diff --git a/.github/workflows/packaging.yml b/.github/workflows/packaging.yml
index cde69a462..4c112c5f4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/packaging.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/packaging.yml
@@ -11,19 +11,133 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   package:
-    uses: pendulum-project/ploutos/.github/workflows/pkg-rust.yml@provide-debug-symbols
-    with:
-      workspace_package: statime-linux
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        target:
+          - aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu
+          - armv7-unknown-linux-gnueabihf
+          - x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
+          - i686-unknown-linux-gnu
+    steps:
+      - name: Setup packaging tools for cross compiled artifacts
+        uses: awalsh128/cache-apt-pkgs-action@a6c3917cc929dd0345bfb2d3feaf9101823370ad # v1.4.2
+        with:
+          packages: qemu-user-static crossbuild-essential-armhf crossbuild-essential-arm64 crossbuild-essential-i386
+          version: 1
 
-      package_build_rules: |
-        pkg: statime
-        image:
-          - "ubuntu:xenial"
-        target: x86_64
+      - name: Install toolchain
+        uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@d8352f6b1d2e870bc5716e7a6d9b65c4cc244a1a
+        with:
+          toolchain: "stable"
+          components: "llvm-tools"
 
-      package_test_scripts_path: pkg/test-scripts/test-statime.sh
+      - name: Install cross, cargo-deb and cargo-generate-rpm
+        uses: taiki-e/install-action@60784cb1f434ce8a3cc04670ea753e1c8868e17e
+        with:
+          tool: cross, cargo-deb, cargo-generate-rpm
 
-      rpm_scriptlets_path: pkg/rpm/scriptlets.toml
+      - name: Checkout sources
+        uses: actions/checkout@a5ac7e51b41094c92402da3b24376905380afc29
 
