diff --git a/Makefile.CrossWindows b/Makefile.CrossWindows
index 99a35cab..0f7b14a6 100644
--- a/Makefile.CrossWindows
+++ b/Makefile.CrossWindows
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ WIN32_TARGET := $(WIN32_TARGET_DIR)-$(VERSION).zip
 WIN64_TARGET := $(WIN64_TARGET_DIR)-$(VERSION).zip
 
 release: clean zip-win32 zip-win64 sums
-	@echo "Release created in $(DIST)/."
+	@echo "Windows archives generated in $(DIST)/"
 
 clean:
 	$(GRADLE) clean
diff --git a/release.sh b/release.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..ca632e00
--- /dev/null
+++ b/release.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -e
+
+# build and test locally
+BUILDDIR=build_release
+rm -rf "$BUILDDIR"
+meson "$BUILDDIR" --buildtype release --strip -Db_lto=true
+cd "$BUILDDIR"
+ninja
+ninja test
+cd -
+
+# build Windows releases
+make -f Makefile.CrossWindows
+
+# the generated server must be the same everywhere
+cmp "$BUILDDIR/server/scrcpy-server.jar" dist/scrcpy-win32/scrcpy-server.jar
+cmp "$BUILDDIR/server/scrcpy-server.jar" dist/scrcpy-win64/scrcpy-server.jar
+
+# get version name
+TAG=$(git describe --tags --always)
+
+# create release directory
+mkdir -p "release-$TAG"
+cp "$BUILDDIR/server/scrcpy-server.jar" "release-$TAG/scrcpy-server-$TAG.jar"
+cp "dist/scrcpy-win32-$TAG.zip" "release-$TAG/"
+cp "dist/scrcpy-win64-$TAG.zip" "release-$TAG/"
+
+# generate checksums
+cd "release-$TAG"
+sha256sum "scrcpy-server-$TAG.jar" \
+          "scrcpy-win32-$TAG.zip" \
+          "scrcpy-win64-$TAG.zip" > SHA256SUMS.txt
+
+echo "Release generated in release-$TAG/"