diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 8c9c5214..a557dd86 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 GOTOOLS = \
 					github.com/mitchellh/gox \
+					github.com/tcnksm/ghr \
 					github.com/Masterminds/glide \
 					honnef.co/go/tools/cmd/megacheck
 
diff --git a/scripts/publish.sh b/scripts/publish.sh
index 3091575f..ba944087 100755
--- a/scripts/publish.sh
+++ b/scripts/publish.sh
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ if [ -z "$VERSION" ]; then
     echo "Please specify a version."
     exit 1
 fi
+echo "==> Copying ${DIST_DIR} to S3..."
 
 # copy to s3
 aws s3 cp --recursive ${DIST_DIR} s3://tendermint/binaries/tendermint/v${VERSION} --acl public-read 
diff --git a/scripts/release.sh b/scripts/release.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..02899ad5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/release.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -e
+
+# Get the version from the environment, or try to figure it out.
+if [ -z $VERSION ]; then
+	VERSION=$(awk -F\" '/Version =/ { print $2; exit }' < version/version.go)
+fi
+if [ -z "$VERSION" ]; then
+    echo "Please specify a version."
+    exit 1
+fi
+echo "==> Releasing version $VERSION..."
+
+# Get the parent directory of where this script is.
+SOURCE="${BASH_SOURCE[0]}"
+while [ -h "$SOURCE" ] ; do SOURCE="$(readlink "$SOURCE")"; done
+DIR="$( cd -P "$( dirname "$SOURCE" )/.." && pwd )"
+
+# Change into that dir because we expect that.
+cd "$DIR"
+
+# Building binaries
+sh -c "'$DIR/scripts/dist.sh'"
+
+# Pushing binaries to S3
+sh -c "'$DIR/scripts/publish.sh'"
+
+echo "==> Crafting a Github release"
+today=$(date +"%B-%d-%Y")
+ghr -b "https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#${VERSION//.}-${today,}" "v$VERSION" "$DIR/build/dist"
+
+# Build and push Docker image
+
+## Get SHA256SUM of the linux archive
+SHA256SUM=$(shasum -a256 "${DIR}/build/dist/tendermint_${VERSION}_linux_amd64.zip" | awk '{print $1;}')
+
+## Replace TM_VERSION and TM_SHA256SUM with the new values
+sed -i -e "s/TM_VERSION .*/TM_VERSION $VERSION/g" "$DIR/DOCKER/Dockerfile"
+sed -i -e "s/TM_SHA256SUM .*/TM_SHA256SUM $SHA256SUM/g" "$DIR/DOCKER/Dockerfile"
+git commit -m "update Dockerfile" -a "$DIR/DOCKER/Dockerfile"
+echo "==> TODO: update DOCKER/README.md (latest Dockerfile's hash is $(git rev-parse HEAD)) and copy it's content to https://store.docker.com/community/images/tendermint/tendermint"
+
+pushd "$DIR/DOCKER"
+
+## Build Docker image
+TAG=$VERSION sh -c "'./build.sh'"
+
+## Push Docker image
+TAG=$VERSION sh -c "'./push.sh'"
+
+popd
+
+exit 0