diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 66b105f..a886c76 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ endif
 
 LDFLAGS		= -nostdlib -znocombreloc -T $(EFI_LDS) -shared -Bsymbolic -L$(EFI_PATH) -L$(LIB_PATH) -LCryptlib -LCryptlib/OpenSSL $(EFI_CRT_OBJS)
 
+VERSION		= 0.1
+
 TARGET	= shim.efi
 OBJS	= shim.o cert.o
 SOURCES	= shim.c shim.h signature.h PeImage.h
@@ -62,3 +64,25 @@ clean:
 	$(MAKE) -C Cryptlib clean
 	$(MAKE) -C Cryptlib/OpenSSL clean
 	rm -f $(TARGET) $(OBJS)
+
+GITTAG = $(VERSION)
+
+test-archive:
+	@rm -rf /tmp/shim-$(VERSION) /tmp/shim-$(VERSION)-tmp
+	@mkdir -p /tmp/shim-$(VERSION)-tmp
+	@git archive --format=tar $(shell git branch | awk '/^*/ { print $$2 }') | ( cd /tmp/shim-$(VERSION)-tmp/ ; tar x )
+	@git diff | ( cd /tmp/shim-$(VERSION)-tmp/ ; patch -s -p1 -b -z .gitdiff )
+	@mv /tmp/shim-$(VERSION)-tmp/ /tmp/shim-$(VERSION)/
+	@dir=$$PWD; cd /tmp; tar -c --bzip2 -f $$dir/shim-$(VERSION).tar.bz2 shim-$(VERSION)
+	@rm -rf /tmp/shim-$(VERSION)
+	@echo "The archive is in shim-$(VERSION).tar.bz2"
+
+archive:
+	git tag $(GITTAG) refs/heads/master
+	@rm -rf /tmp/shim-$(VERSION) /tmp/shim-$(VERSION)-tmp
+	@mkdir -p /tmp/shim-$(VERSION)-tmp
+	@git archive --format=tar $(GITTAG) | ( cd /tmp/shim-$(VERSION)-tmp/ ; tar x )
+	@mv /tmp/shim-$(VERSION)-tmp/ /tmp/shim-$(VERSION)/
+	@dir=$$PWD; cd /tmp; tar -c --bzip2 -f $$dir/shim-$(VERSION).tar.bz2 shim-$(VERSION)
+	@rm -rf /tmp/shim-$(VERSION)
+	@echo "The archive is in shim-$(VERSION).tar.bz2"