diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b892573
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,118 @@
+# This is a simplification of the workflow for sharkdp/bat.
+
+name: Release
+on:
+  push:
+    # The idea here is to trigger a release upon receiving a release-like tag
+    tags:
+    - 'v[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+'
+
+env:
+  CICD_INTERMEDIATES_DIR: "_cicd-intermediates"
+
+jobs:
+
+  build:
+    name: ${{ matrix.job.os }} (${{ matrix.job.target }})
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.job.os }}
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        job:
+          - { os: ubuntu-18.04, target: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu }
+          - { os: ubuntu-18.04, target: i686-unknown-linux-gnu, use-cross: true }
+          - { os: ubuntu-18.04, target: i686-unknown-linux-musl, use-cross: true }
+          - { os: ubuntu-18.04, target: x86_64-unknown-linux-musl, use-cross: true }
+          - { os: macos-10.15 , target: x86_64-apple-darwin }
+    steps:
+    - name: Checkout source code
+      uses: actions/checkout@v2
+
+    - name: Extract crate information
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+        echo "PROJECT_NAME=$(sed -n 's/^name = "\(.*\)"/\1/p' Cargo.toml)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+        echo "PROJECT_VERSION=v$(sed -n 's/^version = "\(.*\)"/\1/p' Cargo.toml | head -n1)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
+    - name: Install Rust toolchain
+      uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
+      with:
+        toolchain: stable
+        target: ${{ matrix.job.target }}
+        override: true
+        profile: minimal
+
+    - name: Show version information (Rust, cargo, GCC)
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+        gcc --version || true
+        rustup -V
+        rustup toolchain list
+        rustup default
+        cargo -V
+        rustc -V
+
+    - name: Build
+      uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
+      with:
+        use-cross: ${{ matrix.job.use-cross }}
+        command: build
+        args: --release --target=${{ matrix.job.target }}
+
+    - name: Strip debug information from executable
+      id: strip
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+        BIN_DIR="${{ env.CICD_INTERMEDIATES_DIR }}/stripped-release-bin"
+        mkdir -p "${BIN_DIR}"
+        BIN_NAME="${{ env.PROJECT_NAME }}"
+        BIN_PATH="${BIN_DIR}/${BIN_NAME}"
+        # Copy the release build binary to the result location
+        cp "target/${{ matrix.job.target }}/release/${BIN_NAME}" "${BIN_DIR}"
+        strip "${BIN_PATH}"
+        # Let subsequent steps know where to find the (stripped) bin
+        echo ::set-output name=BIN_PATH::${BIN_PATH}
+        echo ::set-output name=BIN_NAME::${BIN_NAME}
+
+    - name: Run tests
+      uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
+      with:
+        use-cross: ${{ matrix.job.use-cross }}
+        command: test
+        args: --target=${{ matrix.job.target }} -- --test-threads 1
+
+    - name: Create tarball
+      id: package
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+        PKG_BASENAME=${PROJECT_NAME}-${PROJECT_VERSION}-${{ matrix.job.target }}
+        PKG_NAME=${PKG_BASENAME}.tar.gz
+        echo ::set-output name=PKG_NAME::${PKG_NAME}
+
+        PKG_STAGING="${{ env.CICD_INTERMEDIATES_DIR }}/package"
+        ARCHIVE_DIR="${PKG_STAGING}/${PKG_BASENAME}/"
+        mkdir -p "${ARCHIVE_DIR}"
+        cp "${{ steps.strip.outputs.BIN_PATH }}" "$ARCHIVE_DIR"
+
+        ls -l ${{ env.CICD_INTERMEDIATES_DIR }}
+        ls -lR ${{ env.CICD_INTERMEDIATES_DIR }}/package
+        echo "${PKG_STAGING}" end test
+
+        tar -C "${PKG_STAGING}/${PKG_BASENAME}" -cvzf "${PKG_STAGING}/${PKG_NAME}" "${PROJECT_NAME}"
+
+        # Let subsequent steps know where to find the compressed package
+        echo ::set-output name=PKG_PATH::"${PKG_STAGING}/${PKG_NAME}"
+
+    - name: "Artifact upload: tarball"
+      uses: actions/upload-artifact@master
+      with:
+        name: ${{ steps.package.outputs.PKG_NAME }}
+        path: ${{ steps.package.outputs.PKG_PATH }}
+
+    - name: Publish archives and packages
+      uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
+      with:
+        files: |
+          ${{ steps.package.outputs.PKG_PATH }}
+      env:
+        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 63b04d3..e01bedd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: Rust
+name: Test
 
 on: [push, pull_request]