diff --git a/avro-fastserde/build.gradle b/avro-fastserde/build.gradle
index 112845926..b02a026cf 100644
--- a/avro-fastserde/build.gradle
+++ b/avro-fastserde/build.gradle
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2020 LinkedIn Corp.
+ * Licensed under the BSD 2-Clause License (the "License").

+ * See License in the project root for license information.
+ */
+
 plugins {
   id "java-library"
 }
@@ -145,3 +151,117 @@ cleanupAndRebuildTestsForAvro18.dependsOn generateAvroClasses18
 testAvro14.dependsOn cleanupAndRebuildTestsForAvro14
 testAvro17.dependsOn cleanupAndRebuildTestsForAvro17
 testAvro18.dependsOn cleanupAndRebuildTestsForAvro18
+
+//custom publishing code to export a depndency on "helper-all":
+
+task sourceJar(type: Jar) {
+  from sourceSets.main.allJava
+  classifier "sources"
+}
+
+task javadocJar(type: Jar) {
+  from javadoc
+  classifier = 'javadoc'
+}
+
+task testJar(type: Jar) {
+  from sourceSets.test.allJava
+  classifier = 'tests'
+}
+
+publishing {
+  publications {
+    "$project.name"(MavenPublication) {
+      groupId project.group
+      artifactId project.name
+      version project.version
+
+      from components.java
+      artifact sourceJar
+      artifact javadocJar
+      artifact testJar
+
+      //we strive to meet https://central.sonatype.org/pages/requirements.html
+      pom {
+        name = 'Avro Util'
+        description = 'utilities for writing code that works across major avro versions'
+        url = 'https://github.com/linkedin/avro-util'
+
+        licenses {
+          license {
+            name = 'BSD 2-Clause'
+            url = 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/linkedin/avro-util/master/LICENSE'
+          }
+        }
+        developers {
+          developer {
+            id = 'radai-rosenblatt'
+            name = 'Radai Rosenblatt'
+            email = 'radai.rosenblatt@gmail.com'
+            organization = 'LinkedIn'
+            organizationUrl = 'linkedin.com'
+          }
+          developer {
+            id = 'abhishekmendhekar'
+            name = 'Abhishek Mendhekar'
+            organization = 'LinkedIn'
+            organizationUrl = 'linkedin.com'
+          }
+          developer {
+            id = 'jimhe'
+            name = 'Jim He'
+            email = 'jimjhe@gmail.com'
+            organization = 'LinkedIn'
+            organizationUrl = 'linkedin.com'
+          }
+          developer {
+            id = 'ghosthack'
+            name = 'Adrian Fernandez'
+            email = 'adrian@ghosthack.com'
+            organization = 'LinkedIn'
+            organizationUrl = 'linkedin.com'
+          }
+        }
+        scm {
+          connection = 'scm:git:git://github.com:linkedin/avro-util.git'
+          developerConnection = 'scm:git:ssh://github.com:linkedin/avro-util.git'
+          url = 'https://github.com/linkedin/avro-util'
+        }
+      }
+
+      //remove the dependency on helper, and replace with one on helper-all
+      pom.withXml {
+        Node dependenciesNode = (Node) (asNode().dependencies[0])
+        Collection<Node> dependencyNodes = dependenciesNode.children()
+        List<Node> toRemove = new ArrayList<>()
+
+        for (Node o : dependencyNodes) {
+          if ("$project.group" == o.groupId[0].text() && "helper" == o.artifactId[0].text()) {
+            toRemove.add(o)
+          }
+        }
+
+        for (Node o : toRemove) {
+          dependencyNodes.remove(o)
+        }
+
+        def dependencyNode = dependenciesNode.appendNode('dependency')
+        dependencyNode.appendNode('groupId', "$project.group")
+        dependencyNode.appendNode('artifactId', "helper-all")
+        dependencyNode.appendNode('version', "$project.version")
+        dependencyNode.appendNode('scope', "compile")
+      }
+    }
+
+    //record all of this module's publications in the bintray publications list
+    //for the root project
+    List<String> allPublicationNames = new ArrayList<>(Arrays.asList(rootProject.bintray.publications))
+    List<String> projectAndDepPublicationNames = new ArrayList<>(project.publishing.publications.names)
+    for (String projectPubName : projectAndDepPublicationNames) {
+      if (!allPublicationNames.contains(projectPubName)) {
+        allPublicationNames.add(projectPubName)
+      }
+    }
+    rootProject.bintray.publications = allPublicationNames.toArray()
+  }
+}
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 11fe792d3..df7329c02 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@ plugins {
 group = 'com.linkedin.avroutil1'
 
 //does not include "helper" as that module has its own publishing section (because fat jar)
-Set<String> projectsToPublish = new HashSet<>(Arrays.asList("avro-migration-helper", "avro-codegen", "avro-fastserde"))
+//does not include "avro-fastserde" as that module has its own publishing section (because we want it to depend on the fat jar)
+Set<String> projectsToPublish = new HashSet<>(Arrays.asList("avro-migration-helper", "avro-codegen"))
 Set<String> projectsToRecordGitInfoFor = new HashSet<>(projectsToPublish)
 projectsToRecordGitInfoFor.add("helper")