diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 42fbdf73fe..39e3a625af 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ openrct2
 distribution/windows/*.exe
 
 # Build artifacts
+artifacts
 .cache
 
 #lib
diff --git a/publish.ps1 b/publish.ps1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f48ead74fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/publish.ps1
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Publish script for OpenRCT2
+# - Sets the source code preprocessor defines
+# - Builds a clean release of OpenRCT2
+# - Creates a ZIP for distribution
+
+param (
+    [string]$server = "",
+    [string]$buildNo = ""
+)
+
+# Set build attributes
+function do-prepareSource($build_server = "", $build_number = "")
+{
+    Write-Output "Setting build #defines..."
+    # $build_number = "";
+    # $build_server = "";
+    $build_branch = (git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD);
+    $build_commit_sha1 = (git rev-parse HEAD);
+    $build_commit_sha1_short = $build_commit_sha1.Substring(0, [System.Math]::Min($build_commit_sha1.Length, 7));
+
+    $defines = @{ }
+    $defines["OPENRCT2_BUILD_NUMBER"]      = $build_number;
+    $defines["OPENRCT2_BUILD_SERVER"]      = $build_server;
+    $defines["OPENRCT2_BRANCH"]            = $build_branch;
+    $defines["OPENRCT2_COMMIT_SHA1"]       = $build_commit_sha1;
+    $defines["OPENRCT2_COMMIT_SHA1_SHORT"] = $build_commit_sha1_short;
+
+    $rct2path = ".\src\rct2.h";
+    $lines = Get-Content $rct2path
+    $newLines = @( )
+    foreach ($line in $lines) {
+        if ($line -ne $null -and $line.Contains("#define") -eq $true) {
+            foreach ($key in $defines.Keys) {
+	            if ($line.Contains($key + "`t") -or $line.Contains($key + " ")) {
+                    $line = "#define " + $key + " """ + $defines[$key] + """"
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        $newLines += $line
+    }
+    $newLines | Set-Content $rct2path
+}
+
+# Building OpenRCT2
+function do-build()
+{
+    Write-Output "Building OpenRCT2..."
+    msbuild .\projects\openrct2.sln /p:Configuration=Release /p:Platform=Win32 /t:rebuild /v:minimal
+}
+
+# Package
+function do-package()
+{
+    Write-Output "Publishing OpenRCT2..."
+    $releaseDir = ".\build\Release"
+    $distDir = ".\distribution"
+    $tempDir = ".\artifacts\temp"
+    $outZip = ".\artifacts\openrct2.zip"
+
+    # Create new temp directory
+    Remove-Item -Force -Recurse $tempDir -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
+    New-Item -Force -ItemType Directory $tempDir > $null
+
+    # Copy files to be archived
+    Copy-Item -Force "$releaseDir\openrct2.exe"       $tempDir -ErrorAction Stop
+    Copy-Item -Force "$releaseDir\openrct2.dll"       $tempDir -ErrorAction Stop
+    Copy-Item -Force "$releaseDir\curl-ca-bundle.crt" $tempDir -ErrorAction Stop
+    Copy-Item -Force "$releaseDir\SDL2.dll"           $tempDir -ErrorAction Stop
+    Copy-Item -Force "$distDir\changelog.txt"         $tempDir -ErrorAction Stop
+    Copy-Item -Force "$distDir\known_issues.txt"      $tempDir -ErrorAction Stop
+    Copy-Item -Force "$distDir\readme.txt"            $tempDir -ErrorAction Stop
+
+    # Create archive
+    7za a -tzip -mx9 $outZip "$tempDir\*"
+
+    # Remove temp directory
+    Remove-Item -Force -Recurse $tempDir -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
+}
+
+do-prepareSource $server $buildNo
+do-build
+do-package