diff --git a/Artifacts.toml b/Artifacts.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f4f9157
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Artifacts.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+[hello_world]
+git-tree-sha1 = "538e83d637ab07ada6d841aa2454e0d5af4e52b3"
+
+    [[hello_world.download]]
+    sha256 = "d81c7e810cd9d3588a7aa0aaffb9fbc8c4db6ad2bc27f8ddb8f5382b44a5a4f9"
+    url = "https://github.com/pat-alt/ArtifactUtils.jl/releases/download/artifacts-latest/538e83d637ab07ada6d841aa2454e0d5af4e52b3.tar.gz"
diff --git a/Project.toml b/Project.toml
index 543e20a..3dd626b 100644
--- a/Project.toml
+++ b/Project.toml
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ ProgressLogging = "33c8b6b6-d38a-422a-b730-caa89a2f386c"
 SHA = "ea8e919c-243c-51af-8825-aaa63cd721ce"
 TOML = "fa267f1f-6049-4f14-aa54-33bafae1ed76"
 gh_cli_jll = "5d31d589-30fb-542f-b82d-10325e863e38"
+ghr_jll = "07c12ed4-43bc-5495-8a2a-d5838ef8d533"
 
 [compat]
 Git = "1"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 747c59d..4978e79 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -97,3 +97,34 @@ file.  You can also call `add_artifact!` with the `gist` result object.
 ```julia
 julia> add_artifact!("Artifacts.toml", "hello_world", gist)
 ```
+
+### Archive a directory and upload it as release
+
+You can also create an artifact from a directory using `artifact_from_directory` and
+then upload it as a tagged release with `upload_to_release`.  Note that `upload_to_release`
+requires login using your `GITHUB_TOKEN`, which needs to be available from the environment.
+
+```julia
+julia> using ArtifactUtils
+
+julia> tempdir = mktempdir();
+
+julia> write(joinpath(tempdir, "file"), "hello");
+
+julia> artifact_id = artifact_from_directory(tempdir)
+SHA1("538e83d637ab07ada6d841aa2454e0d5af4e52b3")
+
+julia> release = upload_to_release(artifact_id)
+@Info (ArtifactUtils#release_from_file#46): Uploading tarballs to pat-alt/ArtifactUtils.jl tag `artifacts-latest`                                                                          
+  │                                                                                                                                                                                        
+  ╰──────────────────────────────────────────────── 
+                       Sun, 14 Jan 2024 17:05:02 
+--> Uploading: 538e83d637ab07ada6d841aa2454e0d5af4e52b3.tar.gz
+ArtifactUtils.ReleaseUploadResult(SHA1("538e83d637ab07ada6d841aa2454e0d5af4e52b3"), "538e83d637ab07ada6d841aa2454e0d5af4e52b3.tar.gz", "/var/folders/ct/w1pc0ggd44907l8fkl8m5pdslbh6sh/T/jl_I38b3Z/538e83d637ab07ada6d841aa2454e0d5af4e52b3.tar.gz", "https://github.com/pat-alt/ArtifactUtils.jl/releases/download/artifacts-latest/538e83d637ab07ada6d841aa2454e0d5af4e52b3.tar.gz", "d81c7e810cd9d3588a7aa0aaffb9fbc8c4db6ad2bc27f8ddb8f5382b44a5a4f9", "artifacts-latest")
+```
+
+Simply call the `add_artifact!` with the `release` result object.
+
+```julia
+julia> add_artifact!("Artifacts.toml", "hello_world", release)
+```
diff --git a/src/ArtifactUtils.jl b/src/ArtifactUtils.jl
index f27a9ea..906514b 100644
--- a/src/ArtifactUtils.jl
+++ b/src/ArtifactUtils.jl
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ using Base: SHA1
 using SHA
 using Downloads: download
 
-export add_artifact!, artifact_from_directory, upload_to_gist, upload_all_to_gist!
+export add_artifact!, artifact_from_directory
+export upload_to_gist, upload_all_to_gist!, upload_to_release
 
 include("utils.jl")
 include("gistutils.jl")
@@ -298,6 +299,8 @@ function print_artifact_entry(
     TOML.print(io, dict; sorted = true)
 end
 
