diff --git a/RELEASE.md b/RELEASE.md
index e5243e79..79738e4f 100644
--- a/RELEASE.md
+++ b/RELEASE.md
@@ -20,8 +20,11 @@ Ensure you've followed the instructions in the README.md for building the projec
 To make a release, bump the version of the package.json:
 
 ```bash
+git checkout master
+git pull upstream master
 git commit -a -m "Bump package version to <version>"
 npm install
+npm run package
 npm run upload
 npm publish
 ```
diff --git a/bin/get-tarball-name.js b/bin/get-tarball-name.js
index 0bcac687..114916c9 100644
--- a/bin/get-tarball-name.js
+++ b/bin/get-tarball-name.js
@@ -1,11 +1,16 @@
 'use strict';
 
-var packageRoot = __dirname + '/..';
-var version = require(packageRoot + '/package.json').version;
-var platform = process.platform;
-var arch = process.arch;
-var tarballName = 'libbitcoind-' + version + '-' + platform + '-' + arch + '.tgz';
+function getTarballName() {
+  var packageRoot = __dirname + '/..';
+  var version = require(packageRoot + '/package.json').version;
+  var platform = process.platform;
+  var arch = process.arch;
+  var tarballName = 'libbitcoind-' + version + '-' + platform + '-' + arch + '.tgz';
+  return tarballName;
+}
 
 if (require.main === module) {
-  process.stdout.write(tarballName);
+  process.stdout.write(getTarballName());
 }
+
+module.exports = getTarballName;
diff --git a/bin/package.js b/bin/package.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3410c12f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/package.js
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+'use strict';
+
+var exec = require('child_process').exec;
+var bindings = require('bindings');
+var chainlib = require('chainlib');
+var log = chainlib.log;
+
+var packageRoot = bindings.getRoot(bindings.getFileName());
+var binaryPath = bindings({
+  path: true,
+  bindings: 'bitcoind.node'
+});
+var relativeBinaryPath = binaryPath.replace(packageRoot + '/', '');
+var tarballName = require('./get-tarball-name')();
+
+log.info('Signing binding binary: "' + binaryPath + '"');
+
+var signCommand = 'gpg --yes --out ' + binaryPath + '.sig --detach-sig ' + binaryPath;
+
+var signchild = exec(signCommand, function(error, stdout, stderr) {
+  if (error) {
+    throw error;
+  }
+
+  if (stdout) {
+    log.info('GPG:', stdout);
+  }
+
+  if (stderr) {
+    log.error(stderr);
+  }
+
+  log.info('Packaging tarball: "' + tarballName + '"');
+
+  // Create a tarball of both the binding and the signature
+  var tarCommand = 'tar -C ' +
+    packageRoot + ' -cvzf ' +
+    tarballName + ' ' +
+    relativeBinaryPath + ' ' +
+    relativeBinaryPath + '.sig';
+
+  var tarchild = exec(tarCommand, function (error, stdout, stderr) {
+
+    if (error) {
+      throw error;
+    }
+
+    if (stdout) {
+      log.info('Tar:', stdout);
+    }
+
+    if (stderr) {
+      log.error(stderr);
+    }
+
+  });
+
+});
diff --git a/bin/upload.js b/bin/upload.js
index 3d5a59d2..6bb2f9ac 100644
--- a/bin/upload.js
+++ b/bin/upload.js
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 'use strict';
 
 var fs = require('fs');
+var AWS = require('aws-sdk');
+var bindings = require('bindings');
 var chainlib = require('chainlib');
 var log = chainlib.log;
-var AWS = require('aws-sdk');
 
 var config = require(process.env.HOME + '/.bitcore-node-upload.json');
 
@@ -13,65 +14,39 @@ AWS.config.update({
   secretAccessKey: config.secretAccessKey
 });
 
-var bindings = require('bindings');
 var packageRoot = bindings.getRoot(bindings.getFileName());
-var binaryPath = bindings({
-  path: true,
-  bindings: 'bitcoind.node'
-});
-
-var relativeBinaryPath = binaryPath.replace(packageRoot + '/', '');
-var exec = require('child_process').exec;
-var version = require(packageRoot + '/package.json').version;
-var platform = process.platform;
-var arch = process.arch;
-var tarballName = 'libbitcoind-' + version + '-' + platform + '-' + arch + '.tgz';
+var tarballName = require('./get-tarball-name')();
 var bucketName = 'bitcore-node';
 var url = 'https://' + bucketName + '.s3.amazonaws.com/' + tarballName;
+var localPath = packageRoot + '/' + tarballName;
 
-var child = exec('tar -C ' + packageRoot + ' -cvzf ' + tarballName + ' ' + relativeBinaryPath,
-  function (error, stdout, stderr) {
+log.info('Uploading package: ' + localPath);
 
-    if (error) {
-      throw error;
-    }
-
-    if (stdout) {
-      log.info('Tar:', stdout);
-    }
-
-    if (stderr) {
-      log.error(stderr);
-    }
-
-    var fileStream = fs.createReadStream(packageRoot + '/' + tarballName);
-
-    fileStream.on('error', function(err) {
-      if (err) {
-        throw err;
-      }
-    });
-
-    fileStream.on('open', function() {
-
-      var s3 = new AWS.S3();
-
-      var params = {
-        ACL: 'public-read',
-        Key: tarballName,
-        Body: fileStream,
-        Bucket: bucketName
-      };
-
-       s3.putObject(params, function(err, data) {
-         if (err) {
-           throw err;
-         } else {
-           log.info('Successfully uploaded to: ' + url);
-         }
-       });
-
-    });
+var fileStream = fs.createReadStream(localPath);
 
+fileStream.on('error', function(err) {
+  if (err) {
+    throw err;
   }
-);
+});
+
+fileStream.on('open', function() {
+
+  var s3 = new AWS.S3();
+
+  var params = {
+    ACL: 'public-read',
+    Key: tarballName,
+    Body: fileStream,
+    Bucket: bucketName
+  };
+
+  s3.putObject(params, function(err, data) {
+    if (err) {
+      throw err;
+    } else {
+      log.info('Successfully uploaded to: ' + url);
+    }
+  });
+
+});
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index bfa7be6c..fa7abc50 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
     "install": "./bin/install",
     "build": "./bin/build",
     "clean": "./bin/clean",
+    "package": "node bin/package.js",
     "upload": "node bin/upload.js",
     "start": "node bin/start.js",
     "test": "NODE_ENV=test mocha --recursive",