diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 4afcf19..765addf 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 .idea
-build
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+build
+stormfetch
+stormfetch.tar.gz
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diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index ed9d341..20435ca 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -18,5 +18,13 @@ install: build/stormfetch config/
 	cp build/stormfetch $(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR)/stormfetch
 	cp -r config/. $(DESTDIR)$(SYSCONFDIR)/stormfetch/
 
+compress: build/stormfetch config/
+	mkdir -p stormfetch/$(BINDIR)
+	mkdir -p stormfetch/$(SYSCONFDIR)/stormfetch/
+	cp build/stormfetch stormfetch/$(BINDIR)/stormfetch
+	cp -r config/. stormfetch/$(SYSCONFDIR)/stormfetch/
+	tar --owner=root --group=root -czf stormfetch.tar.gz stormfetch
+	rm -r stormfetch
+
 clean:
 	rm -r build/
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