diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index ad77607..60bd379 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -2,3 +2,11 @@
 
 AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = foreign subdir-objects
 SUBDIRS          = extensions
+
+.PHONY: tarball
+tarball:
+	rm -Rf /tmp/xtables-addons-${PACKAGE_VERSION};
+	pushd ${top_srcdir} && git-archive --prefix=xtables-addons-${PACKAGE_VERSION}/ HEAD | tar -C /tmp -x && popd;
+	pushd /tmp/xtables-addons-${PACKAGE_VERSION} && ./autogen.sh && popd;
+	tar -C /tmp -cjf xtables-addons-${PACKAGE_VERSION}.tar.bz2 xtables-addons-${PACKAGE_VERSION}/;
+	rm -Rf /tmp/xtables-addons-${PACKAGE_VERSION};