diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 28af1e71..b2cdb08e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.jenkins-ci.plugins</groupId>
 		<artifactId>plugin</artifactId>
-		<version>1.442</version>
+		<version>1.488</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<name>Jenkins Maven Release Plug-in Plug-in</name>
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jvnet/hudson/plugins/m2release/M2ReleaseAction.java b/src/main/java/org/jvnet/hudson/plugins/m2release/M2ReleaseAction.java
index fb7f5946..b2587ca9 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jvnet/hudson/plugins/m2release/M2ReleaseAction.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jvnet/hudson/plugins/m2release/M2ReleaseAction.java
@@ -71,12 +71,14 @@ public class M2ReleaseAction implements PermalinkProjectAction {
 	private boolean selectCustomScmTag = false;
 	private boolean selectAppendHudsonUsername;
 	private boolean selectScmCredentials;
+	private boolean selectSubmoduleRelease;
 
-	public M2ReleaseAction(MavenModuleSet project, boolean selectCustomScmCommentPrefix, boolean selectAppendHudsonUsername, boolean selectScmCredentials) {
+	public M2ReleaseAction(MavenModuleSet project, boolean selectCustomScmCommentPrefix, boolean selectAppendHudsonUsername, boolean selectScmCredentials, boolean selectSubmoduleRelease) {
 		this.project = project;
 		this.selectCustomScmCommentPrefix = selectCustomScmCommentPrefix;
 		this.selectAppendHudsonUsername = selectAppendHudsonUsername;
 		this.selectScmCredentials = selectScmCredentials;
+		this.selectSubmoduleRelease = selectSubmoduleRelease;
 		if (getRootModule() == null) {
 			// if the root module is not available, the user should be informed
 			// about the stuff we are not able to compute
@@ -133,6 +135,14 @@ public void setSelectAppendHudsonUsername(boolean selectAppendHudsonUsername) {
 		this.selectAppendHudsonUsername = selectAppendHudsonUsername;
 	}
 
+	public boolean isSelectSubmoduleRelease() {
+		return selectSubmoduleRelease;
+	}
+
+	public void setSelectSubmoduleRelease(boolean selectSubmoduleRelease) {
+		this.selectSubmoduleRelease = selectSubmoduleRelease;
+	}
+
 	public boolean isSelectCustomScmTag() {
 		return selectCustomScmTag;
 	}
@@ -217,6 +227,8 @@ public void doSubmit(StaplerRequest req, StaplerResponse resp) throws IOExceptio
 		final String scmCommentPrefix = specifyScmCommentPrefix ? getString("scmCommentPrefix", httpParams) : null; //$NON-NLS-1$
 		final boolean specifyScmTag = httpParams.containsKey("specifyScmTag"); //$NON-NLS-1$
 		final String scmTag = specifyScmTag ? getString("scmTag", httpParams) : null; //$NON-NLS-1$
+		final boolean submoduleRelease = httpParams.containsKey("submoduleRelease"); //$NON-NLS-1$
+		final String submodules = submoduleRelease ? getString("submodules", httpParams) : null; //$NON-NLS-1$
 
 		final boolean appendHusonUserName = specifyScmCommentPrefix && httpParams.containsKey("appendHudsonUserName"); //$NON-NLS-1$
 		final boolean isDryRun = httpParams.containsKey("isDryRun"); //$NON-NLS-1$
@@ -278,6 +290,7 @@ public void doSubmit(StaplerRequest req, StaplerResponse resp) throws IOExceptio
 		arguments.setScmUsername(scmUsername);
 		arguments.setScmPassword(scmPassword);
 		arguments.setScmTagName(scmTag);
+		arguments.setSubmodules(submodules);
 		arguments.setScmCommentPrefix(scmCommentPrefix);
 		arguments.setAppendHusonUserName(appendHusonUserName);
 		arguments.setHudsonUserName(Hudson.getAuthentication().getName());
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jvnet/hudson/plugins/m2release/M2ReleaseArgumentsAction.java b/src/main/java/org/jvnet/hudson/plugins/m2release/M2ReleaseArgumentsAction.java
index b5aeccde..d7b682b9 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jvnet/hudson/plugins/m2release/M2ReleaseArgumentsAction.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jvnet/hudson/plugins/m2release/M2ReleaseArgumentsAction.java
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ public class M2ReleaseArgumentsAction implements Action {
 	private transient String scmPassword;
 	private transient String scmCommentPrefix;
 	private String scmTagName;
+	private String submodules;
 
 	private transient boolean appendHusonUserName;
 	private transient String hudsonUserName;
@@ -186,4 +187,12 @@ public void setHudsonUserName(String hudsonUserName) {
 		this.hudsonUserName = hudsonUserName;
 	}
 
