diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..23b161b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+name: Create release
+on: 
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      version:
+        description: "The release name, something like vX.X.X"
+        required: true
+env:
+  TARGET_VERSION: ${{ github.event.inputs.version }}
+jobs:
+  release:
+    name: Create release
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - run: |
+                CRATE_VERSION=$(cat Cargo.toml | grep ^version | awk '{ print $3 }' | tr -d '"')
+                CRATE_VERSION=v${CRATE_VERSION}
+                echo version in Cargo.toml is $CRATE_VERSION
+                echo version in workflow is $TARGET_VERSION
+                if [ "$CRATE_VERSION" = "$TARGET_VERSION" ]; then
+                  exit 0
+                else
+                  exit 1
+                fi
+      - uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
+        with:
+          toolchain: stable
+      - run: cargo test --locked --all-features --release
+      - run: cargo install cargo-deb
+      - run: cargo deb
+      - run: cargo install cargo-generate-rpm
+      - run: cargo generate-rpm
+      - run: mv target/release/nuq target/release/nuq_${TARGET_VERSION}
+      - uses: ncipollo/release-action@v1
+        with:
+          artifacts: "target/release/nuq_${{ github.event.inputs.version }},target/debian/*.deb,target/generate-rpm/*.rpm"
+          artifactErrorsFailBuild: true
+          commit: ${{ github.sha }}
+          bodyFile: release-notes/${{ github.event.inputs.version }}.md
+          tag: ${{ github.event.inputs.version }}
+          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index fea3a21..daabfa8 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,3 +21,10 @@ serde-transcode = "1.1"
 serde_yaml = "0.9"
 syntect = "5.0"
 toml = "0.5"
+
+[package.metadata.generate-rpm]
+assets = [
+    { source = "target/release/nuq", dest = "/usr/bin/nuq", mode = "0755" },
+    { source = "LICENSE", dest = "/usr/share/doc/nuq/LICENSE", doc = true, mode = "0644" },
+    { source = "README.md", dest = "/usr/share/doc/nuq/README.md", doc = true, mode = "0644" }
+]