diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 2e870d7..0eeb53d 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@ commit-partial.1:
 commit-patch.html: commit-patch
 	pod2html --title="commit-patch Documentation" $< > $@
 
-release: commit-patch-$(VERSION)
+release: commit-patch-$(VERSION).tar.gz
 
-commit-patch-$(VERSION): commit-patch commit-partial commit-patch-buffer.el commit-patch.1 commit-partial.1 commit-patch.html Makefile README COPYING ChangeLog
+commit-patch-$(VERSION).tar.gz: commit-patch commit-partial commit-patch-buffer.el commit-patch.1 commit-partial.1 commit-patch.html Makefile README COPYING ChangeLog
 	mkdir commit-patch-$(VERSION)
 	rsync -a $^ commit-patch-$(VERSION)
 	tar czf commit-patch-$(VERSION).tar.gz commit-patch-$(VERSION)