diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..52fe08b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+on:
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - 'v*'
+
+name: release
+
+jobs:
+  pypi:
+    name: upload release to PyPI
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - uses: actions/setup-python@v1
+      with:
+        python-version: 3.8
+    - name: create release
+      id: create_release
+      uses: actions/create-release@v1
+      env:
+        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      with:
+        tag_name: ${{ github.ref }}
+        release_name: Release ${{ github.ref }}
+        draft: false
+        prerelease: ${{ contains(github.ref, 'pre') || contains(github.ref, 'rc') }}
+    - name: sdist
+      run: python3 setup.py sdist
+    - name: publish
+      uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@master
+      with:
+        user: __token__
+        password: ${{ secrets.PYPI_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 653c99c..f70161f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -5,9 +5,21 @@
 A Python library for easy C/C++ syntax guided program transformation/repair.
 This is still very early in development.
 
-## Quickstart
+## Installation
 
-Build the library with docker
+### PyPI
+
+Tourniquet is available via PyPI:
+
+```bash
+$ pip install tourniquet
+```
+
+You'll need a relatively recent CMake and LLVM (9, 10, and 11 are supported).
+
+### Docker
+
+Tourniquet can also be built and run within a Docker container:
 
 ```bash
 $ docker build -t trailofbits/tourniquet .
diff --git a/tourniquet/version.py b/tourniquet/version.py
index 5becc17..e789bac 100644
--- a/tourniquet/version.py
+++ b/tourniquet/version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "1.0.0"
+__version__ = "0.0.1.pre.1"