diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 9d765f65..b3617726 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 tmp/
 config.json
 mesos-dns
+*.gz
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
deleted file mode 100644
index be27ec58..00000000
--- a/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,45 +0,0 @@
-DEPS = $(shell go list -f '{{range .TestImports}}{{.}} {{end}}' ./...)
-
-default: all
-
-all: restoredeps test build
-
-restoredeps:
-	@echo "--> Restoring build dependencies"
-	@godep restore
-
-savedeps:
-	@echo "--> Saving build dependencies"
-	@godep save
-
-updatedeps:
-	@echo "--> Updating build dependencies"
-	@godep update ${ARGS}
-
-format:
-	@echo "--> Running go fmt"
-	@godep go fmt ./...
-
-vet:
-	@echo "--> Running go vet"
-	@godep go vet ./...
-
-build:
-	@echo "--> Building mesos-dns"
-	@godep go build -o mesos-dns
-
-test_banner:
-	@echo "--> Testing mesos-dns"
-
-test: test_banner
-	@godep go test ./...
-
-test.v: test_banner
-	@godep go test -test.v ./...
-
-testrace:
-	@godep go test -race ./...
-
-clean:
-	@echo "--> Cleaning mesos-dns"
-	@godep go clean
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 0d53f92d..c8b9deac 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ func main() {
 
 	// -version
 	if versionFlag {
-		fmt.Println(version)
+		fmt.Println(Version)
 		os.Exit(0)
 	}
 
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ func main() {
 
 	// initialize resolver
 	config := records.SetConfig(*cjson)
-	res := resolver.New(version, config)
+	res := resolver.New(Version, config)
 	errch := make(chan error)
 
 	// launch DNS server
diff --git a/release.sh b/release.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..6b59d63d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/release.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#!/bin/bash -eu
+
+git describe --tags "$VERSION" > /dev/null || exit 1
+
+go get github.com/mitchellh/gox
+
+gox -arch=amd64 \
+    -os="linux darwin windows" \
+    -output="{{.Dir}}-${VERSION}-{{.OS}}-{{.Arch}}" \
+    -ldflags="-X main.Version=${VERSION}"
+
+gzip --best mesos-dns-${VERSION}-*
diff --git a/version.go b/version.go
index df39deed..ba652d28 100644
--- a/version.go
+++ b/version.go
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 package main
 
-const version = "0.2.0"
+// Version is the Mesos-DNS version string, set at build time.
+var Version = "dev"