diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
index 86ea41e..42a6484 100644
--- a/.dockerignore
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@ _local
 .idea
 .git
 .github
-varia/Dockerfile.tests
+varia/Dockerfile.ci
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..60d3a55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+name: Release build
+on:
+  release:
+    types: [created]
+
+env:
+  DOCKER_BUILDKIT: 1
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - name: Build
+        run: docker build . --pull -f varia/Dockerfile.ci --tag ego-build
+      - name: Get binary file
+        run: |
+          mkdir -p dist
+          docker run --rm ego-build cat target/release/ego > dist/ego
+          cd dist && tar czf ego-x86_64-linux.tar.gz ego
+      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        with:
+          name: ego-x86_64-linux.tar.gz
+          path: dist/ego-x86_64-linux.tar.gz
+          if-no-files-found: error
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index 3790c29..b0bd4f1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -17,10 +17,20 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - name: Build
-        run: docker build . --pull -f varia/Dockerfile.tests --tag ego-build
+        run: docker build . --pull -f varia/Dockerfile.ci --tag ego-build
       - name: Test suite
         run: docker run --rm ego-build cargo test --color=always
       - name: Clippy lints
         run: docker run --rm ego-build cargo clippy --color=always
       - name: rustfmt
         run: docker run --rm ego-build cargo fmt -- --color=always --check
+      - name: Get binary file
+        run: |
+          mkdir -p dist
+          docker run --rm ego-build cat target/release/ego > dist/ego
+          cd dist && tar czf ego-x86_64-linux.tar.gz ego
+      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        with:
+          name: ego-x86_64-linux.tar.gz
+          path: dist/ego-x86_64-linux.tar.gz
+          if-no-files-found: error
diff --git a/varia/Dockerfile.tests b/varia/Dockerfile.ci
similarity index 65%
rename from varia/Dockerfile.tests
rename to varia/Dockerfile.ci
index ac72190..f665039 100644
--- a/varia/Dockerfile.tests
+++ b/varia/Dockerfile.ci
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # This Dockerfile is mostly for CI, see .github/workflows/tests.yml
-FROM rust AS ego-build
+# Using Debian 'bullseye' as base, it has older glibc that's likely to be compatible with recent desktop distributions.
+FROM rust:bullseye AS ego-build
 
 WORKDIR /root/build
 # Make warnings fatal
@@ -19,4 +20,6 @@ RUN mkdir src/ && \
 
 # Do the actual build
 COPY . .
-RUN cargo build --bins --tests --color=always
+RUN cargo build --tests --color=always
+# Release build for publishing binaries
+RUN cargo build --release --bins --color=always && strip target/release/ego