diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 00a2952b..1096cc68 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -45,6 +45,19 @@ jobs:
         name: linux-acr-ok
         path: r2ghidra_sleigh-*.zip
 
+  tarball:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+    - name: Checkout
+      uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    - name: Building tars
+      run: make -C dist/tarball
+    - name: Uploading balls
+      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+      with:
+        name: tarball
+        path: dist/tarball/radare2-*
+
   linux-asan:
     if: ${{ false }}  # disable for now
     # The type of runner that the job will run on
@@ -224,6 +237,24 @@ jobs:
           asset_path: dist/artifacts/macos-acr-ok/r2ghidra-${{ steps.r2gv.outputs.branch }}-macos.zip
           asset_name: r2ghidra-${{ steps.r2gv.outputs.branch }}-macos.zip
           asset_content_type: application/zip
+      - name: Upload zip
+        uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        with:
+          upload_url: ${{ steps.create_release.outputs.upload_url }}
+          asset_path: dist/artifacts/tarball/r2ghidra-${{ steps.r2gv.outputs.branch }}.zip
+          asset_name: r2ghidra-${{ steps.r2gv.outputs.branch }}.zip
+          asset_content_type: application/zip
+      - name: Upload tarball
+        uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        with:
+          upload_url: ${{ steps.create_release.outputs.upload_url }}
+          asset_path: dist/artifacts/tarball/r2ghidra-${{ steps.r2gv.outputs.branch }}.tar.xz
+          asset_name: r2ghidra-${{ steps.r2gv.outputs.branch }}.tar.xz
+          asset_content_type: application/x-txz
       - name: Upload asset for Windows (w64)
         uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1
         env:
diff --git a/dist/tarball/Makefile b/dist/tarball/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..65d86c80
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dist/tarball/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+all:
+	./tarball.sh
diff --git a/dist/tarball/tarball.sh b/dist/tarball/tarball.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..05af6e1f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dist/tarball/tarball.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+V=`../../configure -qV`
+if [ -z "${V}" ] ; then
+	echo "Cant run ./configure -qV"
+	exit 1
+fi
+rm -rf r2ghidra-${V}
+git clone ../.. r2ghidra-${V} || exit 1
+cd r2ghidra-${V} || exit 1
+./preconfigure || exit 1
+rm -rf .git ghidra-native/.git third-party/pugixml/.git
+cd ..
+rm -f r2ghidra-${V}.tar.xz
+tar cJvf r2ghidra-${V}.tar.xz r2ghidra-${V}
+rm -f r2ghidra-${V}.zip
+zip -9 -r r2ghidra-${V}.zip r2ghidra-${V}
+rm -rf r2ghidra-${V}