diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index add7c0f..c7b70af 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,4 +2,5 @@
 partdb-labeler.bat
 partdb_labeler.egg-info
 build
-*/__pycache__/*
\ No newline at end of file
+*/__pycache__/*
+dist
diff --git a/publish.sh b/publish.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..55aeb42
--- /dev/null
+++ b/publish.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# publish to PyPI
+rm -r dist || true
+python setup.py sdist bdist_wheel
+twine upload dist/*