diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index fcf54f43..a3876403 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,3 @@
 debian/
+dist/
+release/
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 94f74c83..c417f1c0 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -18,8 +18,12 @@ release:
     - if: $CI_MERGE_REQUEST_SOURCE_BRANCH_NAME
       when: never
     - if: $RELEASE_TOKEN
+  artifacts:
+    paths:
+      - dist/*
   script:
     - CI_PUSH_REPO=`echo "$CI_REPOSITORY_URL" | sed 's/^.*@/@/g'`
     - git remote set-url --push origin "https://gitlab-ci-token:${RELEASE_TOKEN}$CI_PUSH_REPO"
     - git tag `date "+%Y%m%d"`
     - git push --tags
+    - make dist
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 75039ccb..b8ac3be8 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -12,6 +12,14 @@ check:
 	fi
 	@pre-commit run --all-files
 
+dist:
+	@mkdir -p release dist
+	./copy-firmware.sh release
+	@TARGET=linux-firmware_`git describe`.tar.gz; \
+	cd release && tar -czf ../dist/$${TARGET} *; \
+	echo "Created dist/$${TARGET}"
+	@rm -rf release
+
 install:
 	install -d $(DESTDIR)$(FIRMWAREDIR)
 	./copy-firmware.sh $(DESTDIR)$(FIRMWAREDIR)
@@ -23,3 +31,6 @@ install-xz:
 install-zst:
 	install -d $(DESTDIR)$(FIRMWAREDIR)
 	./copy-firmware.sh --zstd $(DESTDIR)$(FIRMWAREDIR)
+
+clean:
+	rm -rf release dist
diff --git a/copy-firmware.sh b/copy-firmware.sh
index 1ae1e37c..59ff976e 100755
--- a/copy-firmware.sh
+++ b/copy-firmware.sh
@@ -9,12 +9,16 @@ prune=no
 # shellcheck disable=SC2209
 compress=cat
 compext=
+quiet=">/dev/null"
+rdfind_results=/dev/null
 
 while test $# -gt 0; do
     case $1 in
         -v | --verbose)
             # shellcheck disable=SC2209
             verbose=echo
+            quiet=
+            rdfind_results=results.txt
             shift
             ;;
 
@@ -115,6 +119,12 @@ grep -E '^Link:' WHENCE | sed -e 's/^Link: *//g;s/-> //g' | while read f d; do
     fi
 done
 
+$verbose rdfind -makesymlinks true "$destdir" -outputname $rdfind_results "$quiet"
+find "$destdir" -type l | while read -r l; do
+    target="$(realpath "$l")"
+    ln -fs "$(realpath --relative-to="$(dirname "$(realpath -s "$l")")" "$target")" "$l"
+done
+
 exit 0
 
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