diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 27ca658..079d333 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -75,6 +75,12 @@ There are multiple ways to install **tablizer**:
   
   Download it and put it into some directory within your `$PATH` variable.
   
+- The release page also contains a tarball for every supported platform. Unpack it
+  to some temporary directory, extract it and execute the following command inside:
+  ```
+  sudo make install
+  ```
+  
 - You can also install from source. Issue the following commands in your shell:
   ```
   git clone https://github.com/TLINDEN/tablizer.git
@@ -83,6 +89,9 @@ There are multiple ways to install **tablizer**:
   sudo make install
   ```
 
+If you  do not find a  binary release for your  platform, please don't
+hesitate to ask me about it, I'll add it.
+
 ## Documentation
 
 The  documentation  is  provided  as  a unix  man-page.   It  will  be
diff --git a/mkrel.sh b/mkrel.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..8f1d2cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mkrel.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# get list with: go tool dist list
+DIST="darwin/amd64
+freebsd/amd64
+linux/amd64
+netbsd/amd64
+openbsd/amd64
+windows/amd64"
+
+tool="$1"
+version="$2"
+
+rm -rf releases
+mkdir -p releases
+
+
+for D in $DIST; do
+    os=${D/\/*/}
+    arch=${D/*\//}
+    binfile="releases/${tool}-${os}-${arch}-${version}"
+    tardir="${tool}-${os}-${arch}-${version}"
+    tarfile="releases/${tool}-${os}-${arch}-${version}.tar.gz"
+    set -x
+    GOOS=${os} GOARCH=${arch} go build -o ${binfile}
+    mkdir -p ${tardir}
+    cp ${binfile} README.md LICENSE ${tardir}/
+    echo 'tool = tablizer
+PREFIX = /usr/local
+UID    = root
+GID    = 0
+
+install:
+	install -d -o $(UID) -g $(GID) $(PREFIX)/bin
+	install -d -o $(UID) -g $(GID) $(PREFIX)/man/man1
+	install -o $(UID) -g $(GID) -m 555 $(tool)  $(PREFIX)/sbin/
+	install -o $(UID) -g $(GID) -m 444 $(tool).1 $(PREFIX)/man/man1/' > ${tardir}/Makefile
+    tar cpzf ${tarfile} ${tardir}
+    sha256sum ${binfile} | cut -d' ' -f1 > ${binfile}.sha256
+    sha256sum ${tarfile} | cut -d' ' -f1 > ${tarfile}.sha256
+    rm -rf ${tardir}
+    set +x
+done
+