diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 6ed3494..4347208 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ TAGS: $(SRCS)
 clean_deps:
 	@ rm -f .deps
 
-clean_sources:
-	@ rm -f Timeline/.sources FL/.sources
+SOURCES = Timeline/.sources FL/.sources
 
-.sources: Timeline/.sources FL/.sources
+clean_sources:
+	@ rm -f $(SOURCES)
+
+.sources: $(SOURCES)
 
 rearrange: clean_deps clean_sources
 	@ $(MAKE) -s .deps
@@ -82,4 +84,12 @@ rearrange: clean_deps clean_sources
 
 clean: FL_clean Timeline_clean
 
+# (generated) files not in git that need to go into the distribution tarball
+EXTRA_DIST := $(SOURCES)
+
+dist: .sources
+	@ echo -n Building tarball...
+	@ scripts/dist non-daw $(VERSION) $(EXTRA_DIST)
+	@ echo $(DONE)
+
 -include .deps
diff --git a/scripts/dist b/scripts/dist
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..c5c426f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/dist
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# May 2008 Jonathan Moore Liles
+#
+# Use git to build a distribution tarball.
+#
+# USAGE:
+#
+#    dist foo 1.2.0 extra-files ...
+#
+# This will build a tarball foo-1.2.0.tar.bz2 using git tag 'v1.2.0'
+#
+# Files not in git but listed as arguemnts will also be included in the archive.
+
+. colors
+
+NAME="$1"
+shift 1
+VERSION="$1"
+shift 1
+EXTRA_DIST="$@"
+
+PREFIX="${NAME}-${VERSION}"
+git archive --prefix="${PREFIX}/" v${VERSION} > ${PREFIX}.tar
+tar --owner 0 --group 0 --transform "s:^:${PREFIX}/:" -rf ${PREFIX}.tar ${EXTRA_DIST}
+bzip2 -f ${PREFIX}.tar