diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e02e30c..6e6bb4e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 /target
+*.zip
+*.xz
+
 *.png
-!images/*.png
+!images/*
 fractal_settings.json
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0af9c66
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+APP_NAME=julia-fractal-renderer
+
+WIN_TARGET=x86_64-pc-windows-gnu
+RELEASE_W=target/$(WIN_TARGET)/release
+RELEASE_L=target/release
+
+release: release_windows release_linux
+
+release_linux:
+	cargo build --release
+	cd $(RELEASE_L) && tar -caf $(APP_NAME)-linux.tar.xz $(APP_NAME)
+	mv $(RELEASE_L)/$(APP_NAME)-linux.tar.xz .
+
+release_windows:
+	cargo build --release --target $(WIN_TARGET)
+	cd $(RELEASE_W) && zip -9 $(APP_NAME)-windows.zip $(APP_NAME).exe
+	mv $(RELEASE_W)/$(APP_NAME)-windows.zip .
+