diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b3b5527
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+name: Fernschreiber build
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - master
+    tags:
+      - '*'
+  # to prevent secrets leaking,
+  # we don't build on PRs
+  #pull_request:
+  #  branches:
+  #    - master
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      with:
+        submodules: 'true'
+
+    - name: Prepare
+      run: mkdir output
+      
+    - name: Fetch TDLib
+      uses: dsaltares/fetch-gh-release-asset@master
+      with: 
+        repo: "Wunderfitz/td"
+        file: "tdlib.zip"
+        target: tdlib/tdlib.zip
+        token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        
+    - name: Decompress TDLib
+      uses: TonyBogdanov/zip@1.0
+      with:
+        args: unzip -qq ./tdlib/tdlib.zip -d ./tdlib
+        
+    - name: Set Secrets
+      uses: DamianReeves/write-file-action@master
+      with:
+        path: ./src/tdlibsecrets.h
+        contents: |
+          #ifndef TDLIBSECRETS_H
+          #define TDLIBSECRETS_H
+          const char TDLIB_API_ID[] = "${{secrets.TDLIB_API_ID}}";
+          const char TDLIB_API_HASH[] = "${{secrets.TDLIB_API_HASH}}";
+          #endif // TDLIBSECRETS_H
+        write-mode: overwrite
+
+    - name: Build armv7hl
+      id: build_armv7hl
+      uses: coderus/github-sfos-build@master
+      with:
+        release: 3.4.0.24
+        
+    - name: Build i486
+      id: build_i486
+      uses: coderus/github-sfos-build@master
+      with:
+        release: 3.4.0.24
+        arch: i486
+
+    # aarch64 complains about ssl/crypto
+    # with older targets, so we use a
+    # newer release
+    - name: Build aarch64
+      id: build_aarch64
+      uses: coderus/github-sfos-build@master
+      with:
+        release: 4.0.1.45
+        arch: aarch64
+      
+    - name: Upload build result
+      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
+      with:
+        name: rpm-build-result
+        path: RPMS
+
+    - name: Create release
+      if: contains(github.ref, 'v')
+      run: |
+        set -x
+        assets=()
+        for asset in RPMS/*.rpm; do
+          assets+=("-a" "$asset")
+        done
+        tag_name="${GITHUB_REF##*/}"
+        hub release create "${assets[@]}" -m "$tag_name" "$tag_name"
+      env:
+        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        
+    - name: Create prerelease
+      if: contains(github.ref, 'pre')
+      run: |
+        set -x
+        assets=()
+        for asset in RPMS/*.rpm; do
+          assets+=("-a" "$asset")
+        done
+        tag_name="${GITHUB_REF##*/}"
+        hub release create -p "${assets[@]}" -m "$tag_name" -m "This is a pre-release for testing purposes only. It may or may not be unstable." -m "Join the Telegram group to help out: https://github.com/Wunderfitz/harbour-fernschreiber/issues/162" "$tag_name"
+      env:
+        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c70a0d4..8f430a9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # Fernschreiber
 A Telegram client for Sailfish OS
 
+[![Fernschreiber build](https://github.com/Wunderfitz/harbour-fernschreiber/actions/workflows/main.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/Wunderfitz/harbour-fernschreiber/actions/workflows/main.yml)
 ## Authors
 Sebastian J. Wolf [sebastian@ygriega.de](mailto:sebastian@ygriega.de) and several contributors
 
@@ -10,7 +11,7 @@ Fernschreiber wouldn't be the same without all the people helping in making it b
 
 ### Code (Features, Bugfixes, Optimizations etc.)
 - Chat list model, chat model, notifications, TDLib receiver, animated stickers, project dependencies, qml/c++ optimizations, chatPhoto, TDLibFile, code reviews, logging categories: [Slava Monich](https://github.com/monich)
-- Chat info page, performance improvements to chat page, location support, app initialization/registration with Telegram, project dependencies, emoji handling, qml/js optimizations, multi-message actions, i18n fixes, chat permission handling, code reviews, logging categories, bot support: [jgibbon](https://github.com/jgibbon)
+- Chat info page, performance improvements to chat page, location support, app initialization/registration with Telegram, project dependencies, emoji handling, qml/js optimizations, multi-message actions, i18n fixes, chat permission handling, code reviews, logging categories, bot support, github build: [jgibbon](https://github.com/jgibbon)
 - Copy message to clipboard [Christian Stemmle](https://github.com/chstem)
 - Hide send message button if send-by-enter is switched on, focus text input on entering a chat [santhoshmanikandan](https://github.com/santhoshmanikandan)
 
