diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 546e522d..fb03d1bd 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ MasterPassword/Java/**/target
 
 # C
 MasterPassword/C/*.o
+MasterPassword/C/mpw-*.tar.gz
 MasterPassword/C/mpw
 MasterPassword/C/mpw-bench
 MasterPassword/C/lib/*/*
diff --git a/MasterPassword/C/distribute b/MasterPassword/C/distribute
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..614ad02a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/MasterPassword/C/distribute
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -e
+
+cd "${BASH_SOURCE%/*}"
+mpwArchive=mpw-$(git describe --tags --long --dirty).tar.gz
+[[ -e $mpwArchive ]] && echo "WARNING: $mpwArchive already exists.  Will overwrite."
+read -n1 -p "Will prepare and release $mpwArchive.  Press a key to continue or ^C to abort."
+
+git ls-files -z . | xargs -0 tar -cvzf "$mpwArchive"
+echo "$mpwArchive ready, SHA256: $(openssl sha -sha256 < "$mpwArchive")"
+
+cd ../../Site/current
+ln -sf "../../MasterPassword/C/$mpwArchive"
+[[ -e $_ ]]
+echo "Linked from site, please update your hyperlinks to point to http://masterpasswordapp.com/$mpwArchive"