diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b921323
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+name: Release
+on: workflow_dispatch
+jobs:
+  create-release:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    outputs:
+      release_id: ${{ steps.create.outputs.id }}
+      release_url: ${{ steps.create.outputs.upload_url }}
+    steps: 
+      - name: create release
+        id: create
+        uses: actions/create-release@v1
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        with:
+          tag_name: latest
+          release_name: latest
+          draft: true
+          prerelease: false
+  build:
+    needs: create-release
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        platform: ["amd64", "arm64/v8"]
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          submodules: true
+      - name: Setup QEMU
+        uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@v3
+      - name: build docker environment
+        uses: docker/build-push-action@v5
+        with:
+          context: .
+          platforms: linux/${{ matrix.platform }}
+          push: false
+          tags: instrew-env
+      - name: build instrew
+        run: docker run --rm -v "$PWD"/:/instrew/ instrew-env
+      - name: generate artifact name
+        uses: mad9000/actions-find-and-replace-string@5
+        id: artifact-name
+        with:
+          source: instrew-${{ matrix.platform }}.tar.gz
+          find: '/'
+          replace: ''
+      - name: bundle instrew
+        run: mv install instrew && tar -czf ${{ steps.artifact-name.outputs.value }} instrew
+      - name: upload release
+        uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        with:
+          upload_url: ${{ needs.create-release.outputs.release_url }}
+          asset_path: ./${{ steps.artifact-name.outputs.value }}
+          asset_name: ${{ steps.artifact-name.outputs.value }}
+          asset_content_type: application/gzip
+  publish-release:
+    needs:
+      - create-release
+      - build
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: delete-previous-release
+        uses: dev-drprasad/delete-older-releases@v0.2.0
+        with:
+          keep_latest: 0
+          delete_tags: true
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      - name: publish release
+        uses: eregon/publish-release@v1
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        with:
+          release_id: ${{ needs.create-release.outputs.release_id }}
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diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 117d589..57b0901 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 /*.sublime-*
-/build*
+/build/*
 /install
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..60cc33d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# build this docker image for a clean environemnt to build instrew
+FROM ubuntu:24.04
+
+# install dependencies
+RUN apt update \
+    && apt install -y gnupg wget meson cmake pkg-config libssl-dev clang
+
+# install LLVM
+RUN wget --no-check-certificate -O - https://apt.llvm.org/llvm-snapshot.gpg.key | apt-key add -\
+    && echo 'deb http://apt.llvm.org/bookworm/   llvm-toolchain-bookworm-17  main' >> /etc/apt/sources.list \
+    && apt update \
+    && apt install -y llvm-17 \
+    && update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/llvm-config llvm-config /usr/bin/llvm-config-17 17
+
+# create mount point for project
+RUN mkdir /instrew/
+
+# build and test project
+WORKDIR /instrew/
+CMD /instrew/build.sh
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 754495d..af87a5c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -9,11 +9,13 @@ Instrew is a performance-targeted transparent dynamic binary translator(/instrum
 After cloning and checking out submodules, compile Instrew as follows:
 
 ```
-mkdir build
-meson build -Dbuildtype=release
-ninja -C build
-# optionally, run tests
-ninja -C build test
+./build.sh
+```
+
+If your build has dependency issues, consider using the provided dockerfile
+```
+docker build . --tag instrew-env # run once
+docker run --rm -v "$PWD"/:/instrew instrew-env # run to build instrew
 ```
 
 Afterwards, you can run an application with Instrew. Statically linked applications often have a significantly lower translation time. New glibc versions often tend to use recent syscalls that are not yet supported, therefore warnings about missing system calls can sometimes be ignored.
diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..9c03674
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+mkdir -p build
+meson build -Dprefix="$PWD"/install -Dbuildtype=release
+ninja -C build
+ninja -C build test
+ninja -C build install
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