diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index ae69e70..275b276 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 language: cpp
 compiler:
-  - clang
-  - gcc
+- clang
+- gcc
 addons:
   apt:
     sources:
@@ -11,5 +11,5 @@ addons:
     - g++-4.8
     - clang
 install:
-  - if [ "$CXX" = "g++" ]; then export CXX="g++-4.8" CC="gcc-4.8"; fi
-script: ./autobuild
+- if [ "$CXX" = "g++" ]; then export CXX="g++-4.8" CC="gcc-4.8"; fi
+script: "./autobuild && ./do-release"
diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9826dfe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+LIBEMSHA CHANGELOG
+==================
+
+1.0.0 (2015-12-18):
+Initial release.
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 9a1a89f..bfd9ad3 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
+# autoconf version 2.68 and automake version 1.11 seem to be the latest
+# versions that can be used with Travis right now.
 AC_PREREQ([2.68])
 AC_INIT([libemsha],
-	[1.0.0-RC1],
+	[1.0.0-RC2],
 	[coder@kyleisom.net],
 	[libemsha],
 	[https://kyleisom.net/projects/libemsha/])
@@ -8,6 +10,7 @@ AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([1.11 foreign])
 
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/emsha/sha256.hh])
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile src/Makefile doc/Makefile doc/sphinx/source/conf.py])
+AC_CONFIG_FILES([do-release], [chmod +x do-release])
 AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])
 
 AC_CHECK_HEADERS
diff --git a/do-release.in b/do-release.in
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..47f1b5c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/do-release.in
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+set -e
+
+VERSION="@PACKAGE_VERSION@"
+TARBALL="@PACKAGE_NAME@-$VERSION"
+
+echo "[+] building release tarballs"
+make clean
+make dist-gzip 
+if [ ! -e "$TARBALL.tar.gz" ]
+then
+	>&2 echo "[!] Expected to find ${TARBALL}.tar.gz, but it wasn't found."
+	>&2 echo "    Cannot proceed, aborting."
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+make dist-zip
+if [ ! -e "$TARBALL.zip" ]
+then
+	>&2 echo "[!] Expected to find ${TARBALL}.zip, but it wasn't found."
+	>&2 echo "    Cannot proceed, aborting."
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+mv "${TARBALL}.tar.gz" "@PACKAGE_NAME@-release.tar.gz"
+mv "${TARBALL}.zip" "@PACKAGE_NAME@-release.zip"
+
+echo "[+] building release notes"
+RELEASE_NOTES_AWK="/^[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+(-[a-zA-Z0-9]+)? \([0-9]{4}-[0-9]{2}-[0-9]{2}\):/{
+	nmatch++;
+	if (nmatch>1) exit
+}
+
+{
+	if (nmatch>0)
+		print \$0;
+}"
+
+awk "$RELEASE_NOTES_AWK" CHANGELOG > RELEASE_NOTES
+echo "[+] release is ready"