diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index cd4ba5b..be3570f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ bin/rocksdb*
 # Generated files
 log/
 data/
+dist/
 
 # IntelliJ
 .idea/
diff --git a/scripts/release.sh b/scripts/release.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..b87ef6a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/release.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+version=`git rev-parse HEAD`
+name=rocksdb-server-`echo $version | cut -c1-8`
+
+echo "Building: ${name}"
+mvn install || exit 1
+
+dir=dist/${name}
+mkdir -p ${dir} || exit 2
+cp -r lib ${dir} || exit 3
+cp -r bin ${dir} || exit 3
+cp -r conf ${dir} || exit 3
+
+(cd dist; tar -cvzf ${name}.tar.gz ${name})
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