diff --git a/.distignore b/.distignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e27e472d616
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.distignore
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+.*
+.*/
+*.lock
+*.md
+*.zip
+babel.config.js
+bin/
+build/
+CHANGELOG.txt
+composer.*
+docker-compose.yaml
+Dockerfile
+Gruntfile.js
+node_modules/
+none
+package-lock.json
+package.json
+packages/woocommerce-admin/docs
+phpcs.xml
+phpunit.xml
+phpunit.xml.dist
+README.md
+renovate.json
+tests
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-release.yml b/.github/workflows/build-release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3cfefb166e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+name: Build release asset
+on: 
+  release:
+    types: [published]
+jobs:
+  build:
+    name: Build release asset
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - name: Build
+        id: build
+        uses: woocommerce/action-build@master
+        with:
+          generate-zip: true
+      - name: Upload release asset
+        uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        with:
+          upload_url: ${{ github.event.release.upload_url }}
+          asset_path: ${{ steps.build.outputs.zip_path }}
+          asset_name: woocommerce.zip
+          asset_content_type: application/zip
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 9bf4a8ba4cd..7687e1b7d28 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -64,3 +64,6 @@ contributors.md
 
 # Language files
 i18n/languages/woocommerce.pot
+
+# Build
+build/
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 983bab82972..7c536d6845d 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
       "phpcbf -p"
     ],
     "makepot-audit": [
-      "wp i18n make-pot . --exclude=\".github,.wordpress-org,bin,sample-data,node_modules,tests\" --slug=woocommerce"
+      "wp --allow-root i18n make-pot . --exclude=\".github,.wordpress-org,bin,sample-data,node_modules,tests\" --slug=woocommerce"
     ],
     "makepot": [
       "@makepot-audit --skip-audit"