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@ Fernschreiber wouldn't be the same without all the people helping in making it b
 Licensed under GNU GPLv3
 
 ## Build
+### Local build
 Simply clone this repository and ensure to have all [submodules](https://git-scm.com/docs/git-submodule) imported as well (e.g. by using `git submodule update --init`). Then use the project file `harbour-fernschreiber.pro` to import the sources in your SailfishOS IDE. To build and run Fernschreiber or an application which is based on Fernschreiber, you need to create the file `harbour-fernschreiber/src/tdlibsecrets.h` and enter the required constants in the following format:
 
 ```
@@ -46,6 +48,8 @@ You get the Telegram API ID and hash as soon as you've registered your own appli
 
 Moreover, you need to have a compiled version of [TDLib 1.7](https://github.com/tdlib/td) in the sub-directory `tdlib`. This sub-directory must contain another sub-directory that fits to the target device architecture (e.g. armv7hl, i486). Within this directory, there needs to be a folder called `lib` that contains at least `libtdjson.so`. For armv7hl the relative path would consequently be `tdlib/armv7hl/lib`.
 
+You may just want to download the [tdlib.zip from our fork](https://github.com/Wunderfitz/td/releases) to just use the exact version of the latest official Fernschreiber release. To use it, you need to extract it into your local `tdlib/` folder as described above. If so, you're done and can compile Fernschreiber using the Sailfish SDK. If you want to build TDLib for yourself, please keep on reading.
+
 In case you encounter strange performance issues on startup (several seconds delay, app seems to do nothing), please be sure to [follow the instructions from the respective GitHub issue](https://github.com/tdlib/td/issues/1322), i.e. let TDLib build SQLite with `-DOMIT_MEMLOCK` and be sure to comment the two lines 22558 (`#ifndef OMIT_MEMLOCK`) and 22567 (`#endif`) in the file `sqlite/sqlite/sqlite3.c`.
 
 Moreover, TDLib 1.7 has issues loading some pinned messages in case the message database is used (which is the case in Fernschreiber). [A small patch](https://github.com/tdlib/td/commit/30d912bd4b145afb8d494b307d37645ffa21ec29) is required to make TDLib work properly in all cases. See [the respective TDLib issue](https://github.com/tdlib/td/issues/1343) for more details.
@@ -61,12 +65,23 @@ In case you want to use the same codebase which was used to compile the library
 
 You'll find the compiled library in the directory `td/tdlib`.
 
+### Github Action
+Please read the "Local build" section anyway to understand what's going on before continuing. If you want to automatically build your fork on Github, you'll still need to get a Telegram API ID and hash. These are then [added as project secrets](https://docs.github.com/en/actions/reference/encrypted-secrets#creating-encrypted-secrets-for-a-repository) named `TDLIB_API_ID` and `TDLIB_API_HASH`.
+
+By default, only commits to the master branch will be built. You may [change that for your fork](https://docs.github.com/en/actions/quickstart), but please don't create a pull request to the official repository changing the github action without consulting the [Fernschreiber contributors](https://github.com/Wunderfitz/harbour-fernschreiber/issues/162) first.
+
+If you push a tag containing the letter "v" (for example "v0.99.3"), a github release will be created allowing easy download of the resulting rpms. If the tag is named for example "pre-0.99.3", the resulting release is marked as a pre-release for testing purposes.
+
 
 ## Debug
 Fernschreiber does only output a few TDLib messages by default. To get its own debug log messages, you can either run a debug build to see all of them or use the environment variable `QT_LOGGING_RULES` to specify/filter which messages you'd like to see.
 
 Run `QT_LOGGING_RULES="fernschreiber.*=true" harbour-fernschreiber` to see all messages or replace the `*` with specific logging categories. You'll find the logging category inside the corresponding `.cpp` file for backend usage or you can use `JS` to only see frontend messages.
 
+You can append ` &> fernschreiber.log` to the command to create a text file containing the debug messages. 
+
+**Please be aware that debug messages will most likely include personal information** including (but not limited to) chat content and user ids/names of yourself and all your chat partners. Do not share it publicly and, at your discretion, try to remove private info even from the parts you do share with a trusted person.
+
 ## Contribute
 
 If you want to contribute bug fixes, improvements, new features etc. please create a pull request (PR). PRs are always welcome and will be reviewed as soon as possible, but may take some time. :)