diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 681babe..c25b9d3 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+VERSION=2.0
+
 all: executable commit-patch.1
 
 # Darcs loses the x bit. :-(
@@ -6,3 +8,11 @@ executable:
 
 commit-patch.1: commit-patch
 	pod2man -c "User Commands" $< > $@
+
+release: commit-patch-$(VERSION)
+
+commit-patch-$(VERSION): commit-patch commit-patch-buffer.el commit-patch.1 Makefile README COPYING
+	mkdir commit-patch-$(VERSION)
+	cp -p $^ commit-patch-$(VERSION)
+	tar czf commit-patch-$(VERSION).tar.gz commit-patch-$(VERSION)
+	rm -rf commit-patch-$(VERSION)