diff --git a/.azure-pipelines.yml b/.azure-pipelines.yml
index 6af694519..130f549fa 100644
--- a/.azure-pipelines.yml
+++ b/.azure-pipelines.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ jobs:
         parameters:
           target: "x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu"
           executableName: "texlab"
-          artifactName: "texlab-x86_64-linux"
+          archiveFile: "texlab-x86_64-linux.tar.gz"
+          archiveType: "tar"
           coverage: true
   - job: Windows
     pool:
@@ -40,7 +41,8 @@ jobs:
         parameters:
           target: "x86_64-pc-windows-msvc"
           executableName: "texlab.exe"
-          artifactName: "texlab-x86_64-windows.exe"
+          archiveFile: "texlab-x86_64-windows.zip"
+          archiveType: "zip"
   - job: macOS
     pool:
       vmImage: "macos-10.14"
@@ -61,7 +63,8 @@ jobs:
         parameters:
           target: "x86_64-apple-darwin"
           executableName: "texlab"
-          artifactName: "texlab-x86_64-darwin"
+          archiveFile: "texlab-x86_64-macos.tar.gz"
+          archiveType: "tar"
   - job: Publish
     dependsOn:
       - Linux
diff --git a/.build-steps.yml b/.build-steps.yml
index d517b1a1a..165acd277 100644
--- a/.build-steps.yml
+++ b/.build-steps.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 parameters:
   target: ""
   executableName: ""
-  artifactName: ""
+  archiveFile: ""
+  archiveType: ""
   coverage: false
 
 steps:
@@ -46,9 +47,17 @@ steps:
         displayName: "Publish coverage report"
   - bash: |
       cargo build --release --target ${{ parameters.target }}
-      cp target/${{ parameters.target }}/${{ parameters.executableName }} $(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)/${{ parameters.artifactName }}
     condition: and(succeeded(), eq(variables['isReleaseBuild'], 'true'))
     displayName: "Build release artifact"
+  - task: ArchiveFiles@2
+    inputs:
+      rootFolderOrFile: "target/${{ parameters.target }}/${{ parameters.executableName }}"
+      archiveType: ${{ parameters.archiveType }}
+      tarCompression: "gz"
+      archiveFile: "$(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)/${{ parameters.archiveFile }}"
+    condition: and(succeeded(), eq(variables['isReleaseBuild'], 'true'))
+    displayName: "Compress release artifact"
   - publish: $(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)
-    artifact: ${{ parameters.artifactName }}
+    artifact: ${{ parameters.archiveFile }}
     condition: and(succeeded(), eq(variables['isReleaseBuild'], 'true'))
+    displayName: "Publish release artifact"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 651299c80..15a40ab0a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -44,11 +44,10 @@ You can create a debug build by building the server without the `--release` flag
 The resulting build can be used with the [Visual Studio Code extension](https://github.com/latex-lsp/texlab-vscode)
 by creating a symbolic link:
 
-| Platform    | Symlink                                                                            |
-| ----------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
-| Windows x64 | `texlab/target/debug/texlab.exe -> texlab-vscode/server/texlab-x86_64-windows.exe` |
-| macOS x64   | `texlab/target/debug/texlab -> texlab-vscode/server/texlab-x86_64-darwin`          |
-| Linux x64   | `texlab/target/debug/texlab -> texlab-vscode/server/texlab-x86_64-linux`           |
+| Platform         | Symlink                                                             |
+| ---------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| Windows x64      | `texlab/target/debug/texlab.exe -> texlab-vscode/server/texlab.exe` |
+| Linux, macOS x64 | `texlab/target/debug/texlab -> texlab-vscode/server/texlab`         |
 
 TexLab has an extensive test suite of unit and integration tests. You can run them by executing