diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index a52c7ff6..2e17fe15 100755
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+19 May 2017 Ike Devolder
+	* release: 0.7.1
+	* fixed basepath issues #93
+	* made distcheck behaviour consistent with different --srcdir #96
+	* properly package distribution package #98
+	* cross compile for windows to get redistributable exe #94
+	* change distribution format to tar.gz and tar.bz2 for unix
+	  and keep zip for windows #97
+
 17 April 2017 Ike Devolder
 	* release: 0.7.0
 	* Merged OpenMP version and so enabled multithreading
diff --git a/build/release.sh b/build/release.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..16d4e1d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/release.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -e
+
+git clean -xfd
+build/build.sh
+make check
+make distcheck
+version=$(ls -1 par2cmdline*.tar.gz | tail -n1 | sed -e 's/par2cmdline-\([0-9\.]\+\)\.tar\.gz/\1/')
+mkdir -p ../par2release
+mv par2cmdline-$version.tar.gz ../par2release
+(
+    cd ../par2release
+    gzcat par2cmdline-$version.tar.gz | bzip2 > par2cmdline-$version.tar.bz2
+)
+git clean -xfd
+build/build-win32.sh
+mv par2.exe ../par2release
+(
+    cd ../par2release
+    zip par2cmdline-$version-win-x86.zip par2.exe
+    rm par2.exe
+)
+git clean -xfd
+build/build-win64.sh
+mv par2.exe ../par2release
+(
+    cd ../par2release
+    zip par2cmdline-$version-win-x64.zip par2.exe
+    rm par2.exe
+)
+
+(
+    cd ../par2release
+    sha512sum *.tar* *.zip > checksums.sha512
+    for file in *.tar* *.zip; do
+        gpg --detach-sign $file
+    done
+)
+
+git tag -a --sign v$version
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index b9d4ddb4..6060b8f9 100755
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ dnl                                               -*- Autoconf -*-
 dnl Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
 
 AC_PREREQ(2.62)
-AC_INIT([par2cmdline], [0.7.0], [ike.devolder@gmail.com])
+AC_INIT([par2cmdline], [0.7.1], [ike.devolder@gmail.com])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/par2cmdline.cpp])
 
 AC_CANONICAL_HOST
diff --git a/man/par2.1 b/man/par2.1
index 9172068d..7f583293 100644
--- a/man/par2.1
+++ b/man/par2.1
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 .\" Manpage for par2
 .\" Contact ike.devolder@gmail.com for mistakes.
-.TH par2 1 "apr 2017" "0.7.0" "Parity archive utils"
+.TH par2 1 "may 2017" "0.7.1" "Parity archive utils"
 .SH NAME
 par2 \- PAR 2.0 compatible file verification and repair tool.
 .SH SYNOPSIS
diff --git a/par2cmdline.vcxproj b/par2cmdline.vcxproj
index 1dc27172..d8a7bf13 100644
--- a/par2cmdline.vcxproj
+++ b/par2cmdline.vcxproj
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
   <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|Win32'">
     <ClCompile>
       <Optimization>Disabled</Optimization>
-      <PreprocessorDefinitions>WIN32;_DEBUG;_CONSOLE;PACKAGE="par2cmdline";VERSION="0.7.0";%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>WIN32;_DEBUG;_CONSOLE;PACKAGE="par2cmdline";VERSION="0.7.1";%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <MinimalRebuild>true</MinimalRebuild>
       <BasicRuntimeChecks>EnableFastChecks</BasicRuntimeChecks>
       <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreadedDebug</RuntimeLibrary>
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@
   <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|x64'">
     <ClCompile>
       <Optimization>Disabled</Optimization>
-      <PreprocessorDefinitions>WIN32;_DEBUG;_CONSOLE;PACKAGE="par2cmdline";VERSION="0.7.0";%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>WIN32;_DEBUG;_CONSOLE;PACKAGE="par2cmdline";VERSION="0.7.1";%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <BasicRuntimeChecks>EnableFastChecks</BasicRuntimeChecks>
       <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreadedDebug</RuntimeLibrary>
       <OpenMPSupport>true</OpenMPSupport>
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@
       <InlineFunctionExpansion>AnySuitable</InlineFunctionExpansion>
       <FavorSizeOrSpeed>Speed</FavorSizeOrSpeed>
       <OmitFramePointers>true</OmitFramePointers>
-      <PreprocessorDefinitions>WIN32;NDEBUG;_CONSOLE;PACKAGE="par2cmdline";VERSION="0.7.0";%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>WIN32;NDEBUG;_CONSOLE;PACKAGE="par2cmdline";VERSION="0.7.1";%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <StringPooling>true</StringPooling>
       <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreaded</RuntimeLibrary>
       <FunctionLevelLinking>true</FunctionLevelLinking>
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@
       <InlineFunctionExpansion>AnySuitable</InlineFunctionExpansion>
       <FavorSizeOrSpeed>Speed</FavorSizeOrSpeed>
       <OmitFramePointers>true</OmitFramePointers>
-      <PreprocessorDefinitions>WIN32;NDEBUG;_CONSOLE;PACKAGE="par2cmdline";VERSION="0.7.0";%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>WIN32;NDEBUG;_CONSOLE;PACKAGE="par2cmdline";VERSION="0.7.1";%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <StringPooling>true</StringPooling>
       <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreaded</RuntimeLibrary>
       <FunctionLevelLinking>true</FunctionLevelLinking>