diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ec22f3e27d..1a468655be 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@ target/
 .settings/
 .DS_Store
 *~
+packages/
diff --git a/apm-sniffer/apm-agent/pom.xml b/apm-sniffer/apm-agent/pom.xml
index 388873e7b7..ab897ece67 100644
--- a/apm-sniffer/apm-agent/pom.xml
+++ b/apm-sniffer/apm-agent/pom.xml
@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@
                             <goal>shade</goal>
                         </goals>
                         <configuration>
+                            <outputDirectory>${project.basedir}/../../packages</outputDirectory>
                             <shadedArtifactAttached>false</shadedArtifactAttached>
                             <createDependencyReducedPom>true</createDependencyReducedPom>
                             <createSourcesJar>true</createSourcesJar>