diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..94602de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+name: Create Release
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - '*'
+
+jobs:
+
+  goreleaser:
+    name: Build and Distribute Release
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      -
+        name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+      -
+        name: Set up Go
+        uses: actions/setup-go@v2
+        with:
+          go-version: 1.15
+      -
+        name: Run GoReleaser
+        uses: goreleaser/goreleaser-action@v2
+        with:
+          version: latest
+          args: release --rm-dist
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.goreleaser.yml b/.goreleaser.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cacd6c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.goreleaser.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+# This is an example goreleaser.yaml file with some sane defaults.
+# Make sure to check the documentation at http://goreleaser.com
+before:
+  hooks:
+    # You may remove this if you don't use go modules.
+    - go mod download
+builds:
+  -
+    main: cmd/ddbt/main.go
+    env:
+      - CGO_ENABLED=0
+    goos:
+      - linux
+      - windows
+      - darwin
+archives:
+  - replacements:
+      darwin: Darwin
+      linux: Linux
+      windows: Windows
+      386: i386
+      amd64: x86_64
+checksum:
+  name_template: 'checksums.txt'
+snapshot:
+  name_template: "{{ .Tag }}-next"
+changelog:
+  sort: asc
+  filters:
+    exclude:
+      - '^docs:'
+      - '^test:'
diff --git a/cmd/ddbt/main.go b/cmd/ddbt/main.go
index 231539d..cad2fa0 100644
--- a/cmd/ddbt/main.go
+++ b/cmd/ddbt/main.go
@@ -52,8 +52,10 @@ Options:
 )
 
 var (
-	// commandVersion is the version of the ddbt tool, which is set at build time using ldflags
-	commandVersion  = "development"
+	// The following variables are set by goreleaser:
+	version = "dev"
+	date    = "unknown"
+
 	errTableMissing = errors.New("no table name provided")
 	errReadPipe     = errors.New("unable to read table name from pipe (stdin)")
 )
@@ -78,7 +80,7 @@ func run(args []string) error {
 	}
 
 	if parsedArguments.version {
-		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stdout, "ddbt %s\n", commandVersion)
+		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stdout, "ddbt %s\n (built at %s)", version, date)
 		return nil
 	}