diff --git a/bin/embark b/bin/embark
index aef976b5e..5accf53da 100644
--- a/bin/embark
+++ b/bin/embark
@@ -33,6 +33,11 @@ program.command('build [env]').description('build dapp').action(function(env_) {
   exec('grunt build:' + env);
 });
 
+program.command('release ipfs [env]').description('build dapp and make it available in ipfs').action(function(env_) {
+  var env = env_ || 'development';
+  exec('grunt release_ipfs:' + env);
+});
+
 program.command('run [env]').description('run dapp').action(function(env_) {
   var env = env_ || 'development';
   exec('grunt deploy:' + env);
diff --git a/tasks/tasks.coffee b/tasks/tasks.coffee
index 209bafa2a..8c1e9c8e1 100644
--- a/tasks/tasks.coffee
+++ b/tasks/tasks.coffee
@@ -2,4 +2,5 @@ module.exports = (grunt) ->
 
   grunt.registerTask "deploy", ["coffee", "deploy_contracts", "concat", "copy", "server", "watch"]
   grunt.registerTask "build", ["clean", "deploy_contracts", "coffee", "concat", "uglify", "copy"]
+  grunt.registerTask "release_ipfs", ["build", "ipfs"]