diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 6032f3a72cc..c85d3534544 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ plugins {
   id "net.ltgt.errorprone" version "3.0.1" apply false
   id 'com.diffplug.spotless' version "6.5.2" apply false
   id 'org.barfuin.gradle.jacocolog' version "3.0.0-RC2" apply false
+  id 'com.github.johnrengelman.shadow' version '7.1.2'
 }
 
 apply from: file('gradle/globals.gradle')
@@ -52,6 +53,7 @@ description = 'Grandparent project for Apache Lucene Core'
 // Propagate version and derived properties across projects.
 allprojects {
   version = rootProject.version
+  apply plugin: 'com.github.johnrengelman.shadow'
 }
 
 ext {