diff --git a/.github/workflows/release_build.yaml b/.github/workflows/release_build.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9ff07e65
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release_build.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+name: Release Build
+on:
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - 'v[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+' # Trigger this workflow when a new vX.Y.Z tag is pushed
+env:
+  GO_VERSION: 1.20.3
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    name: Build Artifacts
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      actions: read
+    steps:
+      - name: Setup go
+        uses: actions/setup-go@4d34df0c2316fe8122ab82dc22947d607c0c91f9 # v4.0.0
+        with:
+          go-version: ${{ env.GO_VERSION }}
+
+      - name: Check out code
+        uses: actions/checkout@8e5e7e5ab8b370d6c329ec480221332ada57f0ab # v3.5.2
+
+      - name: Get dependencies
+        run: go mod download
+
+      - name: Test
+        run: go test -v ./...
+
+      - name: Build Artifacts
+        run: ./.github/workflows/scripts/build_artifacts.sh
+
+      - name: Upload Artifacts
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@0b7f8abb1508181956e8e162db84b466c27e18ce   # v3.1.2
+        with:
+          name: release-artifacts
+          path: |
+            galadriel-*-linux-*-glibc.tar.gz
+            galadriel-*-linux-*-glibc.tar.gz.sha256sum.txt
+
+  release:
+    name: Release
+    needs: build
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
+    steps:
+      - name: Download Artifacts
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@9bc31d5ccc31df68ecc42ccf4149144866c47d8a # v3.0.2
+        with:
+          name: release-artifacts
+
+      - name: Release
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@26994186c0ac3ef5cae75ac16aa32e8153525f77  # v1
+        with:
+          files: |
+            galadriel-*-linux-*-glibc.tar.gz
+            galadriel-*-linux-*-glibc.tar.gz.sha256sum.txt
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/scripts/build_artifacts.sh b/.github/workflows/scripts/build_artifacts.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..b590a25e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/scripts/build_artifacts.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# Builds Galadriel artifacts for Linux for all supported architectures.
+# Usage: build_artifacts.sh
+
+set -e
+
+supported_architectures=(amd64 arm64)
+
+export version_tag=
+if [[ "$GITHUB_REF" =~ ^refs/tags/v[0-9.]+$ ]]; then
+  # Strip off the leading "v" from the release tag. Release artifacts are
+  # named just with the version number (e.g. v0.9.3 tag produces
+  # galadriel-0.9.3-linux-x64.tar.gz).
+  version_tag="${GITHUB_REF##refs/tags/v}"
+fi
+
+for architecture in "${supported_architectures[@]}"; do
+  # Build the server and harvester binaries for the current architecture
+  if GOARCH=$architecture make build; then
+    echo "Artifacts successfully built for architecture: ${architecture}"
+    tarball="galadriel-${version_tag}-linux-${architecture}-glibc.tar.gz"
+
+    # Create a tarball with the binaries, license, and conf files
+    tar -czvf "$tarball" -C bin/ . -C ../ LICENSE conf/
+
+    # Generate a SHA-256 checksum for the tarball
+    sha256sum "$tarball" > "$tarball.sha256sum.txt"
+  else
+    echo "Error encountered while building artifact for architecture: ${architecture}"
+    exit 1
+  fi
+done
+
+echo "Build completed successfully for all architectures"
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index eeb2c897..7683a214 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -39,13 +39,20 @@ else
 $(error unsupported ARCH: $(arch1))
 endif
 
+# Define the default architecture (can be overridden by GOARCH)
+ARCH ?= $(shell go env GOARCH)
+ifeq ($(ARCH),)
+    ARCH := $(arch1)
+endif
+
 # Define build directories and URLs
-build_dir := $(DIR)/.build/$(os1)-$(arch1)
+build_dir := $(DIR)/.build/$(os1)-$(ARCH)
 go_dir := $(build_dir)/go/$(GO_VERSION)
 server_sqlc_config_file := $(DIR)/pkg/server/db/sqlc.yaml
 sqlc_dir := $(build_dir)/sqlc/$(SQLC_VERSION)
 sqlc_bin := $(sqlc_dir)/sqlc
 
+exe :=
 ifeq ($(os1),windows)
 go_bin_dir := $(go_dir)/go/bin
 go_url := https://storage.googleapis.com/golang/go$(GO_VERSION).$(os1)-$(arch2).zip
@@ -53,16 +60,15 @@ exe := .exe
 else
 go_bin_dir := $(go_dir)/bin
 go_url := https://storage.googleapis.com/golang/go$(GO_VERSION).$(os1)-$(arch2).tar.gz
-exe :=
 endif
 
 # SQLC download URL
 ifeq ($(os1),windows)
-sqlc_url := https://github.com/kyleconroy/sqlc/releases/download/v$(SQLC_VERSION)/sqlc_$(SQLC_VERSION)_windows_amd64.zip
+sqlc_url := https://github.com/kyleconroy/sqlc/releases/download/v$(SQLC_VERSION)/sqlc_$(SQLC_VERSION)_windows_$(arch2).zip
 else ifeq ($(os1),darwin)
-sqlc_url := https://github.com/kyleconroy/sqlc/releases/download/v$(SQLC_VERSION)/sqlc_$(SQLC_VERSION)_darwin_$(arch2).zip
+sqlc_url := https://github.com/kyleconroy/sqlc/releases/download/v$(SQLC_VERSION)/sqlc_$(SQLC_VERSION)_darwin-$(arch2).zip
 else
-sqlc_url := https://github.com/kyleconroy/sqlc/releases/download/v$(SQLC_VERSION)/sqlc_$(SQLC_VERSION)_linux_amd64.zip
+sqlc_url := https://github.com/kyleconroy/sqlc/releases/download/v$(SQLC_VERSION)/sqlc_$(SQLC_VERSION)_linux-$(arch2).zip
 endif
 
 # Define Go path
@@ -73,7 +79,7 @@ define binary_rule
 .PHONY: $1
 $1: | go-check bin/
 	@echo "Building $1..."
-	$(E)$(go_path) go build -o $1 $2
+	$(E)GOARCH=$(ARCH) $(go_path) go build -o $1$(exe) $2
 endef
 
 # Dynamically generate targets for each binary using the binary_rule template
@@ -86,9 +92,9 @@ bin/:
 
 # Go check and installation if necessary
 go-check:
-ifeq (go$(GO_VERSION), $(shell $(go_path) go version 2>/dev/null | cut -f3 -d' '))
-else
-	@echo "Installing go $(GO_VERSION)..."
+	@echo "Checking Go installation..."
+ifneq ($(GO_VERSION),$(shell go version | cut -d' ' -f3 | cut -d'o' -f2))
+	@echo "Installing go $(GO_VERSION) ($(ARCH))..."
 	$(E)rm -rf $(dir $(go_dir))
 	$(E)mkdir -p $(go_dir)
 	$(E)curl -sSfL $(go_url) | tar xz -C $(go_dir) --strip-components=1
@@ -129,7 +135,6 @@ clean:
 	rm -rf out/coverage
 .PHONY: clean
 
-
 # Generate SQL and API code
 generate-sql-code: install-sqlc $(server_sqlc_config_file)
 	@echo "Generating server SQL code..."