diff --git a/.github/workflows/runtime-release.yml b/.github/workflows/runtime-release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..47fae4bd0ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/runtime-release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+name: Release runtime binaries
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: ["main"]
+    paths:
+      - ".github/workflows/runtime-release.yml"
+      - "runtime/**"
+jobs:
+  release:
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        include:
+          - os: linux
+            arch: amd64
+            name: linux-amd64
+            ext: ""
+          - os: windows
+            arch: amd64
+            name: windows-amd64
+            ext: ".exe"
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - name: Setup Go
+        uses: actions/setup-go@v3
+        with:
+          go-version: "1.19"
+      - name: Setup Zig
+        uses: goto-bus-stop/setup-zig@v1
+        with:
+          version: "0.9.1"
+      - name: Authenticate GCS
+        uses: google-github-actions/auth@v0
+        with:
+          credentials_json: "${{ secrets.RILL_RUNTIME_SA }}"
+      - name: "Set up Cloud SDK"
+        uses: "google-github-actions/setup-gcloud@v0"
+      - name: Build and upload ${{ matrix.name }}
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          cd runtime
+          make release/${{ matrix.os }}-${{ matrix.arch }}${{ matrix.ext }}
+          mv release/${{ matrix.os }}-${{ matrix.arch }}${{ matrix.ext }} release/runtime${{ matrix.ext }}
+          zip -j release/runtime-${{ matrix.name }}.zip release/runtime${{ matrix.ext }}
+          RUNTIME_VERSION=$(cat version.txt | tr -d "[:space:]")
+          gsutil cp release/runtime-${{ matrix.name }}.zip gs://pkg.rilldata.com/runtime/releases/v$RUNTIME_VERSION/
+  release_macos:
+    # NOTE: Currently, darwin builds must run on macOS. See Makefile for details.
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        include:
+          - os: darwin
+            arch: amd64
+            name: macos-amd64
+            ext: ""
+          - os: darwin
+            arch: arm64
+            name: macos-arm64
+            ext: ""
+    runs-on: macos-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - name: Setup Go
+        uses: actions/setup-go@v3
+        with:
+          go-version: "1.19"
+      - name: Authenticate GCS
+        uses: google-github-actions/auth@v0
+        with:
+          credentials_json: "${{ secrets.RILL_SQL_SA }}"
+      - name: "Set up Cloud SDK"
+        uses: "google-github-actions/setup-gcloud@v0"
+      - name: Build and upload ${{ matrix.name }}
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          cd runtime
+          make release/${{ matrix.os }}-${{ matrix.arch }}${{ matrix.ext }}
+          mv release/${{ matrix.os }}-${{ matrix.arch }}${{ matrix.ext }} release/runtime${{ matrix.ext }}
+          zip -j release/runtime-${{ matrix.name }}.zip release/runtime${{ matrix.ext }}
+          RUNTIME_VERSION=$(cat version.txt | tr -d "[:space:]")
+          gsutil cp release/runtime-${{ matrix.name }}.zip gs://pkg.rilldata.com/runtime/releases/v$RUNTIME_VERSION/
diff --git a/runtime/.gitignore b/runtime/.gitignore
index 1c0af3979fa..2cc78604f8a 100644
--- a/runtime/.gitignore
+++ b/runtime/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 sql/deps
+release
diff --git a/runtime/Makefile b/runtime/Makefile
index 13b49b5e307..e5b2953bd23 100644
--- a/runtime/Makefile
+++ b/runtime/Makefile
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+RUNTIME_VERSION = $(shell cat version.txt | tr -d "[:space:]")
+
 .PHONY: build
 build:
 	./scripts/setup_sql.sh -f
@@ -16,3 +18,37 @@ test:
 .PHONY: clean
 clean:
 	rm -rf sql/deps
+	rm -f main
+	rm -rf release
+
+release/linux-amd64:
+	mkdir -p release
+	GOOS=linux GOARCH=amd64 ./scripts/setup_sql.sh -f
+	CGO_ENABLED=1 GOOS=linux GOARCH=amd64 \
+		CC="zig cc -target x86_64-linux-musl" \
+		CXX="zig c++ -target x86_64-linux-musl" \
+		go build -ldflags "-X 'github.com/rilldata/rill/runtime.Version=${RUNTIME_VERSION}'" -trimpath -o release/linux-amd64 ./cmd
+
+release/windows-amd64.exe:
+	mkdir -p release
+	GOOS=windows GOARCH=amd64 ./scripts/setup_sql.sh -f
+	CGO_ENABLED=1 GOOS=windows GOARCH=amd64 \
+		CC="zig cc -target x86_64-windows-gnu" \
+		CXX="zig c++ -target x86_64-windows-gnu" \
+		go build -ldflags "-X 'github.com/rilldata/rill/runtime.Version=${RUNTIME_VERSION}'" -trimpath -o release/windows-amd64.exe ./cmd
+
+# NOTE: Move darwin builds to to Zig (for fully cross-platform builds) when the issues mentioned here have been solved: https://github.com/rilldata/rill-developer/pull/846
+
+release/darwin-arm64:
+	if [ "$(shell uname -s | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')" != "darwin" ]; then echo "Error: must run build on darwin"; false; fi
+	mkdir -p release
+	GOOS=darwin GOARCH=arm64 ./scripts/setup_sql.sh -f
+	CGO_ENABLED=1 GOOS=darwin GOARCH=arm64 \
+		go build -ldflags "-X 'github.com/rilldata/rill/runtime.Version=${RUNTIME_VERSION}'" -trimpath -o release/darwin-arm64 ./cmd
+
+release/darwin-amd64:
+	if [ "$(shell uname -s | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')" != "darwin" ]; then echo "Error: must run build on darwin"; false; fi
+	mkdir -p release
+	GOOS=darwin GOARCH=amd64 ./scripts/setup_sql.sh -f
+	CGO_ENABLED=1 GOOS=darwin GOARCH=amd64 \
+		go build -ldflags "-X 'github.com/rilldata/rill/runtime.Version=${RUNTIME_VERSION}'" -trimpath -o release/darwin-amd64 ./cmd
diff --git a/runtime/cmd/main.go b/runtime/cmd/main.go
index 09d40166182..91199e8c399 100644
--- a/runtime/cmd/main.go
+++ b/runtime/cmd/main.go
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/rilldata/rill/runtime"
 	"github.com/rilldata/rill/runtime/metadata"
 	"github.com/rilldata/rill/runtime/pkg/graceful"
+	_ "github.com/rilldata/rill/runtime/sql"
 
 	_ "github.com/rilldata/rill/runtime/infra/duckdb"
 	_ "github.com/rilldata/rill/runtime/metadata/sqlite"