diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 4511dd6d..81968763 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 cadvisor
+/release
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 8bd9c445..ba9480ff 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ build:
 	@echo ">> building binaries"
 	@./build/build.sh
 
+release: build
+	@./build/release.sh
+
 docker:
 	@docker build -t cadvisor:$(shell git rev-parse --short HEAD) -f deploy/Dockerfile .
 
diff --git a/build/build.sh b/build/build.sh
index b1d5908c..4c11e083 100755
--- a/build/build.sh
+++ b/build/build.sh
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ build_date=$( date +%Y%m%d-%H:%M:%S )
 go_version=$( go version | sed -e 's/^[^0-9.]*\([0-9.]*\).*/\1/' )
 
 if [ "$(go env GOOS)" = "windows" ]; then
-› ext=".exe"
+  ext=".exe"
 fi
 
 ldflags="
diff --git a/build/release.sh b/build/release.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..c82e5cc4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/release.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+version=$( cat version/VERSION )
+
+rm -rf release && mkdir release
+cp cadvisor release/cadvisor
+go get -u github.com/progrium/gh-release
+gh-release create google/cadvisor ${version}
diff --git a/version/VERSION b/version/VERSION
index 66333910..41915c79 100644
--- a/version/VERSION
+++ b/version/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.18.0
+0.19.1