diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-ifctester-pypi.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-ifctester-pypi.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4bb65a9337
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-ifctester-pypi.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+name: ci-ifctester-pypi
+
+on:
+  schedule:
+    #         ┌───────────── minute (0 - 59)
+    #         │  ┌───────────── hour (0 - 23)
+    #         │  │ ┌───────────── day of the month (1 - 31)
+    #         │  │ │ ┌───────────── month (1 - 12 or JAN-DEC)
+    #         │  │ │ │ ┌───────────── day of the week (0 - 6 or SUN-SAT)
+    #         *  * * * *
+    - cron: "0 0 18 * *"
+  push:
+    paths:
+      - '.github/workflows/ci-ifctester-pypi.yml'
+
+
+env:
+  major: 0
+  minor: 0
+  name: ifcopenshell
+
+jobs:
+  activate:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    if: |
+      github.repository == 'IfcOpenShell/IfcOpenShell'
+    steps:
+    - name: Set env
+      run: echo ok go
+
+  build:
+    needs: activate
+    name: ${{ matrix.config.name }}-${{ matrix.pyver }}
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v2 # https://github.com/actions/setup-python
+        with:
+          python-version: '3.10' # Version range or exact version of a Python version to use, using SemVer's version range syntax
+          architecture: 'x64' # optional x64 or x86. Defaults to x64 if not specified
+      - run: echo ${{ env.DATE }}
+      - name: Get current date
+        id: date
+        run: echo "::set-output name=date::$(date +'%y%m%d')"
+      - name: Compile
+        run: |
+          pip install build
+          cd src/ifctester &&
+          make dist
+      - name: Publish a Python distribution to PyPI
+        uses: ortega2247/pypi-upload-action@master
+        with:
+          user: __token__
+          password: ${{ secrets.PYPI_API_TOKEN }}
+          packages_dir: src/ifctester/dist
diff --git a/src/ifctester/Makefile b/src/ifctester/Makefile
index f1c493c390..597a8ccb99 100644
--- a/src/ifctester/Makefile
+++ b/src/ifctester/Makefile
@@ -1,3 +1,16 @@
+VERSION:=`date '+%y%m%d'`
+SED:=sed -i
+ifeq ($(UNAME_S),Darwin)
+SED:=sed -i '' -e
+endif
+
 .PHONY: test
 test:
 	pytest -p no:pytest-blender test
+
+.PHONY: dist
+dist:
+	rm -rf dist
+	$(SED) "s/999999/$(VERSION)/" pyproject.toml
+	python -m build
+	$(SED) "s/$(VERSION)/999999/" pyproject.toml
diff --git a/src/ifctester/pyproject.toml b/src/ifctester/pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..38b930aaa7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ifctester/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+[build-system]
+requires = ["setuptools>=61.0"]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+[project]
+name = "ifctester"
+version = "0.0.999999"
+authors = [
+  { name="Dion Moult", email="dion@thinkmoult.com" },
+]
+description = "IFC model auditing tool with support for IDS"
+readme = "README.md"
+keywords = ["IFC", "IDS", "BIM"]
+classifiers = [
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
+    "License :: OSI Approved :: GNU Lesser General Public License v3 or later (LGPLv3+)",
+]
+dependencies = [
+    "ifcopenshell",
+]
+[project.urls]
+"Homepage" = "http://ifcopenshell.org"
+"Bug Tracker" = "https://github.com/ifcopenshell/ifcopenshell/issues"
+[tool.setuptools.packages.find]
+include = ["ifctester"]
+exclude = ["test*"]