diff --git a/.woodpecker/release.yaml b/.woodpecker/release.yaml
index 89241ee..76fed19 100644
--- a/.woodpecker/release.yaml
+++ b/.woodpecker/release.yaml
@@ -6,24 +6,25 @@ labels:
 steps:
   compile:
     when:
-      event: [tag]
+      event: [tag,manual]
     image: alpine:latest
     commands:
       - apk update
       - apk add --no-cache bash build-base words-en gdb perl pcre2-static pcre2-dev gdbm gdbm-dev pkgconfig meson ninja
       - meson setup --reconfigure --prefer-static  -Dcpp_link_args="-static" --buildtype=release build
       - ninja -C build
+      - meson dist -C build --formats xztar,gztar,zip
       - file build/dbtool
       - mv build/dbtool dbtool-linux-amd64
 
   release:
     image: alpine:latest
     when:
-      event: [tag]
+      event: [tag,manual]
     environment:
       DEPLOY_TOKEN:
         from_secret: DEPLOY_TOKEN
     commands:
       - apk update
       - apk add --no-cache bash httpie jq git
-      - .woodpecker/release.sh dbtool-linux-amd64
+      - .woodpecker/release.sh dbtool-linux-amd64 build/meson-dist/*