diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index c7d0cc576fa01d2a86b7201731b9fd71c1fa0269..dce6f13fb6d460e0e389fcf58ca38edead963c3a 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ EXEC_NAME=metadataExporter-srv
 INST_NAME=test
 DEBUG_LEV=-v3
 INSTALL_DIR=/usr/local/bin
+VERSION := `git describe --tags`
+TAR_NAME := `basename $(PWD)`
 #================================================================================
 INC_DIR=/usr/local/omniORB/include \
 	   /usr/local/zeromq/include/zmq \
@@ -91,6 +93,10 @@ deepclean:
 install:
 	-cp $(EXECUTABLE) $(INSTALL_DIR)
 
+.PHONY: tar
+tar:
+	-tar -czvf $(TAR_NAME)_$(VERSION).tar.gz --transform="s|^.|$(TAR_NAME)_$(VERSION)/|" $(PROTO_DIR) $(SRC_DIR) ./Makefile
+
 .PHONY: echo
 echo:
 	@echo EXECUTABLE: