diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e6117223..344e0cd9 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,4 +2,5 @@
 tile38-*
 !cmd/tile38-*
 data*/
-coverage.out 
\ No newline at end of file
+coverage.out 
+packages/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 73e5d911..0f13a16f 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -13,3 +13,5 @@ install: all
 uninstall: 
 	rm -f /usr/local/bin/tile38-server
 	rm -f /usr/local/bin/tile38-cli
+package:
+	@./build.sh package
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index 78495526..4f45c438 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -70,6 +70,33 @@ export GO15VENDOREXPERIMENT=1
 cd $(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")
 OD="$(pwd)"
 
+package(){
+	echo Packaging $1 Binary
+	bdir=tile38-v${VERSION}-$2-$3
+	rm -rf packages/$bdir && mkdir -p packages/$bdir
+	GOOS=$2 GOARCH=$3 ./build.sh
+	mv tile38-server packages/$bdir
+	mv tile38-cli packages/$bdir
+	cp README.md packages/$bdir
+	cd packages
+	if [ "$2" == "linux" ]; then
+		tar -zcf $bdir.tar.gz $bdir
+	else
+		zip -r -q $bdir.zip $bdir
+	fi
+	rm -rf $bdir
+	cd ..
+}
+
+if [ "$1" == "package" ]; then
+	rm -rf packages/
+	package "Windows" "windows" "amd64"
+	package "Mac" "darwin" "amd64"
+	package "Linux" "linux" "amd64"
+	exit
+fi
+
+
 # temp directory for storing isolated environment.
 TMP="$(mktemp -d -t tile38.XXXX)"
 function rmtemp {
@@ -91,8 +118,6 @@ if [ "$NOCOPY" != "1" ]; then
 	cd $WD
 fi
 
-#core/gen.sh
-
 # build and store objects into original directory.
 go build -ldflags "$LDFLAGS" -o "$OD/tile38-server" cmd/tile38-server/*.go
 go build -ldflags "$LDFLAGS" -o "$OD/tile38-cli" cmd/tile38-cli/*.go
@@ -119,3 +144,4 @@ if [ "$1" == "cover" ]; then
 	go test -cover $(go list ./... | grep -v /vendor/)
 fi
 
+