diff --git a/lib/grunt/tasks/release.js b/lib/grunt/tasks/release.js
index 7a98c96fa..f834268de 100644
--- a/lib/grunt/tasks/release.js
+++ b/lib/grunt/tasks/release.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 /* jshint node: true */
 var path = require("path"),
+    npm = require("npm"),
     fs = require("fs");
 
 module.exports = function(grunt) {
@@ -48,4 +49,36 @@ module.exports = function(grunt) {
 
     });
 
+    grunt.registerTask("publish-npm", function() {
+        var paths = grunt.config.get("paths"),
+            pkg = grunt.config.get("pkg"),
+            done = this.async();
+
+        npm.load({}, function(err) {
+            if (err) {
+                console.log(err);
+                return done(err);
+            }
+            npm.registry.adduser(process.env.NPM_USERNAME, process.env.NPM_PASSWORD, process.env.NPM_EMAIL, function(err) {
+                if (err) {
+                    console.log(err);
+                    return done(err);
+                }
+
+                npm.config.set("email", process.env.NPM_EMAIL, "user");
+                npm.commands.publish([paths.dist], function(err) {
+                    if (err) {
+                        console.log(err);
+                        return done(err);
+                    }
+                    console.log(paths.dist + " v" + pkg.verison + " Published to registry");
+                    return done();
+
+                });
+
+            });
+
+        });
+    });
+
 };