diff --git a/.github/workflows/zip-release.yml b/.github/workflows/zip-release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8dd46b109f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/zip-release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+name: Create FontPatcher.zip
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: master
+    paths:
+      - font-patcher
+      - src/glyphs/**
+      - src/archive-font-patcher-readme.me
+      - bin/scripts/archive-font-patcher.sh
+      - bin/scripts/name_parser/Fontname*.py
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+    - name: Checkout
+      uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
+    - name: Fetch dependencies
+      run: sudo apt install -y -q zipcmp
+
+    - name: Create archive
+      run: |
+        chmod u+x font-patcher bin/scripts/archive-font-patcher.sh
+        cd bin/scripts
+        ./archive-font-patcher.sh intermediate
+
+    - name: Upload archive as artifact
+      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+      with:
+        path: archives/FontPatcher.zip
+        retention-days: 1
+
+    - name: Check if archive contents changed
+      id: updated-or-not
+      run: |
+        (zipcmp archives/FontPatcher.zip ./FontPatcher.zip; \
+         echo "updated=$?" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT) || true
+
+    - name: Prepare commit
+      if: steps.updated-or-not.outputs.updated != 0
+      run: cp -f archives/FontPatcher.zip .
+
+    - name: Commit new archive
+      uses: EndBug/add-and-commit@v9
+      if: steps.updated-or-not.outputs.updated != 0
+      with:
+        fetch: false
+        add: "FontPatcher.zip"
+        message: "[ci] Update FontPatcher.zip"
+        committer_name: GitHub Actions
+        committer_email: 41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com
diff --git a/bin/scripts/archive-font-patcher.sh b/bin/scripts/archive-font-patcher.sh
index 7696039f3b..21b0376a24 100755
--- a/bin/scripts/archive-font-patcher.sh
+++ b/bin/scripts/archive-font-patcher.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 # Nerd Fonts Version: 2.3.3
-# Script Version: 1.0.0
+# Script Version: 1.1.0
 # Archives the font patcher script and the required source files
+# If some (any) argument is given this is though of as intermediate version
 # used for debugging
 # set -x
 
@@ -16,14 +17,19 @@ mkdir -p "$outputdir"
 touch "$outputdir/readme.md"
 mini_readme="$outputdir/readme.md"
 cat "$parent_dir/src/archive-font-patcher-readme.md" >> "$mini_readme"
+if [ $# -ge 1 ]; then
+  echo "Intemediate version, adding git version"
+  echo -e "\n## Version\n" >> "$mini_readme"
+  echo "This archive is created from $(git describe --tags --dirty)" >> "$mini_readme"
+fi
 
 # clear out the directory zips
 find "${outputdir:?}" -name "FontPatcher.zip" -type f -delete
 
 cd -- "$scripts_root_dir/../../" || exit 1
-find "src/glyphs" | zip -9 "$outputdir/FontPatcher" -@ 
+find "src/glyphs" | zip -9 "$outputdir/FontPatcher" -@
 find "bin/scripts/name_parser" -name "Fontname*.py" | zip -9 "$outputdir/FontPatcher" -@
-find "font-patcher" | zip -9 "$outputdir/FontPatcher" -@ 
+find "font-patcher" | zip -9 "$outputdir/FontPatcher" -@
 
 # add mini readme file
 zip -9 "$outputdir/FontPatcher" -rj "$mini_readme" -q