diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index 8816e810c..8c8fd074b 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ lazy val sbtProj = (project in file("sbt")).
 
 def scriptedTask: Def.Initialize[InputTask[Unit]] = Def.inputTask {
   val result = scriptedSource(dir => (s: State) => Scripted.scriptedParser(dir)).parsed
-  publishAll.value
+  publishLocalBinAll.value
   // These two projects need to be visible in a repo even if the default
   // local repository is hidden, so we publish them to an alternate location and add
   // that alternate repo to the running scripted test (in Scripted.scriptedpreScripted).
@@ -258,9 +258,8 @@ def otherRootSettings = Seq(
   scriptedSource := (sourceDirectory in sbtProj).value / "sbt-test",
   // scriptedPrescripted := { addSbtAlternateResolver _ },
   scriptedLaunchOpts := List("-XX:MaxPermSize=256M", "-Xmx1G"),
-  publishAll := {
-    val _ = (publishLocal).all(ScopeFilter(inAnyProject)).value
-  },
+  publishAll := { val _ = (publishLocal).all(ScopeFilter(inAnyProject)).value },
+  publishLocalBinAll := { val _ = (publishLocalBin).all(ScopeFilter(inAnyProject)).value },
   aggregate in bintrayRelease := false
 ) ++ inConfig(Scripted.RepoOverrideTest)(Seq(
   scriptedPrescripted := { _ => () },
diff --git a/project/PublishBinPlugin.scala b/project/PublishBinPlugin.scala
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e999a94fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/project/PublishBinPlugin.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+import sbt._, Keys._
+
+/** This local plugin provides ways of publishing just the binary jar. */
+object PublishBinPlugin extends AutoPlugin {
+  override def requires = plugins.JvmPlugin
+  override def trigger  = allRequirements
+
+  object autoImport {
+    val publishLocalBin       = taskKey[Unit]("")
+    val publishLocalBinConfig = taskKey[PublishConfiguration]("")
+  }
+
+  import autoImport._
+
+  override def projectSettings = Def settings (
+    publishLocalBin       := Classpaths.publishTask(publishLocalBinConfig, deliverLocal).value,
+    publishLocalBinConfig := Classpaths.publishConfig(
+      (packagedArtifacts in publishLocalBin).value, Some(deliverLocal.value),
+      (checksums in publishLocalBin).value, logging = ivyLoggingLevel.value, overwrite = isSnapshot.value),
+    packagedArtifacts in publishLocalBin := Classpaths.packaged(Seq(packageBin in Compile)).value
+  )
+}
diff --git a/project/Scripted.scala b/project/Scripted.scala
index a821ff446..20d8ad7b4 100644
--- a/project/Scripted.scala
+++ b/project/Scripted.scala
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ object ScriptedPlugin extends sbt.AutoPlugin {
 
 trait ScriptedKeys {
   lazy val publishAll = TaskKey[Unit]("publish-all")
+  lazy val publishLocalBinAll = taskKey[Unit]("")
   lazy val scripted = InputKey[Unit]("scripted")
   lazy val scriptedUnpublished = InputKey[Unit]("scripted-unpublished", "Execute scripted without publishing SBT first. Saves you some time when only your test has changed.")
   lazy val scriptedSource = SettingKey[File]("scripted-source")