diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index acc957a9e..4d8d33951 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -12,3 +12,4 @@ remote_dump
 vendor
 .vagrant
 test/p2p/data/
+.glide
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 554b8a5b4..424acccb7 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ build:
 build_race:
 	go build -race -o build/tendermint ./cmd/tendermint
 
+# dist builds binaries for all platforms and packages them for distribution
+dist:
+	@BUILD_TAGS='$(BUILD_TAGS)' sh -c "'$(CURDIR)/scripts/dist.sh'"
+
 test: build
 	@echo "--> Running go test"
 	@go test $(PACKAGES)
diff --git a/scripts/dist.sh b/scripts/dist.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..7d106f986
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/dist.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -e
+
+if [ -z "$VERSION" ]; then
+    echo "Please specify a version."
+    exit 1
+fi
+echo "==> Building version $VERSION..."
+
+# Get the parent directory of where this script is.
+SOURCE="${BASH_SOURCE[0]}"
+while [ -h "$SOURCE" ] ; do SOURCE="$(readlink "$SOURCE")"; done
+DIR="$( cd -P "$( dirname "$SOURCE" )/.." && pwd )"
+
+# Change into that dir because we expect that.
+cd "$DIR"
+
+# Generate the tag.
+if [ -z "$NOTAG" ]; then
+  echo "==> Tagging..."
+  git commit --allow-empty -a -m "Release v$VERSION"
+  git tag -a -m "Version $VERSION" "v${VERSION}" master
+fi
+
+# Do a hermetic build inside a Docker container.
+docker build -t tendermint/tendermint-builder scripts/tendermint-builder/
+docker run --rm -e "BUILD_TAGS=$BUILD_TAGS" -v "$(pwd)":/go/src/github.com/tendermint/tendermint tendermint/tendermint-builder ./scripts/dist_build.sh
+
+# Add "tendermint" and $VERSION prefix to package name.
+for FILENAME in $(find ./build/dist -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -type f); do
+  FILENAME=$(basename "$FILENAME")
+  mv "./build/dist/${FILENAME}" "./build/dist/tendermint_${VERSION}_${FILENAME}"
+done
+
+# Make the checksums.
+pushd ./build/dist
+shasum -a256 ./* > "./tendermint_${VERSION}_SHA256SUMS"
+popd
+
+# Done
+echo
+echo "==> Results:"
+ls -hl ./build/dist
+
+exit 0
diff --git a/scripts/dist_build.sh b/scripts/dist_build.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..947a3202b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/dist_build.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -e
+
+# Get the parent directory of where this script is.
+SOURCE="${BASH_SOURCE[0]}"
+while [ -h "$SOURCE" ] ; do SOURCE="$(readlink "$SOURCE")"; done
+DIR="$( cd -P "$( dirname "$SOURCE" )/.." && pwd )"
+
+# Change into that dir because we expect that.
+cd "$DIR"
+
+# Get the git commit
+GIT_COMMIT="$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)"
+GIT_DESCRIBE="$(git describe --tags --always)"
+GIT_IMPORT="github.com/tendermint/tendermint/version"
+
+# Determine the arch/os combos we're building for
+XC_ARCH=${XC_ARCH:-"386 amd64 arm"}
+XC_OS=${XC_OS:-"solaris darwin freebsd linux windows"}
+
+# Delete the old dir
+echo "==> Removing old directory..."
+rm -rf build/dist/*
+mkdir -p build/dist
+
+# Make sure build tools are available.
+make tools
+
+# Get VENDORED dependencies
+make get_vendor_deps
+
+# Build!
+echo "==> Building..."
+"$(which gox)" \
+		-os="${XC_OS}" \
+		-arch="${XC_ARCH}" \
+		-osarch="!darwin/arm !solaris/amd64 !freebsd/amd64" \
+		-ldflags "-X ${GIT_IMPORT}.GitCommit='${GIT_COMMIT}' -X ${GIT_IMPORT}.GitDescribe='${GIT_DESCRIBE}'" \
+		-output "build/dist/{{.OS}}_{{.Arch}}/tendermint" \
+		-tags="${BUILD_TAGS}" \
+		github.com/tendermint/tendermint/cmd/tendermint
+
+# Zip all the files.
+echo "==> Packaging..."
+for PLATFORM in $(find ./build/dist -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -type d); do
+		OSARCH=$(basename "${PLATFORM}")
+		echo "--> ${OSARCH}"
+
+		pushd "$PLATFORM" >/dev/null 2>&1
+		zip "../${OSARCH}.zip" ./*
+		popd >/dev/null 2>&1
+done
+
+# Remove build/dist/{{.OS}}_{{.Arch}} directories.
+rm -rf build/dist/*/
+
+exit 0
diff --git a/scripts/tendermint-builder/Dockerfile b/scripts/tendermint-builder/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..84c198ee0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/tendermint-builder/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+FROM golang:1.7.4
+
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
+		zip \
+	&& rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
+# We want to ensure that release builds never have any cgo dependencies so we
+# switch that off at the highest level.
+ENV CGO_ENABLED 0
+
+RUN mkdir -p $GOPATH/src/github.com/tendermint/tendermint
+WORKDIR $GOPATH/src/github.com/tendermint/tendermint