diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..86fa4cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,118 @@
+name: Release
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - default
+    # To simplify the release process, the publishing is triggered on tag.
+    # We should make sure to only push tags for new releases.
+    # If we start using tags for non-release purposes,
+    # this needs to be updated.
+    #
+    # We need to explicitly configure an expression that matches anything.
+    tags: [ "**" ]
+  pull_request:
+
+
+env:
+  LINUX_URL: "https://bin.chevah.com:20443/third-party-stuff/ibm-mqc-redist/9.4.3.1-IBM-MQC-Redist-LinuxX64.tar.gz"
+  WINDOWS_URL: "https://bin.chevah.com:20443/third-party-stuff/ibm-mqc-redist/9.4.3.1-IBM-MQC-Redist-Win64.zip"
+
+defaults:
+  run:
+    # Use bash on Windows for consistency.
+    shell: bash
+
+
+jobs:
+  build_wheels:
+    name: Build ${{ matrix.runs-on }}
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.runs-on }}
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        runs-on: [ubuntu-latest, windows-latest]
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        name: Install Python
+        with:
+          python-version: '3.9'
+
+      - name: Install deps
+        run: |
+          python -m pip install -r tools/requirements-dev.txt
+
+      - name: Get IBM MQ C Linux Redistributables
+        if: matrix.runs-on == 'ubuntu-latest'
+        run: |
+          python tools/getRedistributables.py "$LINUX_URL" ibm-mq-c
+
+      - name: Get IBM MQ C Windows Redistributables
+        if: matrix.runs-on == 'windows-latest'
+        run: |
+          python tools/getRedistributables.py "$WINDOWS_URL" ibm-mq-c
+
+      - name: Build wheels
+        run: |
+          export MQ_FILE_PATH=`pwd`/ibm-mq-c
+          python -m build --wheel
+
+      - name: Check files
+        run: ls -al dist/
+
+      - name: Audit ABI3 wheels
+        run: |
+          abi3audit -vsS dist/*.whl
+
+      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: artifact-wheels-${{ matrix.runs-on }}
+          path: ./dist/*.whl
+
+
+  build_sdist:
+    name: Build source distribution
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        name: Install Python
+        with:
+          python-version: '3.9'
+
+      - name: Install build
+        run: |
+          python -m pip install build
+
+      - name: Build sdist
+        run: python -m build --sdist
+
+      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: artifact-sdist
+          path: dist/*.tar.gz
+
+
+  upload_pypi:
+    needs: [build_wheels, build_sdist]
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      # IMPORTANT: this permission is mandatory for trusted publishing
+      id-token: write
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          pattern: artifact-*
+          merge-multiple: true
+          path: dist
+
+      - name: Check files
+        run: ls -al dist/
+
+      - name: Publish to PyPI - on tag
+        # Skip upload to PyPI if we don't have a tag
+        if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/')
+        uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1
diff --git a/docs/Release.md b/docs/Release.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cb073d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/Release.md
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+# Release
+
+GitHub Action is used to build the release files and publish them on PyPi.
+This is automatically triggered when a new tag is created.
+
+
+## Pre-release steps
+
+* Create a new branch with a name that starts with `release-`.
+  Ex: `release-2.1.0`
+* Update the version inside setup.py
+* Update CHANGELOG.md with the latest version and release date.
+  Add a note to the IBM MQ C Redistributables version used for this release.
+* Create a pull request and make sure all checks pass.
+  The wheels are generated as part of the PR checks,
+  but they are not yet published to PyPI.
+
+
+## Release steps
+
+* Use [GitHub Release](https://github.com/ibm-messaging/mq-mqi-python/releases/new) to create a new release together with a new tag.
+* You don't have to create a GitHub Release, the important part is to
+  create a new tag.
+* The tag value is the version. Without any prefix.
+* Once a tag is pushed to the repo, GitHub Action will re-run all the jobs
+  and will publish to PyPI.
+
+
+## Post-release steps
+
+* Update the version inside setup.py to the next development version.
+  Increment the micro version and add a .dev0 suffix.
+* Merge the pull request
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index b2bec80..36f3d35 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -19,6 +19,15 @@
 # to indicate alpha/beta/release-candidate versions.
 VERSION = '2.0.0'
 
+_ABI_LIMITS = {
+    # Minimum Python version that this package supports.
+    'python_requires': ">=3.9",
+    # Used as a macro.
+    'Py_LIMITED_API': 0x03090000,
+    # Used for bdist_wheel option.
+    "py_limited_api": "cp39",
+}
+
 # If the MQ SDK is in a non-default location, set MQ_FILE_PATH environment variable.
 custom_path = os.environ.get('MQ_FILE_PATH', None)
 
@@ -138,12 +147,14 @@ def get_locations_by_command_path(command_path):
 
