diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7a4ec5d..a3fbe2c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -13,3 +13,4 @@ CMakeLists.txt.user
 /packages/*.exe
 /packages/*.msi
 /packages/*.pkg
+/release/release-*
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 53c8440..0a1d10a 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -203,5 +203,6 @@ add_custom_target(misc SOURCES
     .gitignore
     LICENSE.txt
     README.md
+    release/make-release-linux.sh
 )
 
diff --git a/release/assets/linux/oplpctools.sh b/release/assets/linux/oplpctools.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..6ed8790
--- /dev/null
+++ b/release/assets/linux/oplpctools.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+BINDIR="`dirname $0`/bin"
+
+export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$BINDIR"
+"$BINDIR/oplpctools"
diff --git a/release/make-release-linux.sh b/release/make-release-linux.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..2a4d1fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/release/make-release-linux.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+if [ "$#" -ne 2 ]; then
+    echo "Illegal number of parameters"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+pushd `pwd`
+
+VERSION=$1
+ARCH=$2
+EXE_NAME=oplpctools
+ASSETS_DIR=`pwd`/assets
+SRC_DIR=`pwd`/..
+WORKING_DIR=`pwd`/release-linux-${ARCH}
+BUILD_DIR=${WORKING_DIR}/build
+OUT_DIR=${WORKING_DIR}/${EXE_NAME}
+OUT_BIN_DIR=${OUT_DIR}/bin
+OUT_IMG_DIR=${OUT_DIR}/images
+
+if [ -e $WORKING_DIR ]; then
+    rm -rf $WORKING_DIR
+fi
+mkdir -p $BUILD_DIR
+mkdir -p $OUT_BIN_DIR
+mkdir -p $OUT_IMG_DIR
+
+#
+# building
+#
+cd $BUILD_DIR
+cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release $SRC_DIR
+make
+chrpath -d $EXE_NAME
+strip -s --strip-unneeded $EXE_NAME
+
+#
+# copying files
+#
+cd $WORKING_DIR
+cp ${BUILD_DIR}/${EXE_NAME} $OUT_BIN_DIR
+cp ${BUILD_DIR}/*.qm $OUT_BIN_DIR
+cp ${SRC_DIR}/LICENSE.txt $OUT_DIR
+cp ${SRC_DIR}/src/OplPcTools/Resources/icons/application.png ${OUT_IMG_DIR}/icon.png
+cp ${ASSETS_DIR}/linux/${EXE_NAME}.sh $OUT_DIR
+chmod +x $OUT_DIR/${EXE_NAME}.sh
+
+echo
+echo IMPORTANT!
+echo Copy dependencies to ${OUT_BIN_DIR}
+echo
+
+popd