BasePlugin(), IConfigActor<InstallConfig> by configActor, ITaskContributor, IAssemblyContributor {
+            : BasePlugin(), ITaskContributor, IAssemblyContributor, IConfigActor<InstallConfig> by configActor {
 
     companion object {
         const val PLUGIN_NAME = "Packaging"
@@ -69,9 +71,39 @@ class PackagingPlugin @Inject constructor(val dependencyManager : DependencyMana
         }
     }
 
+    private fun doAssemble(project: Project, context: KobaltContext) : TaskResult {
+        try {
+            project.projectProperties.put(PACKAGES, packages)
+            packages.filter { it.project.name == project.name }.forEach { pkg ->
+                pkg.jars.forEach { jarGenerator.generateJar(pkg.project, context, it) }
+                pkg.wars.forEach { warGenerator.generateWar(pkg.project, context, it) }
+                pkg.zips.forEach { zipGenerator.generateZip(pkg.project, context, it) }
+                if (pkg.generatePom) {
+                    pomFactory.create(project).generate()
+                }
+            }
+            return TaskResult()
+        } catch(ex: Exception) {
+            throw KobaltException(ex)
+        }
+    }
+
     @Task(name = TASK_ASSEMBLE, description = "Package the artifacts",
             runAfter = arrayOf(JvmCompilerPlugin.TASK_COMPILE))
     fun doTaskAssemble(project: Project) : TaskResult {
+        // Incremental assembly contributors
+        context.pluginInfo.incrementalAssemblyContributors.forEach {
+            val taskInfo = it.assemble(project, context)
+            val closure = incrementalManager.toIncrementalTaskClosure(TASK_ASSEMBLE, { p: Project -> taskInfo },
+                    context.variant)
+            val thisResult = closure.invoke(project)
+            if (! thisResult.success) {
+                // Abort at the first failure
+                return thisResult
+            }
+        }
+
+        // Regular assembly contributors
         context.pluginInfo.assemblyContributors.forEach {
             val thisResult = it.assemble(project, context)
             if (! thisResult.success) {