diff --git a/.github/build.sh b/.github/build.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..523abeb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/build.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+curl -fsLO https://raw.githubusercontent.com/scijava/scijava-scripts/main/ci-build.sh
+sh ci-build.sh
diff --git a/.github/setup.sh b/.github/setup.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..a03464b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/setup.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+curl -fsLO https://raw.githubusercontent.com/scijava/scijava-scripts/main/ci-setup-github-actions.sh
+sh ci-setup-github-actions.sh
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-main.yml b/.github/workflows/build-main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f617c30
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+name: build
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - master
+    tags:
+      - "*-[0-9]+.*"
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - name: Cache local Maven repository
+        uses: actions/cache@v2
+        env:
+          cache-name: cache-m2
+        with:
+          path: ~/.m2/repository
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-build-${{ env.cache-name }}
+          restore-keys: |
+            ${{ runner.os }}-build-${{ env.cache-name }}-
+            ${{ runner.os }}-build-
+            ${{ runner.os }}-
+      - name: Set up Java
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v2
+        with:
+          java-version: '8'
+          distribution: 'zulu'
+      - name: Set up CI environment
+        run: .github/setup.sh
+      - name: Execute the build
+        run: .github/build.sh
+        env:
+          GPG_KEY_NAME: ${{ secrets.GPG_KEY_NAME }}
+          GPG_PASSPHRASE: ${{ secrets.GPG_PASSPHRASE }}
+          MAVEN_USER: ${{ secrets.MAVEN_USER }}
+          MAVEN_PASS: ${{ secrets.MAVEN_PASS }}
+          OSSRH_PASS: ${{ secrets.OSSRH_PASS }}
+          SIGNING_ASC: ${{ secrets.SIGNING_ASC }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-pr.yml b/.github/workflows/build-pr.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..98743d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-pr.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+name: build PR
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - master
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - name: Cache local Maven repository
+        uses: actions/cache@v2
+        env:
+          cache-name: cache-m2
+        with:
+          path: ~/.m2/repository
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-build-${{ env.cache-name }}
+          restore-keys: |
+            ${{ runner.os }}-build-${{ env.cache-name }}-
+            ${{ runner.os }}-build-
+            ${{ runner.os }}-
+      - name: Set up Java
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v2
+        with:
+          java-version: '8'
+          distribution: 'zulu'
+      - name: Set up CI environment
+        run: .github/setup.sh
+      - name: Execute the build
+        run: .github/build.sh
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index fafca35..a6fe3c1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+[![build](https://github.com/stardist/stardist-imagej/actions/workflows/build-main.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/stardist/stardist-imagej/actions/workflows/build-main.yml)
+
 # StarDist ImageJ/Fiji Plugin
 
 This is the ImageJ/Fiji plugin for [StarDist](https://github.com/mpicbg-csbd/stardist), which can be used to apply already trained models to new images.  
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 4e4cfb4..c023c0e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -112,6 +112,9 @@
 		<main-class>de.csbdresden.stardist.StarDist2D</main-class>
 		<license.licenseName>bsd_3</license.licenseName>
 		<license.copyrightOwners>Uwe Schmidt, Martin Weigert</license.copyrightOwners>
+
+		<!-- NB: Deploy releases to the SciJava Maven repository. -->
+		<releaseProfiles>sign,deploy-to-scijava</releaseProfiles>
 	</properties>
 
 	<repositories>