diff --git a/gh_task.go b/gh_task.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..68528e0742ef0763c6c5057b03a8c6bbfe9cfcb5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gh_task.go
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+// +build gotask
+
+package main
+
+import (
+	"github.com/jingweno/gotask/tasking"
+	"os"
+	"runtime"
+)
+
+// Releases gh
+//
+// Release gh for current operating system. The build artifacts will be in target/VERSION
+func TaskRelease(t *tasking.T) {
+	t.Log("Updating goxc...")
+	err := t.Exec("go get -u github.com/laher/goxc")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("Can't update goxc: %s\n", err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	t.Log("Removing build target...")
+	err = os.RemoveAll("target")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("Can't remove build target: %s\n", err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	t.Log("Building gh...")
+	err = t.Exec("goxc", "-wd=.", "-os="+runtime.GOOS, "-c="+runtime.GOOS)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("Can't build gh: %s\n", err)
+		return
+	}
+}
diff --git a/script/bootstrap b/script/bootstrap
index 3f0ad3dff34014a9f48238e7e5a158e7012e1b73..c6b2a4e118d01ab2855f48343eddb21e1d98099a 100755
--- a/script/bootstrap
+++ b/script/bootstrap
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 go get -d -v ./...
-go get github.com/bmizerany/assert
+go get -u github.com/bmizerany/assert
+go get -u github.com/jingweno/gotask
diff --git a/script/release b/script/release
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..07f35eb2033cc7ca0c91be1861216a5167500e7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/script/release
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+script/bootstrap
+gotask release