diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index d217737d2..7abba9e2a 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -3,10 +3,15 @@
 #
 PYVER=`python -c "import sys; print sys.version[:3]"`
 PREFIX ?= /usr
+DESTDIR ?= ./
 
 all:
 	python setup.py build
 
+tarball:
+	python setup.py sdist
+	mv dist/deluge-*.tar.gz $(DESTDIR)
+
 install:
 	python setup.py install --prefix=$(PREFIX)