diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3600152..0f69b5c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ Cargo.lock
 testfiles
 perf.data*
 flamegraph*svg
+release/
 
 
 # Created by https://www.toptal.com/developers/gitignore/api/intellij
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9653832
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+VERSION := $(shell rg -o '(?<=^version = ")([0-9.]*)' Cargo.toml)
+
+RELEASE_LINUX=tacview-splitter-linux-x86_64.tar.gz
+RELEASE_WINDOWS=tacview-splitter-win10-x86_64.zip
+
+BIN_LINUX=target/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/release/tacview-splitter
+BIN_WINDOWS=target/x86_64-pc-windows-gnu/release/tacview-splitter.exe
+
+default: release
+
+build:
+	cargo build --release --target x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
+	cargo build --release --target x86_64-pc-windows-gnu
+
+strip: build
+	strip ${BIN_LINUX} ${BIN_WINDOWS}
+
+release: build strip
+	rm -rf release;
+	mkdir -p release/{windows,linux}/tacview-splitter-${VERSION};
+	cp ${BIN_LINUX} release/linux/tacview-splitter-${VERSION}
+	cp ${BIN_WINDOWS} release/windows/tacview-splitter-${VERSION}
+	cd release/linux; tar -zcvf ${RELEASE_LINUX} tacview-splitter-${VERSION}; cp ${RELEASE_LINUX} ..
+	cd release/windows; 7z a ${RELEASE_WINDOWS} tacview-splitter-${VERSION}; cp ${RELEASE_WINDOWS} ..
+	cd release; sha256sum ${RELEASE_LINUX} ${RELEASE_WINDOWS} > sha256sums.txt