diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 205120ab..2abcff98 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Check out
         uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
 
       - name: Set up Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v1
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..63ede82b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+name: Release
+on:
+  push:
+    tags:
+    - v*
+jobs:
+  goreleaser:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    defaults:
+      run:
+        shell: bash
+    steps:
+    - name: Checkout code
+      uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      with:
+        fetch-depth: 0
+    - name: Install Go
+      uses: actions/setup-go@v2
+      with:
+        go-version: 1.16
+    - name: Run GoReleaser
+      uses: goreleaser/goreleaser-action@v2
+      with:
+        args: release --rm-dist
+      env:
+        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.ACTIONS_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 1244af75..43cb1378 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -25,3 +25,4 @@ tests/report.xml
 
 # node_modules
 tests/node_modules
+dist/
diff --git a/.goreleaser.yml b/.goreleaser.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7f6fde26
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.goreleaser.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+project_name: dagger
+
+before:
+  hooks:
+    - go mod download
+
+builds:
+  - env:
+      - CGO_ENABLED=0
+    main: ./cmd/dagger
+    binary: dagger
+    ldflags:
+      - -s -w
+      - -X dagger.io/go/cmd/dagger/cmd.version={{.Version}}
+    goos:
+      - linux
+      - windows
+      - darwin
+    goarch:
+      - amd64
+      - arm64
+
+archives:
+- name_template: "{{ .ProjectName }}_{{ .Tag }}_{{ .Os }}_{{ .Arch }}{{ if .Arm }}v{{ .Arm }}{{ end }}{{ if .Mips }}_{{ .Mips }}{{ end }}"
+  replacements:
+  files:
+    - LICENSE
+    - README.md
+    - doc/**/*
+    - examples/**/*
+  format_overrides:
+    - goos: windows
+      format: zip
+
+checksum:
+  name_template: 'checksums.txt'
+
+snapshot:
+  name_template: "{{ .Tag }}-next"
+
+changelog:
+  sort: asc
+  filters:
+    exclude:
+      - '^docs:'
+      - '^test:'
+
+brews:
+- tap:
+    owner: dagger
+    name: homebrew-tap
+  commit_author:
+    name: dagger-bot
+    email: noreply@dagger.io
+  homepage: "https://github.com/dagger/dagger"
+  description: "Dagger is a programmable deployment system."
+  test: |
+    system "#{bin}/dagger version"
diff --git a/cmd/dagger/cmd/root.go b/cmd/dagger/cmd/root.go
index 88858f3f..32dea121 100644
--- a/cmd/dagger/cmd/root.go
+++ b/cmd/dagger/cmd/root.go
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ func init() {
 		plan.Cmd,
 		input.Cmd,
 		output.Cmd,
+		versionCmd,
 	)
 
 	if err := viper.BindPFlags(rootCmd.PersistentFlags()); err != nil {
diff --git a/cmd/dagger/cmd/version.go b/cmd/dagger/cmd/version.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5d85b9e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/dagger/cmd/version.go
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+package cmd
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"runtime"
+	"runtime/debug"
+
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+)
+
+const (
+	defaultVersion = "devel"
+)
+
+// set by goreleaser or other builder using
+// -ldflags='-X dagger.io/go/cmd/dagger/cmd.version=<version>'
+var (
+	version = defaultVersion
+)
+
+var versionCmd = &cobra.Command{
+	Use:   "version",
+	Short: "Print dagger version",
+	Args:  cobra.NoArgs,
+	Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
+		if bi, ok := debug.ReadBuildInfo(); ok && version == defaultVersion {
+			// No specific version provided via version
+			version = bi.Main.Version
+		}
+		fmt.Printf("dagger version %v %s/%s\n",
+			version,
+			runtime.GOOS, runtime.GOARCH,
+		)
+	},
+}