diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 3947231..168dff8 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -122,4 +122,15 @@ include/libucontext/bits.h: arch/${ARCH}/freestanding/bits.h
 
 endif
 
-.PHONY: check
+PACKAGE_NAME = libucontext
+PACKAGE_VERSION = ${LIBUCONTEXT_VERSION}
+DIST_NAME = ${PACKAGE_NAME}-${PACKAGE_VERSION}
+DIST_TARBALL = ${DIST_NAME}.tar.xz
+
+distcheck: check dist
+dist: ${DIST_TARBALL}
+${DIST_TARBALL}:
+	git archive --format=tar --prefix=${DIST_NAME}/ -o ${DIST_NAME}.tar ${DIST_NAME}
+	xz ${DIST_NAME}.tar
+
+.PHONY: check dist