 # Can we find the MQ C header files? If not, there's no point in continuing, and we can
 # give a reasonable error message immediately instead of trying to decode C compiler errors.
+# If we are in the CI environment, we still build the package as we want
+# to be able to build the source package without the MQ C headers.
 found_headers = False  # pylint: disable=invalid-name
 for d in include_dirs:
     p = os.path.join(d, "cmqc.h")
     if os.path.isfile(p):
         found_headers = True
-if not found_headers:
+if not found_headers and not os.environ.get('CI', ''):
     msg = "Cannot find MQ C header files.\n"
     msg += "Ensure you have already installed the MQ Client and SDK.\n"
     msg += "Use the MQ_FILE_PATH environment variable to identify a non-default location."
@@ -195,7 +206,7 @@ def get_locations_by_command_path(command_path):
 # Limited API which should make the binary extension forwards compatible.
 mqi_extension = Extension('ibmmq.ibmmqc', c_source,
                           define_macros=[('PYVERSION', '"' + VERSION + '"'),
-                                         ('Py_LIMITED_API', 0x03090000)
+                                         ('Py_LIMITED_API', _ABI_LIMITS['Py_LIMITED_API'])
                                          ],
                           py_limited_api=True,
                           library_dirs=library_dirs,
@@ -214,7 +225,7 @@ def get_locations_by_command_path(command_path):
       platforms='OS Independent',
       package_dir={'': 'code'},
       packages=['ibmmq'],
-      python_requires=">=3.9",
+      python_requires=_ABI_LIMITS['python_requires'],
       license_files=['LICENSE*'],
       license='Python-2.0',
       keywords=('pymqi IBMMQ MQ WebSphere WMQ MQSeries IBM middleware messaging queueing asynchronous SOA EAI ESB integration'),
@@ -225,4 +236,6 @@ def get_locations_by_command_path(command_path):
                    'Programming Language :: C',
                    'Programming Language :: Python',
                    'Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries :: Python Modules'],
-      ext_modules=[mqi_extension])
+      ext_modules=[mqi_extension],
+      options={"bdist_wheel": {"py_limited_api": _ABI_LIMITS["py_limited_api"]}},
+)
diff --git a/tools/getRedistributables.py b/tools/getRedistributables.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8706e7d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/getRedistributables.py
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+# Download and extract the redistributable package to support building
+# the wheels on Windows and Linux.
+#
+# Pass the source URL as the first argument and the destination directory
+# as the second argument.
+#
+# The source URL should end with .tar.gz or .zip
+#
+import os
+import sys
+import tarfile
+import zipfile
+
+import requests
+
+if len(sys.argv) != 3:
+    print("Usage: this_script.py <source_url> <destination_path>")
+    sys.exit(1)
+
+SOURCE_URL = sys.argv[1]
+DESTINATION_PATH = sys.argv[2]
+
+if SOURCE_URL.endswith('.tar.gz'):
+    temp_path = DESTINATION_PATH + '-temp.tar.gz'
+elif SOURCE_URL.endswith('.zip'):
+    temp_path = DESTINATION_PATH + '-temp.zip'
+else:
+    print("Unsupported archive format")
+    sys.exit(1)
+
+if os.path.exists(DESTINATION_PATH):
+    print(
+        f"Destination path {DESTINATION_PATH} already exists. "
+        "Remove it to use this script.")
+    sys.exit(1)
+
+_CHUNK_SIZE = 64 * 1024
+
+
+def download_file(source_url, destination_path):
+    with requests.get(source_url, stream=True) as r:
+        r.raise_for_status()
+        with open(destination_path, 'wb') as f:
+            for chunk in r.iter_content(chunk_size=_CHUNK_SIZE):
+                f.write(chunk)
+
+def extract_archive(archive_path, extract_to):
+    if archive_path.endswith('.tar.gz'):
+        with tarfile.open(archive_path, 'r:gz') as tar:
+            tar.extractall(path=extract_to)
+    elif archive_path.endswith('.zip'):
+        with zipfile.ZipFile(archive_path, 'r') as zip_ref:
+            zip_ref.extractall(extract_to)
+    else:
+        raise ValueError("Unsupported archive format")
+
+
+print(f'Downloading "{SOURCE_URL}" to "{DESTINATION_PATH}"')
+download_file(SOURCE_URL, temp_path)
+extract_archive(temp_path, DESTINATION_PATH)
+os.unlink(temp_path)
+print(f'Done via "{temp_path}"')
diff --git a/tools/requirements-dev.txt b/tools/requirements-dev.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a4165b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#
+# Python packages required during the dev,test,release process.
+#
+requests==2.32.5
+abi3audit==0.0.22
+wheel==0.45.1
+build==1.3.0