diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2b01291..f299362 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -309,6 +309,24 @@ or
 ./scripts/adjust-epoch
 ```
 
+##### Git tag
+
+If you are on the master branch, everything is ready and you want to create
+a release tag you can call:
+
+```
+meson compule git-tag -C build
+```
+
+If you want to use another signing key than the prespecified one, configure
+Cagebreak with `-Dgpg_id=GPGID`.
+
+```
+./scripts/git-tag GPGID CBVERSION
+```
+
+can be used alternatively.
+
 ### GCC and -fanalyzer
 
 Cagebreak should compile with any reasonably new gcc or clang. Consider
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 4d3d01c..501cc4f 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -353,6 +353,9 @@ run_target('fuzz',
 run_target('adjust-epoch',
   command : ['scripts/adjust-epoch'])
 
+run_target('git-tag',
+  command : ['scripts/git-tag', get_option('gpg_id'), meson.project_version()])
+
 # Test Suite
 
 test('Build without warnings', find_program('test/build-w-o-warnings'), env : [ ''.join('MESONCURRENTCONFIGDIR=', meson.current_source_dir()) ], suite: 'devel')
diff --git a/meson_options.txt b/meson_options.txt
index df62d70..eba2f60 100644
--- a/meson_options.txt
+++ b/meson_options.txt
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@ option('man-pages', type: 'boolean', value: 'false', description: 'Build man pag
 option('fuzz', type: 'boolean', value: 'false', description: 'Enable building fuzzer targets')
 option('version_override', type: 'string', description: 'Set the project version to the string specified. Used for creating hashes for reproducible builds.')
 option('corpus', type: 'string', value: 'fuzz_corpus',  description: 'Set fuzzing corpus directory')
+option('gpg_id', type: 'string', value: '4E82C72C6B3E58A7BC4FF8554909F84CA83BB867',  description: 'Set gpg signing key for cagebreak')