diff --git a/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md b/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
index e15b861df8..225c377745 100644
--- a/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
+++ b/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+<!--- changelog-entry
+# Fill in 'msg' below to have an entry automatically added to the next release changelog.
+# Leaving 'msg' blank will not generate a changelog entry for this PR.
+# Please ensure this is a simple (and readable) one-line string.
+---
+msg: ""
+-->
+
 ##### SUMMARY
 <!--- Describe the change, including rationale and design decisions -->
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..391d0ae459
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+name: Release AWX
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      version:
+        description: 'Version'
+        required: true
+        default: ''
+      confirm:
+        description: 'Are you sure? Set this to yes.'
+        required: true
+        default: 'no'
+
+jobs:
+  release:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+
+      - name: "Verify inputs"
+        run: |
+          set -e
+
+          if [[ ${{ github.event.inputs.confirm }} != "yes" ]]; then
+            >&2 echo "Confirm must be 'yes'"
+            exit 1
+          fi
+
+          if [[ ${{ github.event.inputs.version }} == "" ]]; then
+            >&2 echo "Set version to continue."
+            exit 1
+          fi
+
+          exit 0
+
+      - name: Generate changelog and release AWX
+        run: |
+          sudo apt update
+          sudo apt install -y python3-pip
+          pip3 install ansible-core
+          ansible-playbook -v tools/ansible/release.yml \
+            -e repo=${{ github.repository }} \
+            -e version=${{ github.event.inputs.version }} \
+            -e github_token=${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+
diff --git a/tools/ansible/release.yml b/tools/ansible/release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..54210292ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/ansible/release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+- hosts: localhost
+  connection: local
+  roles:
+    - release
diff --git a/tools/ansible/roles/release/defaults/main.yml b/tools/ansible/roles/release/defaults/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..66df9801f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/ansible/roles/release/defaults/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+---
+parsed_changelog_entries: {}
diff --git a/tools/ansible/roles/release/tasks/main.yml b/tools/ansible/roles/release/tasks/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bae5063cbb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/ansible/roles/release/tasks/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+---
+- name: Look up latest release of AWX
+  uri:
+    url: "https://api.github.com/repos/{{ repo }}/releases/latest"
+  register: res
+
+- name: Record latest tag information
+  set_fact:
+    latest_tag: "{{ res.json.name }}"
+    created_at: "{{ res.json.created_at }}"
+
+- name: Construct search query
+  set_fact:
+    search_query: "{{ ('repo:' + repo + ' type:pr is:merged merged:>=' + created_at) | urlencode }}"
+
+- name: Find PRs since last release
+  uri:
+    url: "https://api.github.com/search/issues?q={{ search_query }}"
+    headers:
+      Accept: "application/vnd.github.v3+json"
+  register: new_merged_prs
+
+- name: Search PR descriptions for changelog entries
+  command: awk '/<!--- changelog-entry/{flag=1;next}/-->/{flag=0}flag'
+  args:
+    stdin: "{{ item.body }}"
+  loop: "{{ new_merged_prs.json['items'] }}"
+  changed_when: false
+  register: raw_changelog_entries
+
+- name: Parse changelog entries
+  set_fact:
+    parsed_changelog_entries: |
+      {{ parsed_changelog_entries | combine({item.item.pull_request.html_url: (item.stdout | from_yaml)}) }}
+  loop: "{{ raw_changelog_entries.results }}"
+
+- name: Construct final changelog blob
+  set_fact:
+    final_changelog: |
+      {%- set entries = {} -%}
+      {%- for entry in raw_changelog_entries.results -%}
+        {%- set parsed_entry = (entry.stdout | from_yaml) -%}
+        {%- if parsed_entry and parsed_entry.msg != "" -%}
+          {%- set msg = parsed_entry.msg -%}
+          {%- set pr_number = entry.item.number -%}
+          {%- set pr_url = entry.item.pull_request.html_url -%}
+          {%- set contributor_login = entry.item.user.login -%}
+          {%- set contributor_url = entry.item.user.html_url -%}
+          {%- set _ = entries.update({pr_url: {"msg": msg, "pr_number": pr_number, "contributor_login": contributor_login, "contributor_url": contributor_url}}) -%}
+        {%- endif -%}
+      {%- endfor -%}
+
+      {% if entries|length > 0 %}
+      Changes:
+
+      {% endif %}
+      {%- for key, value in entries.items() -%}
+      - {{ value.msg }} ([#{{ value.pr_number }}]({{ key }}), [@{{ value.contributor_login }}]({{ value.contributor_url }}))
+      {% endfor %}
+
+- name: Prepare Release Data
+  set_fact:
+    payload:
+      body: "{{ final_changelog }}"
+      name: "{{ version }}"
+      tag_name: "{{ version }}"
+      draft: true
+
+- name: Publish Release
+  uri:
+    url: "https://api.github.com/repos/{{ repo }}/releases"
+    method: "POST"
+    headers:
+      Accept: "application/vnd.github.v3+json"
+      Authorization: "Bearer {{ github_token }}"
+    body: "{{ payload | to_json }}"
+    status_code:
+      - 200
+      - 201