diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_distributions.yml b/.github/workflows/build_distributions.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6dff9ce6c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_distributions.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+name: Build Distribution artifacts
+
+on: [push, pull_request]
+
+jobs:
+  build_wheels:
+    name: Build wheels on ${{ matrix.os }}
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        # macos-13 is an intel runner, macos-14 is apple silicon
+        os: [ubuntu-latest, windows-latest, macos-13, macos-14]
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: Build wheels
+        uses: pypa/cibuildwheel@v2.21.3
+        # env:
+        #   CIBW_SOME_OPTION: value
+        #    ...
+        # with:
+        #   package-dir: .
+        #   output-dir: wheelhouse
+        #   config-file: "{package}/pyproject.toml"
+
+      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: cibw-wheels-${{ matrix.os }}-${{ strategy.job-index }}
+          path: ./wheelhouse/*.whl
+
+  build_sdist:
+    name: Build source distribution
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: Build sdist
+        run: pipx run build --sdist
+
+      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: cibw-sdist
+          path: dist/*.tar.gz
+
+  upload_pypi:
+    needs: [build_wheels, build_sdist]
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    environment: pypi
+    permissions:
+      id-token: write
+    if: github.event_name == 'push' && startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v')
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          # unpacks all CIBW artifacts into dist/
+          pattern: cibw-*
+          path: dist
+          merge-multiple: true
+
+      - uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1
+        # with:
+        # To test: repository-url: https://test.pypi.org/legacy/
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 7fe69ddea..c4b6f5fb9 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -117,6 +117,13 @@ build-verbosity = "3"
 # test importing discretize to make sure externals are loadable.
 test-command = 'python -c "import discretize; print(discretize.__version__)"'
 
+
+# use the visual studio compilers
+[tool.cibuildwheel.windows.config-settings]
+setup-args = [
+    '--vsenv'
+]
+
 [tool.coverage.run]
 branch = true
 source = ["discretize", "tests", "examples", "tutorials"]