diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 817a47b..3eda9b6 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 target
+/exa-linux-x86_64
+/exa-linux-x86_64.zip
 
 .vagrant
 ubuntu-xenial-16.04-cloudimg-console.log
diff --git a/Vagrantfile b/Vagrantfile
index 8e364b7..4598f1d 100644
--- a/Vagrantfile
+++ b/Vagrantfile
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ Vagrant.configure(2) do |config|
     config.vm.provision :shell, privileged: true, inline: <<-EOF
         set -xe
         apt-get install -qq -o=Dpkg::Use-Pty=0 -y \
-          git cmake curl attr libgit2-dev \
+          git cmake curl attr libgit2-dev zip \
           fish zsh bash bash-completion
     EOF
 
@@ -68,8 +68,30 @@ Vagrant.configure(2) do |config|
 
         echo -e "#!/bin/sh\nbuild-exa && test-exa && run-xtests" > /usr/bin/compile-exa
         ln -sf /usr/bin/compile-exa /usr/bin/c
+
+        echo "#!/bin/bash"                                                      > /usr/bin/package-exa
+        echo "set -e"                                                          >> /usr/bin/package-exa
         
-        chmod +x /usr/bin/{exa,rexa,b,t,x,c,build-exa,test-exa,run-xtests,compile-exa}
+        echo 'echo -e "\nCompiling release version of exa..."'                 >> /usr/bin/package-exa
+        echo "cargo build --release --manifest-path /vagrant/Cargo.toml"       >> /usr/bin/package-exa
+        echo "cargo test --release --manifest-path /vagrant/Cargo.toml --lib"  >> /usr/bin/package-exa
+        echo "/vagrant/xtests/run.sh --release"                                >> /usr/bin/package-exa
+        echo "cp /home/ubuntu/target/release/exa /vagrant/exa-linux-x86_64"    >> /usr/bin/package-exa
+        
+        echo 'echo -e "\nStripping binary..."'                                 >> /usr/bin/package-exa
+        echo "strip /vagrant/exa-linux-x86_64"                                 >> /usr/bin/package-exa
+        
+        echo 'echo -e "\nZipping binary..."'                                   >> /usr/bin/package-exa
+        echo "rm -f /vagrant/exa-linux-x86_64.zip"                             >> /usr/bin/package-exa
+        echo "zip /vagrant/exa-linux-x86_64.zip /vagrant/exa-linux-x86_64"     >> /usr/bin/package-exa
+        
+        echo 'echo -e "\nLibraries linked:"'                                   >> /usr/bin/package-exa
+        echo "ldd /vagrant/exa-linux-x86_64"                                   >> /usr/bin/package-exa
+        
+        echo 'echo -e "\nAll done!"'                                           >> /usr/bin/package-exa
+        echo '/vagrant/exa-linux-x86_64 /vagrant/exa-linux-x86_64* -lB'        >> /usr/bin/package-exa
+        
+        chmod +x /usr/bin/{exa,rexa,b,t,x,c,build-exa,test-exa,run-xtests,compile-exa,package-exa}
     EOF
 
 
diff --git a/xtests/run.sh b/xtests/run.sh
index f3f0015..3062b0f 100755
--- a/xtests/run.sh
+++ b/xtests/run.sh
@@ -2,12 +2,15 @@
 set +xe
 
 
-# The exa binary
-exa_binary="$HOME/target/debug/exa"
+# Release mode
+case "$1" in
+  "--release") echo "Testing release exa..."; exa_binary="$HOME/target/release/exa" ;;
+  *)           exa_binary="$HOME/target/debug/exa" ;;
+esac
 
 if [ ! -f "$exa_binary" ]; then
   echo "exa binary ($exa_binary) does not exist"
-  echo -e "create it first with \033[1;32mbuild-exa\033[0m or \033[1;32mb\033[0m"
+  if [ "$1" != "--release" ]; then echo -e "create it first with \033[1;32mbuild-exa\033[0m or \033[1;32mb\033[0m"; fi
   exit 1
 fi
 
@@ -150,7 +153,8 @@ env LANG=ja_JP.UTF-8  $exa $testcases/dates -l | diff -q - $results/dates_jp  ||
 # Paths and directories
 # These directories are created in the VM user’s home directory (the default
 # location) when a Cargo build is done.
-(cd; $exa -1d target target/debug target/debug/build | diff -q - $results/dir_paths) || exit 1
+(cd; mkdir -p target/debug/build
+     $exa -1d target target/debug target/debug/build | diff -q - $results/dir_paths) || exit 1
      $exa -1d . .. /                                 | diff -q - $results/dirs       || exit 1