diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 31dd9a050..a667ceaf8 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ stages:
   - pre
   - test
   - browser
+  - deploy
 
 pre:rubocop:
   stage: pre
@@ -1001,3 +1002,12 @@ test:browser:integration:zendesk_chrome:
     - script/build/test_startup.sh $RAILS_ENV $BROWSER_PORT $WS_PORT 1
     - ruby -I test/ test/integration/zendesk_import_browser_test.rb || script/build/test_shutdown.sh $RAILS_ENV $BROWSER_PORT $WS_PORT 1 1
     - script/build/test_shutdown.sh $RAILS_ENV $BROWSER_PORT $WS_PORT 0 1
+
+deploy:archives:
+  stage: deploy
+  tags:
+    - deploy
+  only:
+    - tags
+  script:
+    - script/build/deploy_archives.sh
diff --git a/script/build/deploy_archives.sh b/script/build/deploy_archives.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a22818ab2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/script/build/deploy_archives.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -ex
+
+if ! echo $CI_BUILD_REF_NAME | grep stable-; then
+  echo 'deploy archives only for stable branches'
+  exit 0
+fi
+
+# cleanup
+contrib/cleanup.sh
+
+( find . -type d -name ".git" \
+  && find . -name ".gitignore" \
+  && find . -name ".gitkeep" \
+  && find . -name ".gitmodules" ) | xargs rm -rf
+
+# tar.gz
+tar -czf /tmp/zammad-${CI_BUILD_TAG}.tar.gz .
+
+# tar.bz2
+tar -cjf /tmp/zammad-${CI_BUILD_TAG}.tar.bz2 .
+
+# zip
+zip /tmp/zammad-${CI_BUILD_TAG}.zip ./*
+
+# publish
+scp /tmp/zammad-${CI_BUILD_TAG}.tar.* $ARCHIVE_SCP_TARGET
+scp /tmp/zammad-${CI_BUILD_TAG}.zip $ARCHIVE_SCP_TARGET