diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 6050000582..dd365dc30e 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ release: $(BINRELEASE)
 	s3cmd -P put $(BINRELEASE) s3://get.docker.io/builds/`uname -s`/`uname -m`/docker-$(RELEASE_VERSION).tgz
 	s3cmd -P put docker-latest.tgz s3://get.docker.io/builds/`uname -s`/`uname -m`/docker-latest.tgz
 	s3cmd -P put $(SRCRELEASE)/bin/docker s3://get.docker.io/builds/`uname -s`/`uname -m`/docker
+	echo $(RELEASE_VERSION) > latest ; s3cmd -P put latest s3://get.docker.io/latest ; rm latest
 
 srcrelease: $(SRCRELEASE)
 deps: $(DOCKER_DIR)
@@ -65,7 +66,6 @@ $(BINRELEASE): $(SRCRELEASE)
 	rm -f $(BINRELEASE)
 	cd $(SRCRELEASE); make; cp -R bin docker-$(RELEASE_VERSION); tar -f ../$(BINRELEASE) -zv -c docker-$(RELEASE_VERSION)
 	cd $(SRCRELEASE); cp -R bin docker-latest; tar -f ../docker-latest.tgz -zv -c docker-latest
-
 clean:
 	@rm -rf $(dir $(DOCKER_BIN))
 ifeq ($(GOPATH), $(BUILD_DIR))