diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index fe0c452..78555d5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ name: CI
 
 on:
   push:
+    tags:
+      - 'v*.*.*'  
     branches:
       - master
   pull_request:
@@ -63,6 +65,13 @@ jobs:
             exit 1
           fi
 
+      # upload SIPNET binaries
+      - name: Upload SIPNET Binaries
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
+        with:
+          name: sipnet-binaries
+          path: ./sipnet
+
   # Run Unit Tests
   test:
     needs: build
@@ -87,3 +96,33 @@ jobs:
       - name: Run Unit Tests
         run: make testrun
 
+  # Create Release
+  release:
+    needs: build
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+
+      - name: Create Release
+        id: create_release
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
+        with:
+          tag_name: ${{ github.ref }}
+          release_name: Release ${{ github.ref }}
+          body: |
+            This release includes binary builds for historical SIPNET versions.
+          draft: true  # Create the release as a draft
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: Upload Release Asset
+        uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        with:
+          upload_url: ${{ steps.create_release.outputs.upload_url }}
+          asset_path: ./sipnet
+          asset_name: sipnet
+          asset_content_type: application/octet-stream
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 2500241..589143c 100755
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ DOXYFILE = docs/Doxyfile
 DOXYGEN_HTML_DIR = docs/html
 DOXYGEN_LATEX_DIR = docs/latex
 
-all: estimate sipnet transpose subsetData
+all: estimate sipnet transpose subsetData release
 
 # Only update docs if source files or Doxyfile have changed
 document: .doxygen.stamp
@@ -51,9 +51,15 @@ transpose: $(TRANSPOSE_OFILES)
 subsetData: $(SUBSET_DATA_OFILES)
 	$(LD) -o subsetData $(SUBSET_DATA_OFILES) $(LIBLINKS)
 
+release: sipnet
+	mkdir -p release
+	cp sipnet release/
+	tar -czvf release/sipnet.tar.gz -C release sipnet
+	rm release/sipnet
+
 clean:
 	rm -f $(ESTIMATE_OFILES) $(SIPNET_OFILES) $(TRANSPOSE_OFILES) $(SUBSET_DATA_OFILES) estimate sensTest  sipnet transpose subsetData
-	rm -rf $(DOXYGEN_HTML_DIR) $(DOXYGEN_LATEX_DIR)
+	rm -rf $(DOXYGEN_HTML_DIR) $(DOXYGEN_LATEX_DIR) release
 
 # UNIT TESTS
 SIPNET_TEST_DIRS:=$(shell find tests/sipnet -type d -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1)