diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 73afad3..6a942c0 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,4 +4,5 @@
 .cache
 
 build
+dist
 node_modules
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index a764093..b574d40 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020, 2021 Romain Vigier <contact AT romainvigier.fr>
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020-2022 Romain Vigier <contact AT romainvigier.fr>
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
 
 variables:
@@ -69,11 +69,8 @@ extension:
     - reuse
   image: registry.gitlab.com/rmnvgr/nightthemeswitcher-gnome-shell-extension:latest
   script:
-    - meson builddir
-    - DESTDIR=${CI_PROJECT_DIR}/buildroot meson install -C builddir
-    - cd buildroot/usr/local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/nightthemeswitcher@romainvigier.fr
-    - zip -r nightthemeswitcher@romainvigier.fr.zip *
-    - mv nightthemeswitcher@romainvigier.fr.zip $CI_PROJECT_DIR
+    - meson builddir -Dpack=true -Dpackdir=.
+    - meson install -C builddir
   artifacts:
     name: $CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME
     expose_as: Extension
diff --git a/build-aux/pack.sh b/build-aux/pack.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cfe2c02
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build-aux/pack.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 Romain Vigier <contact AT romainvigier.fr>
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
+ZIP_EXE=$1
+UUID=$2
+PACK_DIR=$3
+
+# Remove previous archive
+rm -f $PACK_DIR/$UUID.zip
+
+# Create the destination directory
+mkdir -p $PACK_DIR
+
+# Archive extension
+cd $MESON_BUILD_ROOT/$UUID
+$ZIP_EXE -r $PACK_DIR/$UUID.zip *
+
+# Remove unarchived files
+rm -rf $MESON_BUILD_ROOT/$UUID
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index b90ad46..14107a1 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ DNS = 'org.gnome.shell.extensions.nightthemeswitcher'
 
 INSTALL_DIR = get_option('datadir') / 'gnome-shell' / 'extensions' / UUID
 
+if (get_option('pack'))
+  INSTALL_DIR = meson.project_build_root() / UUID
+endif
+
 gnome = import('gnome')
 i18n = import('i18n')
 
diff --git a/meson_options.txt b/meson_options.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d0fabd8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meson_options.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 Romain Vigier <contact AT romainvigier.fr>
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
+option('pack', type: 'boolean', value: false, description: 'Create a distributable archive instead of installing')
+option('packdir', type: 'string', value: 'dist', description: 'Directory to put the distributable archive')
diff --git a/src/meson.build b/src/meson.build
index 8422709..abe952f 100644
--- a/src/meson.build
+++ b/src/meson.build
@@ -50,3 +50,13 @@ install_data(preferences, install_dir: INSTALL_DIR / 'preferences')
 
 subdir('data')
 subdir('po')
+
+if (get_option('pack'))
+  zip_exe = find_program('zip')
+  meson.add_install_script(
+    meson.project_source_root() / 'build-aux' / 'pack.sh',
+    zip_exe.full_path(),
+    UUID,
+    meson.project_source_root() / get_option('packdir')
+  )
+endif