diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 4b26396b..f562c278 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 *.sublime-workspace
 node_modules
 build/
+openseadragon.zip
+openseadragon.tar
diff --git a/grunt.js b/grunt.js
index cfc199b1..6d57fc51 100644
--- a/grunt.js
+++ b/grunt.js
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 module.exports = function(grunt) {
-    
+
+    grunt.loadNpmTasks("grunt-contrib-compress");
+
     var distribution = "build/openseadragon.js",
         minified = "build/openseadragon.min.js",
         sources = [
@@ -50,6 +52,18 @@ module.exports = function(grunt) {
                 dest: minified
             }
         },
+        compress: {
+            zip: {
+                files: {
+                   "openseadragon.zip": "build/**"
+                }
+            },
+            tar: {
+                files: {
+                   "openseadragon.tar": "build/**"
+                }
+            }
+        },
         qunit: {
             all: [ "http://localhost:8000/test/test.html" ]
         },
@@ -99,4 +113,6 @@ module.exports = function(grunt) {
     // Test task.
     grunt.registerTask("test", "default server qunit");
 
+    // Package task.
+    grunt.registerTask("package", "default compress");
 };
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 0195b2a7..1df4ea7d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@
     "dependencies": {
         "grunt": "0.3.17",
         "qunitjs": "1.11.0",
-        "phantomjs": "1.8.1-3"
+        "phantomjs": "1.8.1-3",
+        "grunt-contrib-compress": "0.3.3"
     },
     "scripts": {
         "test": "grunt test"