diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index a831938ed..3fbb7ec51 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -571,4 +571,112 @@
     <target name="distcleanWithDesktopgui" depends="distclean">
         <ant dir="apps/desktopgui" target="build_clean" />
     </target>
+    <target name="release" depends="pkg">
+        <echo message="================================================================" />
+        <echo message="Did you update these files?" />
+        <exec executable="ls">
+            <arg value="-l" />
+            <arg value="history.txt" />
+            <arg value="initialNews.xml" />
+            <arg value="installer/install.xml" />
+            <arg value="news.xml" />
+	    <arg value="core/java/src/net/i2p/CoreVersion.java" />
+	    <arg value="router/java/src/net/i2p/router/RouterVersion.java" />
+        </exec>
+        <echo message="Everything is checked in, right?" />
+        <input message="Enter new version number:" addproperty="release.number" />
+        <fail message="You must enter a version number." >
+            <condition>
+                <equals arg1="${release.number}" arg2=""/>
+            </condition>
+        </fail>
+        <copy file="i2pupdate.zip" tofile="i2pupdate_${release.number}.zip" />
+        <copy file="i2pinstall.exe" tofile="i2pinstall_${release.number}.exe" />
+        <delete file="i2pupdate.sud" failonerror="false" />
+        <input message="Enter private signing key file:" addproperty="release.privkey" />
+        <fail message="You must enter a path." >
+            <condition>
+                <equals arg1="${release.privkey}" arg2=""/>
+            </condition>
+        </fail>
+        <java classname="net.i2p.crypto.TrustedUpdate" fork="true" failonerror="true">
+            <classpath>
+                <pathelement location="build/i2p.jar" />
+            </classpath>
+            <arg value="sign" />
+            <arg value="i2pupdate.zip" />
+            <arg value="i2pupdate.sud" />
+            <arg value="${release.privkey}" />
+            <arg value="${release.number}" />
+        </java>
+        <fail message="i2pupdate.sud generation failed!" >
+            <condition>
+                <length file="i2pupdate.sud" when="lt" length="1000000" />
+            </condition>
+        </fail>
+        <echo message="Verify version and VALID signature:" />
+        <java classname="net.i2p.crypto.TrustedUpdate" fork="true" failonerror="true">
+            <classpath>
+                <pathelement location="build/i2p.jar" />
+            </classpath>
+            <arg value="verifysig" />
+            <arg value="i2pupdate.sud" />
+        </java>
+        <java classname="net.i2p.crypto.TrustedUpdate" fork="true" failonerror="true">
+            <classpath>
+                <pathelement location="build/i2p.jar" />
+            </classpath>
+            <arg value="showversion" />
+            <arg value="i2pupdate.sud" />
+        </java>
+        <!-- will this use the monotonerc file in the current workspace? -->
+        <echo message="Checking out fresh copy into ../i2p-${release-number} for tarballing:" />
+        <exec executable="mtn">
+            <arg value="co" />
+            <arg value="-b" />
+            <arg value="i2p.i2p" />
+            <arg value="../i2p-${release.number}/" />
+        </exec>
+        <exec executable="tar">
+            <arg value="cjf" />
+            <arg value="i2psource_${release.number}.tar.bz2" />
+            <arg value="-C" />
+            <arg value=".." />
+            <arg value="--exclude" />
+            <arg value="i2p-${release.number}/_MTN/" />
+            <arg value="i2p-${release.number}/" />
+        </exec>
+        <echo message="Sign the files:" />
+        <exec executable="gpg">
+            <arg value="-b" />
+            <arg value="i2pinstall_${release.number}.exe" />
+        </exec>
+        <exec executable="gpg">
+            <arg value="-b" />
+            <arg value="i2psource_${release.number}.tar.bz2" />
+        </exec>
+        <exec executable="gpg">
+            <arg value="-b" />
+            <arg value="i2pupdate_${release.number}.zip" />
+        </exec>
+        <echo message="File sizes:" />
+        <exec executable="ls">
+            <arg value="-l" />
+            <arg value="i2pinstall_${release.number}.exe" />
+            <arg value="i2psource_${release.number}.tar.bz2" />
+            <arg value="i2pupdate_${release.number}.zip" />
+            <arg value="i2pupdate.sud" />
+            <arg value="i2pinstall_${release.number}.exe.sig" />
+            <arg value="i2psource_${release.number}.tar.bz2.sig" />
+            <arg value="i2pupdate_${release.number}.zip.sig" />
+        </exec>
+        <echo message="SHA256 sums:" />
+        <exec executable="sha256sum">
+            <arg value="i2pinstall_${release.number}.exe" />
+            <arg value="i2psource_${release.number}.tar.bz2" />
+            <arg value="i2pupdate_${release.number}.zip" />
+            <arg value="i2pupdate.sud" />
+        </exec>
+        <echo message="Don't forget to mtn tag h: i2p-${release-number}" />
+    </target>
 </project>