diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e2aa4ea38d..778796dfe9 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 {
-  "name": "@nrwl/nx",
+  "name": "@nrwl/nx-source",
   "version": "0.0.1",
   "description": "Angular Extensions",
   "main": "index.js",
+  "private": true,
   "scripts": {
     "build": "./scripts/build.sh",
     "e2e": "yarn build && ./scripts/e2e.sh",
@@ -11,7 +12,8 @@
     "package": "./scripts/package.sh",
     "release": "./scripts/release.sh",
     "copy-to-cli": "./scripts/copy-to-cli.sh",
-    "test": "yarn build && ./scripts/test.sh"
+    "test": "yarn build && ./scripts/test.sh",
+    "publish_npm": "./scripts/publish.sh"
   },
   "dependencies" :{
     "jasmine-marbles": "0.1.0"
@@ -41,7 +43,8 @@
     "karma-jasmine": "~1.1.0",
     "karma-webpack": "2.0.4",
     "clang-format": "^1.0.32",
-    "angular": "1.6.6"
+    "angular": "1.6.6",
+    "semver": "^5.4.1"
   },
   "author": "Victor Savkin",
   "license": "MIT",
diff --git a/scripts/publish.sh b/scripts/publish.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..d7778abea3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/publish.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# This script will:
+# - Run the package script
+# - copy built packages into new directory, so as to not mutate in place
+# - NOT change the version of the root package.json
+# - set all built package versions to value provided in the command line OR the version in the root package.json
+# - validate that the supplied version is a valid npm version according to the semver spec
+# - check that npm does not already have this version published for ANY package
+# - publish all packages in the build/packages directory to npm
+# - publish to the provided tag OR `latest` by default
+
+./scripts/package.sh
+
+# i.e. ./scripts/publish.sh 1.0.0-beta.1 beta
+VERSION=$1
+TAG=$2
+PACKAGE_SOURCE=build/packages
+NPM_DEST=build/npm
+ORIG_DIRECTORY=`pwd`
+
+# Grab version from package.json if not provided as 1st arg
+if [ -z "$VERSION" ]; then
+  VERSION=`node -e "console.log(require('./package.json').version)"`
+fi
+
+# Validate that the version is valid according to semver
+VERSION=`node -e "console.log(require('semver').valid('${VERSION}'))"`
+
+if [ "$VERSION" = "null" ]; then
+  echo "Version $VERSION is not valid semver"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+if [ -z "$TAG" ]; then
+  TAG="latest"
+fi
+
+# Create working directory and copy over built packages
+rm -rf $NPM_DEST
+mkdir -p $NPM_DEST
+cp -R $PACKAGE_SOURCE/* $NPM_DEST/
+
+# Get rid of tarballs at top of copied directory (made with npm pack)
+find $NPM_DEST -name *.tgz -maxdepth 1 -delete
+
+for package in $NPM_DEST/*/
+do
+
+  PACKAGE_DIR="$(basename ${package})"
+  cd $NPM_DEST/$PACKAGE_DIR
+  # Check that the new version for the package is not taken
+  PACKAGE_NAME=`node -e "console.log(require('./package.json').name)"`
+  echo "Preparing to publish ${PACKAGE_NAME}"
+  # Package might not exist yet, so suppress errors if so
+  PACKAGE_INFO=`npm view ${PACKAGE_NAME}@${VERSION} 2> /dev/null`
+  if [ -z "$PACKAGE_INFO"]; then
+    echo "Package ${PACKAGE_NAME} not yet published. Okay to proceed."
+  elif [ "$PACKAGE_INFO" = "undefined" ]; then
+    echo "Package ${PACKAGE_NAME} not yet published at ${VERSION}. Okay to proceed."
+  else
+    echo "package ${PACKAGE_NAME} has already been published at ${VERSION}"
+    exit 1
+  fi
+
+  # Set the package.json version for the package
+  npm version $VERSION
+
+  echo "Publishing ${PACKAGE_NAME}@${VERSION} --tag ${TAG}"
+  npm publish --tag $TAG
+
+  cd $ORIG_DIRECTORY
+done
+
+echo "Publishing complete"
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 88f06d13bd..9c79721f70 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -4798,7 +4798,7 @@ selfsigned@^1.9.1:
   dependencies:
     node-forge "0.6.33"
 
-"semver@2 || 3 || 4 || 5", semver@^5.1.0, semver@^5.3.0:
+"semver@2 || 3 || 4 || 5", semver@^5.1.0, semver@^5.3.0, semver@^5.4.1:
   version "5.4.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/semver/-/semver-5.4.1.tgz#e059c09d8571f0540823733433505d3a2f00b18e"