+include("upload_to_release.jl")
+
 function Base.show(io::IO, ::MIME"text/plain", gist::GistUploadResult)
     print(io, upload_to_gist, "(")
     show(io, gist.artifact_id)
diff --git a/src/release_utils.jl b/src/release_utils.jl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d374013
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/release_utils.jl
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+function release_from_file(filepath::AbstractString; tag::AbstractString)
+    
+    @assert isfile(filepath)
+
+    # Get the repo name from the git remote url
+    if !haskey(ENV, "GITHUB_TOKEN")
+        @warn "For automatic github deployment, need GITHUB_TOKEN. Not found in ENV, attemptimg global git config."
+    end
+
+    origin_url = strip(chomp(read(`git config --get remote.origin.url`, String)))
+    deploy_repo = "$(basename(dirname(origin_url)))/$(basename(origin_url))"
+    deploy_repo = replace(deploy_repo, ".git" => "")
+
+    # Upload tarballs to a special github release
+    @info("Uploading tarballs to $(deploy_repo) tag `$(tag)`")
+
+    ghr() do ghr_exe
+        println(
+            readchomp(
+                `$ghr_exe -replace -u $(dirname(deploy_repo)) -r $(basename(deploy_repo)) $(tag) $(filepath)`,
+            ),
+        )
+    end
+
+    tarball_url = "https://github.com/$(deploy_repo)/releases/download/$(tag)/$(basename(filepath))"
+
+    return tarball_url
+end
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diff --git a/src/upload_to_release.jl b/src/upload_to_release.jl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1a99de2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/upload_to_release.jl
@@ -0,0 +1,117 @@
+using ghr_jll
+
+struct ReleaseUploadResult
+    artifact_id::SHA1
+    filename::String
+    localpath::Union{String,Nothing}
+    url::String
+    sha256::String
+    tag::String
+end
+
+include("release_utils.jl")
+
+"""
+    upload_to_release(
+        artifact_id::SHA1,
+        [tarball];
+        tag::AbstractString="artifacts-latest",
+        honor_overrides = false,
+        # Following options are aviailable only when `tarball` is not specified:
+        name::AbstractString = "\$artifact_id.tar.gz",
+        extension::AbstractString = ".tar.gz",
+    ) -> release
+
+Create an artifact archive at path `tarball` (or in a temporary location) and upload it to
+release. The returned value `release` can be passed to `add_artifact!`.
+
+# Extended help
+
+## Examples
+```julia
+using ArtifactUtils
+add_artifact!("Artifact.toml", "name", upload_to_release(artifact_from_directory("source")))
+```
+
+creates an artifact from files in the `"source"` directory, uploads it to a release, and then
+adds it to `"Artifact.toml"` with the name `"name"`.
+
+## Keyword Arguments
+- `tag`: the tag of the release to upload to
+- `name`: name of the archive file, including file extension
+- `extension`: file extension of the tarball. It can be used for specifying the compression
+  method.
+- `honor_overrides`: see `Pkg.Artifacts.archive_artifact`
+"""
+function upload_to_release end
+
+function upload_to_release(
+    artifact_id::SHA1,
+    tarball::AbstractString;
+    tag::AbstractString="artifacts-latest",
+    archive_options...,
+)
+    mkpath(dirname(tarball))
+    archive_artifact(artifact_id, tarball; archive_options...)
+    sha256 = sha256sum(tarball)
+    url = release_from_file(tarball; tag=tag)
+    return ReleaseUploadResult(
+        artifact_id,
+        basename(tarball),
+        abspath(tarball),
+        url,
+        sha256,
+        tag,
+    )
+end
+
+function upload_to_release(
+    artifact_id::SHA1;
+    name::Union{AbstractString,Nothing}=nothing,
+    extension::Union{AbstractString,Nothing}=nothing,
+    options...,
+)
+    if name !== nothing && extension !== nothing
+        error(
+            "Options `name` and `extension` are mutually exclusive. Got: name = ",
+            name,
+            " extension = ",
+            extension,
+        )
+    end
+
+    tarball = if name === nothing
+        string(artifact_id, something(extension, ".tar.gz"))
+    else
+        name
+    end
+
+    return mktempdir() do dir
+        upload_to_release(artifact_id, joinpath(dir, tarball); options...)
+    end
+end
+
+"""
+    add_artifact!(
+        artifacts_toml::String,
+        name::String,
+        release::ReleaseUploadResult;
+        options...,
+    )
+
+Extends the `add_artifact!` function to `ReleaseUploadResult`.
+"""
+function add_artifact!(
+    artifacts_toml::String,
+    name::String,
+    release::ReleaseUploadResult;
+    options...,
+)
+    bind_artifact!(
+        artifacts_toml,
+        name,
+        release.artifact_id;
+        download_info=[(release.url, release.sha256)],
+        options...,
+    )
+end
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