+	public String getSubmodules() {
+		return submodules;
+	}
+
+	public void setSubmodules(String submodules) {
+		this.submodules = submodules;
+	}
+
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jvnet/hudson/plugins/m2release/M2ReleaseBuildWrapper.java b/src/main/java/org/jvnet/hudson/plugins/m2release/M2ReleaseBuildWrapper.java
index eb5b3345..4e6a69df 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jvnet/hudson/plugins/m2release/M2ReleaseBuildWrapper.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jvnet/hudson/plugins/m2release/M2ReleaseBuildWrapper.java
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ public class M2ReleaseBuildWrapper extends BuildWrapper {
 	public boolean                        selectCustomScmCommentPrefix = DescriptorImpl.DEFAULT_SELECT_CUSTOM_SCM_COMMENT_PREFIX;
 	public boolean                        selectAppendHudsonUsername   = DescriptorImpl.DEFAULT_SELECT_APPEND_HUDSON_USERNAME;
 	public boolean                        selectScmCredentials         = DescriptorImpl.DEFAULT_SELECT_SCM_CREDENTIALS;
+	public boolean                        selectSubmodules         = DescriptorImpl.DEFAULT_SELECT_SUBMODULES;
 	
 	public int                            numberOfReleaseBuildsToKeep  = DescriptorImpl.DEFAULT_NUMBER_OF_RELEASE_BUILDS_TO_KEEP;
 	
@@ -163,6 +164,10 @@ public void buildEnvVars(Map<String, String> env) {
 		if (args.getScmTagName() != null) {
 			buildGoals.append("-Dtag=").append(args.getScmTagName()).append(' ');
 		}
+		
+		if (args.getSubmodules() != null) {
+			buildGoals.append("--projects ").append(args.getSubmodules()).append(' ');
+		}
 
 		if (args.isDryRun()) {
 			buildGoals.append(getDryRunGoals());
@@ -373,7 +378,7 @@ private Object readResolve() {
 
 	@Override
 	public Action getProjectAction(@SuppressWarnings("rawtypes") AbstractProject job) {
-		return new M2ReleaseAction((MavenModuleSet) job, selectCustomScmCommentPrefix, selectAppendHudsonUsername, selectScmCredentials);
+		return new M2ReleaseAction((MavenModuleSet) job, selectCustomScmCommentPrefix, selectAppendHudsonUsername, selectScmCredentials, selectSubmodules);
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -465,6 +470,7 @@ public static class DescriptorImpl extends BuildWrapperDescriptor {
 		public static final boolean    DEFAULT_SELECT_CUSTOM_SCM_COMMENT_PREFIX = false;
 		public static final boolean    DEFAULT_SELECT_APPEND_HUDSON_USERNAME    = false;
 		public static final boolean    DEFAULT_SELECT_SCM_CREDENTIALS           = false;
+		public static final boolean    DEFAULT_SELECT_SUBMODULES	            = false;
 
 		public static final int        DEFAULT_NUMBER_OF_RELEASE_BUILDS_TO_KEEP = 1;
 
diff --git a/src/main/resources/org/jvnet/hudson/plugins/m2release/M2ReleaseAction/index.jelly b/src/main/resources/org/jvnet/hudson/plugins/m2release/M2ReleaseAction/index.jelly
index 31cadf0e..8617ffa8 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/org/jvnet/hudson/plugins/m2release/M2ReleaseAction/index.jelly
+++ b/src/main/resources/org/jvnet/hudson/plugins/m2release/M2ReleaseAction/index.jelly
@@ -44,6 +44,12 @@
 							<f:textbox name="scmTag" value="${it.computeScmTag()}" />
 						</f:entry>
 					</f:optionalBlock>
+					
+					<f:optionalBlock name="submoduleRelease" title="Release Specific Submodules" checked="${it.selectSubmoduleRelease}" help="/plugin/m2release/help-actionRelease-specifySubmodule.html">
+						<f:entry title="Submodules">
+							<f:textbox name="submodules" value="" />
+						</f:entry>
+					</f:optionalBlock>
 
 					<j:if test="${it.nexusSupportEnabled}">
 						<f:section title="Nexus Pro Support">
diff --git a/src/main/webapp/help-actionRelease-specifySubmodule.html b/src/main/webapp/help-actionRelease-specifySubmodule.html
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8d7bf233
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/webapp/help-actionRelease-specifySubmodule.html
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<div>
+	Enable this option to manually select which sub modules you want to release. If you want to release multiple modules at once, separate them with ','.
+	By default all modules are released.
+	<p>Example:<p/>
+	<p>org.example.group:artifact1,org.example.group:artifact2<p/>
+</div>
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