diff --git a/pom.client.xml b/pom.client.xml
index 9e616478cd79..e538dd88b0c6 100644
--- a/pom.client.xml
+++ b/pom.client.xml
@@ -1035,6 +1035,39 @@
       </build>
     </profile>
 
+    <profile>
+      <id>changelog</id>
+      <activation>
+        <file>
+          <exists>${basedir}/CHANGELOG.md</exists>
+        </file>
+      </activation>
+      <build>
+        <plugins>
+          <plugin>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId>
+            <version>1.8</version> <!-- {x-version-update;org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-antrun-plugin;external_dependency} -->
+            <executions>
+              <execution>
+                <id>copy-changelog</id>
+                <phase>package</phase>
+                <configuration>
+                  <target>
+                    <echo>Copying ${project.basedir}/CHANGELOG.md to ${packageOutputDirectory}/${project.build.finalName}-changelog.md</echo>
+                    <copy file="${project.basedir}/CHANGELOG.md" tofile="${packageOutputDirectory}/${project.build.finalName}-changelog.md"/>
+                  </target>
+                </configuration>
+                <goals>
+                  <goal>run</goal>
+                </goals>
+              </execution>
+            </executions>
+          </plugin>        
+        </plugins>
+      </build>
+    </profile>
+
     <profile>
       <!-- separate profile for windows as the executable on windows is named npx.cmd and npx on other os families -->
       <id>readme-codesnippet-windows</id>