diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index bbbeb76..c1f18e8 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -10,4 +10,11 @@
 distclean: clean
 	rm -f metche.8
 
+VERSION=$(shell head -n1 Changelog | awk '{print $$1}')
+release: Changelog
+	git archive \
+	   --prefix=metche-$(VERSION)/ \
+	   --output=../metche-$(VERSION).tar.gz \
+	   master
+
 .PHONY: all doc clean distclean