diff --git a/.github/prepare_release.sh b/.github/prepare_release.sh
index c9896c2c8..3a5db06f4 100755
--- a/.github/prepare_release.sh
+++ b/.github/prepare_release.sh
@@ -71,10 +71,11 @@ dotnet pack ./LLama.KernelMemory/LLamaSharp.KernelMemory.csproj -c Release -o ./
 
 # pack the backends
 cd temp
-nuget pack LLamaSharp.Backend.Cpu.nuspec -version $updated_version
-nuget pack LLamaSharp.Backend.Cuda11.nuspec -version $updated_version
-nuget pack LLamaSharp.Backend.Cuda12.nuspec -version $updated_version
-
+for nuspec in *.nuspec
+do
+  echo "Packing $nuspec"
+  nuget pack $nuspec -version $updated_version
+done
 
 cd ..
 exit 0
diff --git a/.github/workflows/compile.yml b/.github/workflows/compile.yml
index 2efcedcf8..f30fd0a1e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/compile.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/compile.yml
@@ -141,6 +141,9 @@ jobs:
           cmake .. ${{ env.COMMON_DEFINE }} -DLLAMA_CLBLAST=ON -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH="$env:RUNNER_TEMP/clblast"
           cmake --build . --config Release -j ${env:NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS}
           copy $env:RUNNER_TEMP/clblast/lib/clblast.dll .\bin\Release\clblast.dll
+          echo "78a8c98bcb2efe1a63318d901ab204d9ba96c3b29707b4ce0c4240bdcdc698d6  clblast.dll" >> tmp
+          sha256sum -c tmp || exit 255
+          rm tmp
           ls -R
       - name: Build
         if: ${{ matrix.os == 'ubuntu-22.04' }}
@@ -149,7 +152,8 @@ jobs:
           cd build
           cmake .. ${{ env.COMMON_DEFINE }} -DLLAMA_CLBLAST=ON
           cmake --build . --config Release -j ${env:NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS}
-          cp $(ldconfig -p | grep libclblast.so | tail -n 1 | cut -d ' ' -f 4) ./
+          # if we ever want to pull libclblast.so back into the packages, just uncomment this line, and the one below for the upload
+          # cp $(ldconfig -p | grep libclblast.so | tail -n 1 | cut -d ' ' -f 4) ./
           ls -R
       - name: Upload artifacts (Windows)
         if: ${{ matrix.os == 'windows-latest' }}
@@ -165,7 +169,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           path: |
             ./build/libllama.so
-            ./build/libclblast.so
+            # ./build/libclblast.so
           name: llama-bin-linux-clblast-x64.so
           
   compile-cublas:
diff --git a/LLama/runtimes/build/LLamaSharp.Backend.OpenCL.nuspec b/LLama/runtimes/build/LLamaSharp.Backend.OpenCL.nuspec
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c27505e37
--- /dev/null
+++ b/LLama/runtimes/build/LLamaSharp.Backend.OpenCL.nuspec
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<package >
+  <metadata>
+    <id>LLamaSharp.Backend.OpenCL</id>
+    <version>$version$</version>
+    <title>LLamaSharp.Backend.OpenCL - OpenCL Backend for LLamaSharp</title>
+    <authors>llama.cpp Authors</authors>
+    <requireLicenseAcceptance>false</requireLicenseAcceptance>
+    <license type="expression">MIT</license>
+    <icon>icon512.png</icon>
+    <projectUrl>https://github.com/SciSharp/LLamaSharp</projectUrl>
+    <description>LLamaSharp.Backend.OpenCL is a backend for LLamaSharp to use with OpenCL.</description>
+    <releaseNotes></releaseNotes>
+    <copyright>Copyright 2023 The llama.cpp Authors. All rights reserved.</copyright>
+    <tags>LLamaSharp LLama LLM GPT AI ChatBot SciSharp</tags>
+  </metadata>
+
+  <files>
+    <file src="LLamaSharpBackend.props" target="build/netstandard2.0/LLamaSharp.Backend.OpenCL.props" />
+    
+    <file src="runtimes/deps/clblast/llama.dll" target="runtimes\win-x64\native\clblast\llama.dll" />
+    <file src="runtimes/deps/clblast/libllama.so" target="runtimes\linux-x64\native\clblast\libllama.so" />
+    <file src="runtimes/deps/clblast/clblast.dll" target="runtimes\win-x64\native\clblast\clblast.dll" />
+    <file src="runtimes/deps/clblast/libclblast.so" target="runtimes\linux-x64\native\clblast\libclblast.so" />
+    
+    <file src="icon512.png" target="icon512.png" />
+  </files>
+</package>