diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index a173a66..95bfd81 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -22,8 +22,10 @@
 " />
   <property name="zipfile"     value="${phing.project.name}-${version}.zip" />
   <property name="pkgfile"     value="${phing.project.name}-${version}.tgz" />
+  <property name="pharfile"    value="${phing.project.name}-${version}.phar" />
   <property name="distfile"    value="dist/${zipfile}" />
   <property name="distpkgfile" value="dist/pear/${pkgfile}" />
+  <property name="pharfilepath" value="dist/${pharfile}" />
   <property name="sfproject"   value="SemanticScuttle" />
   <property name="sffilepath"  value="s/se/semanticscuttle/" />
   <property name="svnpath"     value="https://semanticscuttle.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/semanticscuttle/" />
@@ -305,6 +307,30 @@
   </target>
 
 
+
+  <target name="phar" depends="check"
+   description="Create .phar file for release"
+   >
+    <echo msg="Creating .phar for SemanticScuttle ${version}"/>
+    <pharpackage basedir="." destfile="${pharfilepath}"
+     alias="sc.phar"
+     webstub="www/index.php"
+     clistub="www/index.php"
+    >
+     <metadata>
+      <element name="version" value="${version}" />
+      <element name="authors">
+       <element name="Christian Weiske">
+        <element name="e-mail" value="cweiske@cweiske.de" />
+       </element>
+      </element>
+     </metadata>
+
+     <fileset refid="fs.zip"/>
+    </pharpackage>
+  </target>
+
+
   <target name="build-docs" description="render documentation">
    <rST format="html" uptodate="true"
         toolparam="--stylesheet=res/docs/style.css"