diff --git a/hoodie-hadoop-mr/pom.xml b/hoodie-hadoop-mr/pom.xml
index 72aeebf9e..a80d2196d 100644
--- a/hoodie-hadoop-mr/pom.xml
+++ b/hoodie-hadoop-mr/pom.xml
@@ -87,6 +87,28 @@
         <groupId>org.apache.rat</groupId>
         <artifactId>apache-rat-plugin</artifactId>
       </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>2.3</version>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <phase>package</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>shade</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <configuration>
+              <minimizeJar>true</minimizeJar>
+              <artifactSet>
+                <includes>
+                  <include>com.uber.hoodie:hoodie-common</include>
+                </includes>
+              </artifactSet>
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+
     </plugins>
   </build>