diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 9ef065ae77..df5e23eca7 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ go-test-app-dir := ./src/acceptance/assets/app/go_app
 go_modules := $(shell find . -maxdepth 6 -name "*.mod" -exec dirname {} \; | sed 's|\./src/||' | sort)
 all_modules := $(go_modules) db scheduler
 
-MVN_OPTS = "-Dmaven.test.skip=true"
+MVN_OPTS = "-Dmaven.test.skip=true"make
 OS := $(shell . /etc/lsb-release &>/dev/null && echo $${DISTRIB_ID} || uname)
 db_type := postgres
 DB_HOST := localhost
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ GOLANGCI_LINT_VERSION = v$(shell cat .tool-versions | grep golangci-lint  \
 
 export DEBUG ?= false
 export ACCEPTANCE_TESTS_FILE ?= ${DEST}/app-autoscaler-acceptance-tests-v${VERSION}.tgz
+export MTAR_FILE ?= ${DEST}/app-autoscaler-release-v${VERSION}.mtar
 export GOWORK = off
 
 $(shell mkdir -p target)
@@ -94,7 +95,7 @@ clean-acceptance:
 build: $(all_modules)
 build-tests: build-test
 build-test: $(addprefix test_,$(go_modules))
-build-all: build build-test build-test-app ## Build all modules and tests
+build-all: build build-test build-test-app mta-build ## Build all modules and tests
 db: target/db
 target/db:
 	@echo "# building $@"
@@ -260,13 +261,6 @@ build/autoscaler-test.tgz:
 	@mkdir -p build
 	@bosh create-release --force --timestamp-version --tarball=build/autoscaler-test.tgz
 
-.PHONY: acceptance-release
-acceptance-release: clean-acceptance go-mod-tidy go-mod-vendor build-test-app
-	@echo " - building acceptance test release '${VERSION}' to dir: '${DEST}' "
-	@mkdir -p ${DEST}
-	${AUTOSCALER_DIR}/scripts/compile-acceptance-tests.sh
-	@tar --create --auto-compress --directory="src" --file="${ACCEPTANCE_TESTS_FILE}" 'acceptance'
-
 .PHONY: generate-fakes autoscaler.generate-fakes test-app.generate-fakes
 generate-fakes: autoscaler.generate-fakes test-app.generate-fakes
 autoscaler.generate-fakes:
@@ -360,7 +354,21 @@ deploy-prometheus: ${prometheus-bosh-release-path}/manifests
 	${CI_DIR}/infrastructure/scripts/deploy-prometheus.sh;
 
 
+.PHONY: mta-release
+mta-release: mta-build
+	@echo " - building mtar release '${VERSION}' to dir: '${DEST}' "
+
+.PHONY: acceptance-release
+acceptance-release: clean-acceptance go-mod-tidy go-mod-vendor build-test-app
+	@echo " - building acceptance test release '${VERSION}' to dir: '${DEST}' "
+	@mkdir -p ${DEST}
+	${AUTOSCALER_DIR}/scripts/compile-acceptance-tests.sh
+	@tar --create --auto-compress --directory="src" --file="${ACCEPTANCE_TESTS_FILE}" 'acceptance'
 
+.PHONY: mta-build
+mta-build:
+	@echo " - building mta"
+	@make --directory='./src/autoscaler' mta-build
 
 .PHONY: build-test-app
 build-test-app:
diff --git a/src/autoscaler/.gitignore b/src/autoscaler/.gitignore
index 9f56ece60a..37f4a3c002 100644
--- a/src/autoscaler/.gitignore
+++ b/src/autoscaler/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 build/
+mta.yaml
 fakes/
 mta_archives/
diff --git a/src/autoscaler/Makefile b/src/autoscaler/Makefile
index 79c59bb7ff..568dd550f5 100644
--- a/src/autoscaler/Makefile
+++ b/src/autoscaler/Makefile
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ SHELL := /bin/bash
 MAKEFLAGS := -s
 aes_terminal_font_yellow := \e[38;2;255;255;0m
 aes_terminal_reset := \e[0m
+VERSION ?= 0.0.0-rc.1
+DEST ?= build
 
 GO_VERSION = $(shell go version | sed -e 's/^[^0-9.]*\([0-9.]*\).*/\1/')
 GO_DEPENDENCIES = $(shell find . -type f -name '*.go')
@@ -29,6 +31,7 @@ GINKGO_OPTS = -r --race --require-suite --randomize-all --cover ${OPTS}
 GINKGO_VERSION = v$(shell cat ../../.tool-versions | grep ginkgo  | cut --delimiter=' ' --fields='2')
 
 
+
 # ogen generated OpenAPI clients and servers
 openapi-generated-clients-and-servers-dir := ./helpers/apis/scalinghistory
 openapi-spec-path := ../../api
@@ -162,7 +165,11 @@ mta-logs:
 
 .PHONY: mta-build
 mta-build: mta-build-clean
+	cp mta.tpl.yaml mta.yaml
+	sed -i 's/VERSION/$(VERSION)/g' mta.yaml
+	mkdir -p $(DEST)
 	mbt build
+	mv mta_archives/com.github.cloudfoundry.app-autoscaler-release_$(VERSION).mtar $(DEST)/app-autoscaler-release-v$(VERSION).mtar
 
 mta-build-clean:
 	rm -rf mta_archives
diff --git a/src/autoscaler/mta.tpl.yaml b/src/autoscaler/mta.tpl.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5e0cd1b48f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/autoscaler/mta.tpl.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+ID: com.github.cloudfoundry.app-autoscaler-release
+description: Application Autoscaler Release for Cloud Foundry
+_schema-version: "3.3.0"
+provider: Cloud Foundry Foundation
+copyright: Apache License 2.0
+version: VERSION
+
+modules:
+  - name: metricsforwarder
+    type: go
+    path: .
+    properties:
+      GO_INSTALL_PACKAGE_SPEC: code.cloudfoundry.org/app-autoscaler/src/autoscaler/metricsforwarder/cmd/metricsforwarder
+    requires:
+    - name: config
+    - name: policydb
+    - name: syslog-client
+    parameters:
+      memory: 1G
+      disk-quota: 1G
+      instances: 2
+      stack: cflinuxfs4
+      routes:
+    build-parameters:
+      builder: custom
+      commands:
+      - make vendor
+
+resources:
+- name: config
+  type: org.cloudfoundry.user-provided-service
+  parameters:
+    service-tags:
+    - config
+    path: metricsforwarder/default_config.json
+- name: policydb
+  type: org.cloudfoundry.user-provided-service
+  parameters:
+    service-tags:
+    - policy_db
+    - relational
+- name: syslog-client
+  type: org.cloudfoundry.user-provided-service
+  parameters:
+    service-tags:
+    - syslog-client
+
diff --git a/src/autoscaler/mta.yaml b/src/autoscaler/mta.yaml
index 4f9b597ea2..a7c82483d6 100644
--- a/src/autoscaler/mta.yaml
+++ b/src/autoscaler/mta.yaml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ description: Application Autoscaler Release for Cloud Foundry
 _schema-version: "3.3.0"
 provider: Cloud Foundry Foundation
 copyright: Apache License 2.0
-version: 0.0.1
+version: 0.0.0-rc.1
 
 modules:
   - name: metricsforwarder