-      rpm_extra_build_packages: git
-      deb_extra_build_packages: git
+      - name: Build the release binaries
+        run: RELEASE_TARGETS="${{ matrix.target }}" utils/build-release.sh
+
+      - name: Upload artifacts
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@65462800fd760344b1a7b4382951275a0abb4808 # v4.3.3
+        with:
+          name: release-binaries-${{ matrix.target }}
+          path: target/pkg/
+          if-no-files-found: error
+
+  gather:
+    needs: package
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Download artifacts
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@65a9edc5881444af0b9093a5e628f2fe47ea3b2e # v4.1.7
+        with:
+          pattern: release-binaries-*
+          path: target/pkg/
+          merge-multiple: true
+      - name: Create a SHA256SUMS file
+        run: |
+          cd target/pkg/
+          rm -rf SHA256SUMS
+          sha256sum -b * > SHA256SUMS
+      - name: Upload artifacts
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@65462800fd760344b1a7b4382951275a0abb4808 # v4.3.3
+        with:
+          name: release-binaries
+          path: target/pkg/
+          if-no-files-found: error
+
+  checks:
+    uses: './.github/workflows/rust.yml'
+
+  release:
+    needs: [gather, checks]
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    if: ${{ startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/heads/release/') }}
+    permissions:
+      # This part of the release pipeline needs to create a tag and a release
+      contents: write
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout sources
+        uses: actions/checkout@a5ac7e51b41094c92402da3b24376905380afc29 # v4.1.6
+
+      - name: Download artifacts
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@65a9edc5881444af0b9093a5e628f2fe47ea3b2e # v4.1.7
+        with:
+          name: release-binaries
+          path: target/pkg/
+
+      - name: Install toolchain
+        uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@d8352f6b1d2e870bc5716e7a6d9b65c4cc244a1a
+        with:
+          toolchain: "stable"
+          components: "llvm-tools"
+
+      - name: Check that the release commit is verified
+        run: |
+          commit_url="${{ github.api_url }}/repos/${{ github.repository }}/commits/${{ github.sha }}"
+          json_accept_header="Accept: application/vnd.github+json"
+          auth_bearer_header="Authorization: Bearer ${{ github.token }}"
+          test "$(curl -sf -H "$json_accept_header" -H "$auth_bearer_header" "$commit_url" | jq .commit.verification.verified)" == "true"
+
+      - name: Read the version from the manifest file
+        run: echo "release_version=$(cargo read-manifest --manifest-path statime-linux/Cargo.toml | jq -r .version)" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+
+      - name: Version in Cargo.toml must match the branch name
+        run: test "release/$release_version" == "${{ github.ref_name }}"
+
+      - name: Ensure there is not already a released tag with a non-draft release
+        run: test "$(gh release view "v$release_version" --json isDraft --jq .isDraft 2>/dev/null || echo "true")" == "true"
+
+      - name: Verify that the changelog top most entry concerns this release
+        run: |
+          release_notes="$(awk '/^## / && !found { found=1; print; next } /^## / && found { exit } found { print }' CHANGELOG.md)"
+          release_notes_header="$(echo "$release_notes" | head -1)"
+          echo "Found release notes for '$release_notes_header'"
+          release_notes_body="$(echo "$release_notes" | tail +2)"
+          release_notes_body="${release_notes_body#"${release_notes_body%%[![:space:]]*}"}"
+          release_notes_body="${release_notes_body%"${release_notes_body##*[![:space:]]}"}"
+          release_notes_version="$(echo "$release_notes_header" | cut -d' ' -f2 | sed 's/[][]//g')"
+          echo "Found version '$release_notes_version' in release notes"
+          test "$release_notes_version" == "${{ env.release_version }}"
+          {
+            echo "release_notes_body<<RELEASE_NOTES_EOF"
+            echo "$release_notes_body"
+            echo RELEASE_NOTES_EOF
+          } >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+
+      - name: Create a draft release
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@69320dbe05506a9a39fc8ae11030b214ec2d1f87 # v2.0.5
+        with:
+          draft: true
+          fail_on_unmatched_files: true
+          tag_name: "v${{ env.release_version }}"
+          target_commitish: "${{ github.sha }}"
+          name: "Version ${{ env.release_version }}"
+          files: target/pkg/*
+          body: "${{ env.release_notes_body }}"
diff --git a/utils/build-release.sh b/utils/build-release.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..4925c03e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/build-release.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -eo pipefail
+
+: "${RELEASE_TARGETS:=aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu,armv7-unknown-linux-gnueabihf,x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu,i686-unknown-linux-gnu}"
+IFS=',' read -r -a targets <<< "$RELEASE_TARGETS"
+
+target_dir="target/pkg"
+
+rm -rf "$target_dir"
+mkdir -p "$target_dir"
+
+package_version=$(cargo read-manifest --manifest-path statime-linux/Cargo.toml | jq -r .version)
+toolchain=$(rustup show active-toolchain | cut -d' ' -f1)
+host_target=$(echo "$toolchain" | cut -d'-' -f2-)
+sysroot=$(rustc --print sysroot)
+llvm_tools_path="$sysroot/lib/rustlib/$host_target/bin"
+
+echo "--- Running on toolchain '${toolchain}', make sure the llvm-tools component is installed"
+echo "--- Host target is '$host_target'"
+
+for target in "${targets[@]}"; do
+    dbg_sym_tar="statime_dbg_$package_version-$target.tar.gz"
+
+    echo "--- Calling cross for building statime package for target '$target'"
+    cross build --target "$target" --package statime-linux --release --features "${RELEASE_FEATURES:-}"
+
+    echo "--- Creating separate debug symbol files for target '$target'"
+    (
+        cd "target/$target/release"
+        find . -maxdepth 1 -type f -executable -print0 | while IFS= read -r -d '' file; do
+            echo "--- Writing debug symbols from '$file' to '$file.dbg'"
+            "$llvm_tools_path/llvm-strip" --only-keep-debug -o "$file.dbg" "$file"
+            chmod -x "$file.dbg"
+            echo "--- Removing all symbols from binary '$file'"
+            "$llvm_tools_path/llvm-strip" -s "$file"
+        done
+    );
+
+    echo "--- Create tar for debug symbols"
+    (
+        cd "target/$target/release"
+        rm -f "$dbg_sym_tar"
+        find . -maxdepth 1 -type f -name '*.dbg' -exec tar uvf "$dbg_sym_tar" {} +
+    );
+
+    echo "--- Creating deb package"
+    cargo deb --no-build --no-strip --target "$target" --compress-type xz --package statime-linux
+
+    echo "--- Creating rpm package"
+    cargo generate-rpm --payload-compress xz --package statime-linux --target "$target" --target-dir target
+
+    echo "--- Copying output files to target"
+    cp "target/$target/release/$dbg_sym_tar" "$target_dir/"
+    find "target/$target/debian" -maxdepth 1 -type f -name '*.deb' -exec cp "{}" "$target_dir/" \;
+    find "target/$target/generate-rpm" -maxdepth 1 -type f -name '*.rpm' -exec cp "{}" "$target_dir/" \;
+done
+
+echo "--- Generating SHA256SUMS file"
+(
+    cd $target_dir
+    sha256sum -b * > SHA256SUMS
+)
+
+echo "--- Done, output is in $target_dir"