diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2bd4383
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.drone.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+kind: pipeline
+type: docker
+name: default
+
+steps:
+  - name: test
+    image: rust
+    commands:
+      - rustup component add clippy rustfmt
+      - apt-get update -qq
+      - apt-get install -qqy llvm-dev libclang-dev clang libspeechd-dev
+      - cargo fmt --check
+      - cargo test
+      - cargo clippy
+  - name: release
+    image: rust
+    commands:
+      - apt-get update -qq
+      - apt-get install -qqy llvm-dev libclang-dev clang libspeechd-dev
+      - cargo publish --manifest-path speech-dispatcher-sys/Cargo.toml || true                                                                                                                                       
+      - cargo publish --manifest-path speech-dispatcher/Cargo.toml                                                                                                                                                   
+     when:
+      ref:
+        - refs/tags/v*
+    environment:
+      CARGO_REGISTRY_TOKEN:
+        from_secret: cargo_registry_token
diff --git a/cliff.toml b/cliff.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..29f0a26
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cliff.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+# configuration file for git-cliff (0.1.0)
+
+[changelog]
+# changelog header
+header = """
+# Changelog\n
+All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.\n
+"""
+# template for the changelog body
+# https://tera.netlify.app/docs/#introduction
+body = """
+{% if version %}\
+    ## Version {{ version | trim_start_matches(pat="v") }} - {{ timestamp | date(format="%Y-%m-%d") }}
+{% else %}\
+    ## Unreleased
+{% endif %}\
+{% for group, commits in commits | group_by(attribute="group") %}
+    ### {{ group | upper_first }}
+    {% for commit in commits %}
+        - {% if commit.breaking %}[**breaking**] {% endif %}{{ commit.message | upper_first }}\
+    {% endfor %}
+{% endfor %}\n
+"""
+# remove the leading and trailing whitespace from the template
+trim = true
+# changelog footer
+footer = """
+<!-- generated by git-cliff -->
+"""
+
+[git]
+# parse the commits based on https://www.conventionalcommits.org
+conventional_commits = true
+# filter out the commits that are not conventional
+filter_unconventional = true
+# regex for parsing and grouping commits
+commit_parsers = [
+    { message = "^feat", group = "Features"},
+    { message = "^fix", group = "Bug Fixes"},
+    { message = "^doc", group = "Documentation"},
+    { message = "^perf", group = "Performance"},
+    { message = "^refactor", group = "Refactor"},
+    { message = "^style", group = "Styling"},
+    { message = "^test", group = "Testing"},
+    { message = "^chore\\(release\\): prepare for", skip = true},
+    { message = "^chore", group = "Miscellaneous Tasks"},
+    { body = ".*security", group = "Security"},
+]
+# filter out the commits that are not matched by commit parsers
+filter_commits = false
+# glob pattern for matching git tags
+tag_pattern = "v[0-9]*"
+# regex for skipping tags
+skip_tags = ""
+# regex for ignoring tags
+ignore_tags = ""
+# sort the tags chronologically
+date_order = false
+# sort the commits inside sections by oldest/newest order
+sort_commits = "oldest"
diff --git a/speech-dispatcher-sys/Cargo.toml b/speech-dispatcher-sys/Cargo.toml
index 49d56d8..e811867 100644
--- a/speech-dispatcher-sys/Cargo.toml
+++ b/speech-dispatcher-sys/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,5 +8,10 @@ license = "LGPL-2.1 OR MIT OR Apache-2.0"
 edition = "2021"
 
 [build-dependencies]
-
 bindgen = ">= 0.54"
+
+[package.metadata.release]
+tag-prefix = ""
+publish = false
+push = false
+pre-release-hook = ["git-cliff", "-o", "CHANGELOG.md", "--tag", "{{version}}"]
diff --git a/speech-dispatcher/Cargo.toml b/speech-dispatcher/Cargo.toml
index 11288ca..433dcf0 100644
--- a/speech-dispatcher/Cargo.toml
+++ b/speech-dispatcher/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,4 +17,10 @@ lazy_static = "1"
 speech-dispatcher-sys = { version = "0.7", path = "../speech-dispatcher-sys" }
 
 [package.metadata.docs.rs]
-no-default-features = true
\ No newline at end of file
+no-default-features = true
+
+[package.metadata.release]
+tag-prefix = ""
+publish = false
+push = false
+pre-release-hook = ["git-cliff", "-o", "CHANGELOG.md", "--tag", "{{version}}"]