diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index ad7dfedcf..e1e035cb0 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 OUTPUT ?= build/tenderdash
 BUILDDIR ?= $(CURDIR)/build
 REPO_NAME ?= github.com/dashevo/tenderdash
-BUILD_TAGS ?= tenderdash,netgo,osusergo
+BUILD_TAGS ?= tenderdash netgo osusergo
 # If building a release, please checkout the version tag to get the correct version setting
 ifneq ($(shell git symbolic-ref -q --short HEAD),)
 VERSION := unreleased-$(shell git symbolic-ref -q --short HEAD)-$(shell git rev-parse HEAD)
diff --git a/scripts/release/release.sh b/scripts/release/release.sh
index a4547b015..053f16835 100755
--- a/scripts/release/release.sh
+++ b/scripts/release/release.sh
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ where flags can be one of:
     -r=<x.y.z-dev.n>, --release=<x.y.z-dev.n> - release number, like 0.7.0 (REQUIRED)
     --cleanup - clean up before releasing; it can remove your local changes
     -C=<path> - path to local Tenderdash repository
+    -s, --sign - generate signed binaries
     -h, --help - display this help message
 
 ## Examples
@@ -95,6 +96,10 @@ function parseArgs {
             shift
             exit 0
             ;;
+        -s | --sign)
+            SIGN=1
+            shift 1
+            ;;
         *)
             error "Unrecoginzed command line argument '${arg}';  try '$0 --help'"
             ;;
@@ -406,4 +411,6 @@ sleep 5 # wait for the release to be finalized
 success "Release ${NEW_PACKAGE_VERSION} created successfully."
 success "Accept it at: $(getReleaseUrl)"
 
-buildAndUploadArtifacts
+if [ -n "${SIGN}"  ];then
+    buildAndUploadArtifacts
+fi