diff --git a/pmd-emacs/prep_release.sh b/pmd-emacs/prep_release.sh
index 6bf70dc838..f83c549bee 100755
--- a/pmd-emacs/prep_release.sh
+++ b/pmd-emacs/prep_release.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+rm -rf pmd-emacs-0.6
 mkdir pmd-emacs-0.6
 cp src/elisp/pmd.el CHANGELOG INSTALL LICENSE.txt pmd-emacs-0.6
+zip -q -r pmd-emacs-0.6.zip pmd-emacs-0.6/
+rm -rf pmd-emacs-0.6