diff --git a/build/README.md b/build/README.md
index 411b9c7520..372c138571 100644
--- a/build/README.md
+++ b/build/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ## Overview
 
-This directory contains scripts and configruation files for publishing a
+This directory contains scripts and configuration files for publishing a
 `kustomize` release on [release page](https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kustomize/releases)
 
 ## Steps to run build a release locally
diff --git a/build/goreleaser.yml b/build/goreleaser.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..918e687b2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/goreleaser.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+# This is an example goreleaser.yaml file with some sane defaults.
+# Make sure to check the documentation at http://goreleaser.com
+project_name: kustomize
+builds:
+- main: ./kustomize.go
+  binary: kustomize
+  ldflags: -s -X github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kustomize/version.kustomizeVersion={{.Version}} -X github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kustomize/version.gitCommit={{.Commit}} -X github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kustomize/version.buildDate={{.Date}}
+  goos:
+  - darwin
+  - linux
+  - windows
+  goarch:
+   - amd64
+  env:
+  - CGO_ENABLED=0
+checksum:
+  name_template: 'checksums.txt'
+archive:
+  format: binary
+snapshot:
+  name_template: "master"
+changelog:
+  sort: asc
+  filters:
+    exclude:
+    - '^docs:'
+    - '^test:'
+    - Merge pull request
+    - Merge branch
+release:
+  github:
+    owner: kubernetes-sigs
+    name: kustomize