diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 0e71e3c4..6f78b5f1 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ buildscript {
 
 plugins {
     id 'com.diffplug.spotless' version '5.14.0' // https://search.maven.org/search?q=a:spotless-plugin-gradle
+    id 'maven-publish'
 }
 
 version "0.0.1-SNAPSHOT"
diff --git a/jitpack.yml b/jitpack.yml
index adb3fe10..25dc5718 100644
--- a/jitpack.yml
+++ b/jitpack.yml
@@ -1,2 +1,5 @@
 jdk:
   - openjdk11
+install:
+  - echo "Doing custom publishToMavenLocal gradle build to work with Gradle 7"
+  - ./gradlew build -x test publishToMavenLocal