diff --git a/assembly/pom.xml b/assembly/pom.xml
index 541419c40..94c10133c 100644
--- a/assembly/pom.xml
+++ b/assembly/pom.xml
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@
                     <descriptors>
                         <descriptor>src/main/assembly/all.xml</descriptor>
                         <descriptor>src/main/assembly/lib.xml</descriptor>
+                        <descriptor>src/main/assembly/min-lib.xml</descriptor>
                         <descriptor>src/main/assembly/apps.xml</descriptor>
                         <descriptor>src/main/assembly/src.xml</descriptor>
                         <descriptor>src/main/assembly/docs.xml</descriptor>
@@ -125,6 +126,11 @@
 
     <dependencies>
 
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.struts</groupId>
+            <artifactId>struts2-core</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.struts</groupId>
             <artifactId>struts2-bean-validation-plugin</artifactId>
diff --git a/assembly/src/main/assembly/min-lib.xml b/assembly/src/main/assembly/min-lib.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e57154d32
--- /dev/null
+++ b/assembly/src/main/assembly/min-lib.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+<!--
+/*
+ * $Id$
+ *
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+-->
+
+<assembly xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-assembly-plugin/assembly/1.1.3"
+          xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+          xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-assembly-plugin/assembly/1.1.3 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/assembly-1.1.3.xsd">
+
+  <id>min-lib</id>
+  <formats>
+    <format>zip</format>
+  </formats>
+  <dependencySets>
+    <dependencySet>
+      <useProjectArtifact>true</useProjectArtifact>
+      <useTransitiveDependencies>true</useTransitiveDependencies>
+      <outputDirectory>lib</outputDirectory>
+      <includes>
+        <include>org.apache.struts.xwork:xwork-core</include>
+        <include>org.apache.struts:struts2-core</include>
+        <include>org.freemarker:freemarker</include>
+        <include>org.apache.commons:commons-lang3</include>
+        <include>org.ow2.asm:asm</include>
+        <include>org.ow2.asm:asm-commons</include>
+        <include>org.ow2.asm:asm-tree</include>
+        <include>ognl:ognl</include>
+        <include>javassist:javassist</include>
+        <include>commons-fileupload:commons-fileupload</include>
+        <include>commons-io:commons-io</include>
+        <include>commons-logging:commons-logging</include>
+      </includes>
+    </dependencySet>
+  </dependencySets>
+</assembly>