diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-asset.yml b/.github/workflows/release-asset.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6c5dd871
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-asset.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+name: Release ZIP Asset
+
+on:
+  release:
+    types: [published]
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+
+concurrency:
+  group: release-asset-${{ github.event.release.tag_name || github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+jobs:
+  upload-zip-asset:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
+
+      - name: Resolve archive ref
+        id: archive_ref
+        run: |
+          if [ -n "${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}" ]; then
+            echo "ref=${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          else
+            echo "ref=$GITHUB_SHA" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          fi
+
+      - name: Build release archive
+        run: |
+          git archive --format=zip \
+            --output=pollenlevels.zip \
+            "${{ steps.archive_ref.outputs.ref }}" \
+            custom_components/pollenlevels
+
+      - name: Verify ZIP structure
+        run: |
+          unzip -l pollenlevels.zip | grep -q "custom_components/pollenlevels/manifest.json"
+
+      - name: Upload pollenlevels.zip
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
+        with:
+          files: pollenlevels.zip
+          tag_name: ${{ github.event.release.tag_name || github.ref_name }}
diff --git a/hacs.json b/hacs.json
index 99f40769..0e110372 100644
--- a/hacs.json
+++ b/hacs.json
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
   "name": "Pollen Levels",
   "homeassistant": "2025.3.0",
   "content_in_root": false,
+  "zip_release": true,
+  "filename": "pollenlevels.zip",
   "render_readme": true,
   "hacs": "2.0.0"
 }