diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9595dd3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+lfs-bootscripts-*.tar.xz
+lfs-*.tar.xz
+conditional.ent
+version.ent
+appendices/*.script
+*.swp
+fop.log
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 6451a46..cffced9 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -206,17 +206,26 @@ $(BASEDIR)/md5sums: stylesheets/wget-list.xsl chapter03/chapter03.xml \
 version:
 	$(Q)./git-version.sh $(REV)
 
-#dump-commands: validate
-#	@echo "Dumping book commands..."
-#
-#	$(Q)rm -rf $(DUMPDIR)
-#
-#	$(Q)xsltproc --output $(DUMPDIR)/          \
-#                stylesheets/dump-commands.xsl \
-#                $(RENDERTMP)/lfs-full.xml
-#	@echo "Dumping book commands complete in $(DUMPDIR)"
+dump-commands: validate
+	@echo "Dumping book commands..."
 
-all: book nochunks pdf # dump-commands
+	$(Q)rm -rf $(DUMPDIR)
 
-.PHONY : all book dump-commands nochunks pdf profile-html tmpdir validate md5sums wget-list version
+	$(Q)xsltproc --output $(DUMPDIR)/          \
+                stylesheets/dump-commands.xsl \
+                $(RENDERTMP)/lfs-full.xml
+	@echo "Dumping book commands complete in $(DUMPDIR)"
+
+all: book nochunks pdf dump-commands
+
+dist:
+	$(Q)DIST=/tmp/LFS-RELEASE ./git-version.sh $(REV)
+	$(Q)rm -f lfs-$$(</tmp/LFS-RELEASE).tar.xz
+	$(Q)tar cJf lfs-$$(</tmp/LFS-RELEASE).tar.xz \
+		$(shell git ls-tree HEAD . --name-only) version.ent \
+		-C /tmp LFS-RELEASE \
+		--transform "s,^,lfs-$$(</tmp/LFS-RELEASE)/,"
+	$(Q)echo "Generated XML tarball lfs-$$(</tmp/LFS-RELEASE).tar.xz"
+
+.PHONY : all book dump-commands nochunks pdf profile-html tmpdir validate md5sums wget-list version dist
 
diff --git a/git-version.sh b/git-version.sh
index 01179fa..6fdd126 100644
--- a/git-version.sh
+++ b/git-version.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/bin/sh
+#!/bin/bash
 
 if [ "$1" = sysv ]; then
 	SYSV="INCLUDE"
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ fi
 echo "<!ENTITY % sysv    \"$SYSV\">"     >  conditional.ent
 echo "<!ENTITY % systemd \"$SYSTEMD\">"  >> conditional.ent
 
+if [ -e LFS-RELEASE ]; then
+	exit 0
+fi
+
 if ! git status > /dev/null; then
 	# Either it's not a git repository, or git is unavaliable.
 	# Just workaround.
@@ -65,3 +69,5 @@ echo "<!ENTITY version          \"$versiond\">"            >> version.ent
 echo "]]>"                                                 >> version.ent
 echo "<!ENTITY releasedate       \"$full_date\">"          >> version.ent
 echo "<!ENTITY copyrightdate     \"1999-$year\">"          >> version.ent
+
+[ -z "$DIST" ] || echo $version > "$DIST"