diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3b94593..ddf1b68 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 clboss
+create-tarball
 dev-boltz-api
 dev-boltz
 dev-proxy-connect
diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 9b2582e..9f4c4b4 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -643,3 +643,9 @@ dist-gzip: distdir
 	@sha256sum $(distdir).tar.gz || true
 	$(am__post_remove_distdir)
 
+# Utility script
+noinst_SCRIPTS = \
+	create-tarball
+create-tarball: create-tarball.in Makefile
+	sed -e 's/[@]PACKAGE_VERSION[@]/$(PACKAGE_VERSION)/' < $(srcdir)/create-tarball.in > create-tarball
+	chmod +x create-tarball
diff --git a/create-tarball.in b/create-tarball.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..db1fc27
--- /dev/null
+++ b/create-tarball.in
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#! /bin/sh
+
+PACKAGE_VERSION="@PACKAGE_VERSION@"
+
+if test $# '==' 0 || test 'x'"$1" '==' x--help; then
+	echo Usage: $0 name [id]
+	exit 0
+fi
+NAME="$1"
+ID="${2:+-}${2}"
+
+make distdir
+mv clboss-$PACKAGE_VERSION clboss-"$NAME$ID"
+tar czf clboss-$NAME$ID.tar.gz clboss-"$NAME$ID"
+rm -rf clboss-"$NAME$ID"
+echo clboss-"$NAME$ID".tar.gz