diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f5a3b1bdcd..2bc43f864a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@ lib
 key.pem
 cert.pem
 vector/components.css
+packages/
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 8b1ea71022..06895de1b5 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
     "build:compile": "babel --source-maps -d lib src",
     "build:bundle": "NODE_ENV=production webpack -p lib/vector/index.js vector/bundle.js",
     "build": "npm run build:css && npm run build:compile && npm run build:bundle",
+    "package": "npm run build && (mkdir packages || true) && bestzip packages/vector-`git describe --dirty || echo unknown`.zip vector",
     "start:js": "webpack -w src/vector/index.js vector/bundle.js",
     "start:js:prod": "NODE_ENV=production webpack -w src/vector/index.js vector/bundle.js",
     "start:skins:css": "catw \"src/skins/vector/css/**/*.css\" -o vector/components.css",
@@ -50,6 +51,7 @@
     "babel": "^5.8.23",
     "babel-core": "^5.8.25",
     "babel-loader": "^5.3.2",
+    "bestzip": "^1.1.3",
     "catw": "^1.0.1",
     "css-raw-loader": "^0.1.1",
     "http-server": "^0.8.4",