diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b6e51e2d9b1..0ac3302e093 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -93,8 +93,8 @@
 
 	<build>
 
-	<!-- Adds scripts to main jar, in-memory jar, sources jar, and standalone jar -->
 	<resources>
+		<!-- Adds scripts to main jar, in-memory jar, sources jar, and standalone jar -->
 		<resource>
 			<directory>scripts</directory>
 			<excludes>
@@ -108,6 +108,13 @@
 			</excludes>
 			<targetPath>scripts</targetPath>
 		</resource>
+		<!-- Adds SystemML.py to main jar, in-memory jar, sources jar, and standalone jar -->
+		<resource>
+			<directory>src/main/python</directory>
+			<excludes>
+				<exclude>**/*tests.py</exclude>
+			</excludes>
+		</resource>
 	</resources>
 
 		<plugins>
diff --git a/src/assembly/distrib.xml b/src/assembly/distrib.xml
index 67a476a0e73..ec77d8fde0f 100644
--- a/src/assembly/distrib.xml
+++ b/src/assembly/distrib.xml
@@ -54,6 +54,14 @@
 			<outputDirectory>scripts</outputDirectory>
 		</fileSet>
 
+		<fileSet>
+			<directory>src/main/python</directory>
+			<excludes>
+				<exclude>**/*tests.py</exclude>
+			</excludes>
+			<outputDirectory>.</outputDirectory>
+		</fileSet>
+
 		<fileSet>
 			<directory>${basedir}/src/assembly/distrib</directory>
 			<includes>
diff --git a/src/assembly/standalone.xml b/src/assembly/standalone.xml
index a517a50de8a..c7ae0929ab1 100644
--- a/src/assembly/standalone.xml
+++ b/src/assembly/standalone.xml
@@ -46,6 +46,14 @@
 			<outputDirectory>scripts</outputDirectory>
 		</fileSet>
 
+		<fileSet>
+			<directory>src/main/python</directory>
+			<excludes>
+				<exclude>**/*tests.py</exclude>
+			</excludes>
+			<outputDirectory>.</outputDirectory>
+		</fileSet>
+
 		<fileSet>
 			<directory>${basedir}/src/main/standalone</directory>
 			<includes>