diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e432184..c3ad11e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -13,9 +13,12 @@ results
 
 npm-debug.log
 node_modules
+package-lock.json
 
 .idea/*
 *.iml
 projectFilesBackup
 
-.DS_Store
\ No newline at end of file
+.DS_Store
+
+dist/
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9be22c5..0256faf 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -34,12 +34,18 @@ One really neat trick is that you can also create custom one-off templates just
 
 Casper styles are compiled using Gulp/PostCSS to polyfill future CSS spec. You'll need Node and Gulp installed globally. After that, from the theme's root directory:
 
-`$ npm install`
-
-`$ gulp`
+```bash
+$ npm install
+$ gulp
+```
 
 Now you can edit `/assets/css/` files, which will be compiled to `/assets/built/` automatically.
 
+The `zip` Gulp task packages the theme files into `dist/<theme-name>.zip`, which you can then upload to your site.
+
+```bash
+$ gulp zip
+```
 
 # PostCSS Features Used
 
diff --git a/gulpfile.js b/gulpfile.js
index 57bbede..a77b787 100644
--- a/gulpfile.js
+++ b/gulpfile.js
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ var livereload = require('gulp-livereload');
 var nodemon = require('gulp-nodemon');
 var postcss = require('gulp-postcss');
 var sourcemaps = require('gulp-sourcemaps');
+var zip = require('gulp-zip');
 
 // postcss plugins
 var autoprefixer = require('autoprefixer');
@@ -36,7 +37,8 @@ gulp.task('css', function () {
         autoprefixer({browsers: ['last 2 versions']}),
         cssnano()
     ];
-    gulp.src('assets/css/*.css')
+
+    return gulp.src('assets/css/*.css')
         .on('error', swallowError)
         .pipe(sourcemaps.init())
         .pipe(postcss(processors))
@@ -49,6 +51,16 @@ gulp.task('watch', function () {
     gulp.watch('assets/css/**', ['css']);
 });
 
+gulp.task('zip', ['css'], function() {
+    var targetDir = 'dist/';
+    var themeName = require('./package.json').name;
+    var filename = themeName + '.zip';
+
+    return gulp.src(['**', '!node_modules', '!node_modules/**'])
+        .pipe(zip(filename))
+        .pipe(gulp.dest(targetDir));
+});
+
 gulp.task('default', ['build'], function () {
     gulp.start('watch');
 });
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 52be163..204785d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
         "gulp-sourcemaps": "1.6.0",
         "gulp-util": "3.0.7",
         "gulp-watch": "4.3.8",
+        "gulp-zip": "4.0.0",
         "postcss-color-function": "2.0.1",
         "postcss-custom-properties": "5.0.1",
         "postcss-easy-import": "1.0.1"