diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c14cb7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+name: Version Release
+
+on: 
+  push:
+    tags:
+    - 'v*'
+
+jobs:
+  create-release:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
+    steps:
+      - name: Create Release
+        uses: ncipollo/release-action@v1
+        with:
+          allowUpdates: true
+          omitBody: true
+          prerelease: true
+          draft: true
+          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+  qemu_job:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
+    name: Build aarch64 on ubuntu20.04
+    needs: create-release
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      with:
+        submodules: true
+    - uses: uraimo/run-on-arch-action@v2
+      name: Run commands
+      id: runcmd
+      with:
+        arch: aarch64
+        distro: ubuntu20.04
+        githubToken: ${{ github.token }}
+        # Create an artifacts directory
+        setup: |
+          mkdir -p "${PWD}/artifacts"
+
+        # Mount the artifacts directory as /artifacts in the container
+        dockerRunArgs: |
+          --volume "${{ github.workspace }}:/src"
+        # The shell to run commands with in the container
+        shell: /bin/bash
+        install: |
+          export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
+          apt update && apt install -q -y autoconf-archive cmake curl git libssl-dev \
+              libunwind-dev ninja-build libtool gcc-9 g++-9 libboost-fiber-dev \
+              libxml2-dev zip
+          update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/gcc gcc /usr/bin/gcc-9 40  \
+                              --slave /usr/bin/g++ g++ /usr/bin/g++-9
+        run: |
+            cd /src
+            ./tools/release.sh
+    - name: Show the artifact
+      # Items placed in /src/build-opt in the container will be in
+      # ${PWD}/build-opt on the host.
+      run: |
+        echo finished
+        ls -al
+
+  build_native:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: create-release
+    container: 
+      image: ghcr.io/romange/ubuntu-dev:20
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      with:
+        submodules: true
+    - name: Build artifacts
+      run: |
+          ./tools/release.sh
+    - uses: ncipollo/release-action@v1
+      with:
+        artifacts: "build-opt/dragonfly-*"
+        allowUpdates: true
+        body: "example"
+        draft: true
+        prerelease: true
+        token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
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diff --git a/tools/docker/Dockerfile.ubuntu-prod b/tools/docker/Dockerfile.ubuntu-prod
index ec7c85b..c7bf227 100644
--- a/tools/docker/Dockerfile.ubuntu-prod
+++ b/tools/docker/Dockerfile.ubuntu-prod
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ COPY src/  ./src/
 COPY helio/  ./helio/
 COPY patches/  ./patches/
 COPY CMakeLists.txt ./
-RUN ./helio/blaze.sh -release -DBoost_USE_STATIC_LIBS=ON
+RUN ./helio/blaze.sh -release -DBoost_USE_STATIC_LIBS=ON -DOPENSSL_USE_STATIC_LIBS=ON
 
 WORKDIR build-opt
 RUN ninja dragonfly
diff --git a/tools/release.sh b/tools/release.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..7c55b71
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/release.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+set -e
+
+if ! [ -d helio ]; then
+   echo "could not find helio"
+   exit 1
+fi
+
+ARCH=`uname -m`
+pwd
+./helio/blaze.sh -release -DBoost_USE_STATIC_LIBS=ON -DOPENSSL_USE_STATIC_LIBS=ON
+cd build-opt 
+ninja dragonfly && ldd dragonfly
+mv dragonfly dragonfly-${ARCH}
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