diff --git a/.github/scripts/github/make-release b/.github/scripts/github/make-release
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..89152bacbd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/scripts/github/make-release
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+err() {
+    echo "$0: $*"
+}
+
+[ "$GITHUB_REPOSITORY" ] || err "missing variable GITHUB_REPOSITORY"
+
+TITLE=$(git tag -l --format='%(contents)' $tag)
+
+echo "tag=$tag"
+echo "title=$TITLE"
+
+gh release create "$tag" \
+        --repo="$GITHUB_REPOSITORY" \
+        --title="$tag" \
+        --generate-notes
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b1ce7c3390
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
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+name: Publish release on github
+
+on:
+  push
+
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+
+jobs:
+  release:
+    name: Release pushed tag
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    if: ${{ startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/xlibre-xserver-') }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Create release
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          tag: ${{ github.ref_name }}
+        run: .github/scripts/github/make-release