diff --git a/makephar.sdl b/makephar.sdl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..057a565
--- /dev/null
+++ b/makephar.sdl
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+phar "vfxapply.phar" {
+  include {
+    dir "src";
+    dir "vendor";
+  }
+  exclude {
+    dir ".git";
+    dir "Tests";
+  }
+  props exec="props.php";
+  metadata {
+    package_name "vfxapply.application";
+    package_version prop="APP_VERSION";
+    update_channel "https://packages.noccylabs.info/channel/vfxapply/stable.json";
+  }
+  stub "src/app.php";
+}
diff --git a/props.php b/props.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d515b5b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/props.php
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+<?php
+
+$gitver = exec("git describe --tag");
+if (strpos($gitver,"-")!==false) {
+    $gitver = explode("-",$gitver);
+    $gitver = join(".",array_slice($gitver,0,2));
+}
+
+printf("APP_VERSION=%s\n", $gitver);