diff --git a/plugins/edc-build/src/main/java/org/eclipse/edc/plugins/edcbuild/extensions/BuildExtension.java b/plugins/edc-build/src/main/java/org/eclipse/edc/plugins/edcbuild/extensions/BuildExtension.java
index b7b8a333..f534e0bd 100644
--- a/plugins/edc-build/src/main/java/org/eclipse/edc/plugins/edcbuild/extensions/BuildExtension.java
+++ b/plugins/edc-build/src/main/java/org/eclipse/edc/plugins/edcbuild/extensions/BuildExtension.java
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
  *
  *  Contributors:
  *       Microsoft Corporation - initial API and implementation
+ *       Fraunhofer Institute for Software and Systems Engineering - add publish property
  *
  */
 
@@ -59,4 +60,6 @@ public MavenPomExtension getPom() {
     public SwaggerGeneratorExtension getSwagger() {
         return swagger;
     }
+    
+    public abstract Property<Boolean> getPublish();
 }