diff --git a/build/release.js b/build/release.js
index 9cda180f15..f2e4cf5608 100644
--- a/build/release.js
+++ b/build/release.js
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ var fs = require("fs"),
 
 var releaseVersion,
 	nextVersion,
-	CDNFiles,
 	isBeta,
 	pkg,
 	branch,
@@ -41,7 +40,18 @@ var releaseVersion,
 //		"jquery-latest.js": devFile,
 //		"jquery-latest.min.js": minFile,
 //		"jquery-latest.min.map": mapFile
-	};
+	},
+
+	jQueryFilesCDN = [],
+
+	googleFilesCDN = [
+		"jquery.js", "jquery.min.js", "jquery.min.map"
+	],
+
+	msFilesCDN = [
+		"jquery-VER.js", "jquery-VER.min.js", "jquery-VER.min.map"
+	];
+
 
 steps(
 	initialize,
@@ -50,7 +60,9 @@ steps(
 	gruntBuild,
 	makeReleaseCopies,
 	setNextVersion,
-	uploadToCDN,
+	copyTojQueryCDN,
+	buildGoogleCDN,
+	buildMicrosoftCDN,
 	pushToGithub,
 	exit
 );
@@ -133,7 +145,6 @@ function gruntBuild( next ) {
 }
 
 function makeReleaseCopies( next ) {
-	CDNFiles = {};
 	Object.keys( releaseFiles ).forEach(function( key ) {
 		var text,
 			builtFile = releaseFiles[ key ],
@@ -158,7 +169,7 @@ function makeReleaseCopies( next ) {
 				copy( builtFile, releaseFile );
 			}
 
-			CDNFiles[ releaseFile ] = builtFile;
+			jQueryFilesCDN.push( releaseFile );
 		}
 	});
 	next();
@@ -169,10 +180,10 @@ function setNextVersion( next ) {
 	git( [ "commit", "-a", "-m", "Updating the source version to " + nextVersion + "✓™" ], next, debug );
 }
 
-function uploadToCDN( next ) {
+function copyTojQueryCDN( next ) {
 	var cmds = [];
 
-	Object.keys( CDNFiles ).forEach(function( name ) {
+	jQueryFilesCDN.forEach(function( name ) {
 		cmds.push(function( nxt ){
 			exec( "scp", [ name, scpURL ], nxt, debug || skipRemote );
 		});
@@ -185,6 +196,14 @@ function uploadToCDN( next ) {
 	steps.apply( this, cmds );
 }
 
+function buildGoogleCDN( next ) {
+	makeArchive( "googlecdn", googleFilesCDN, next );
+}
+
+function buildMicrosoftCDN( next ) {
+	makeArchive( "mscdn", msFilesCDN, next );
+}
+
 function pushToGithub( next ) {
 	git( [ "push", "--tags", repoURL, branch ], next, debug || skipRemote );
 }
@@ -209,6 +228,25 @@ function updatePackageVersion( ver ) {
 	}
 }
 
+function makeArchive( cdn, files, fn ) {
+
+	if ( isBeta ) {
+		console.log( "Skipping archive creation for " + cdn + "; " + releaseVersion + " is beta" );
+		process.nextTick( fn );
+		return
+	}
+	console.log("Creating production archive for " + cdn );
+	files = files.map(function( item ) {
+		return "dist/" + item.replace( /VER/g, releaseVersion );
+	});
+	var md5file = "dist/" + cdn + "-md5.txt";
+	exec( "md5sum", files, function( err, stdout, stderr ) {
+		fs.writeFileSync( md5file, stdout );
+		files.push( md5file );
+		exec( "tar", [ "-czvf", "dist/" + cdn + "-jquery-" + releaseVersion + ".tar.gz" ].concat( files ), fn, false );
+	}, false );
+}
+
 function copy( oldFile, newFile ) {
 	console.log( "Copying " + oldFile + " to " + newFile );
 	if ( !debug ) {