diff --git a/gulpfile.js b/gulpfile.js
index ab4aed1ca..c68fe3c00 100644
--- a/gulpfile.js
+++ b/gulpfile.js
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ var rimraf = require('rimraf');
 var stream = require('stream');
 var exec = require('child_process').exec;
 var streamqueue = require('streamqueue');
+var zip = require('gulp-zip');
 
 var BUILD_DIR = 'build/';
 var L10N_DIR = 'l10n/';
@@ -337,6 +338,27 @@ gulp.task('bundle', ['buildnumber'], function () {
   return createBundle(DEFINES).pipe(gulp.dest(BUILD_DIR));
 });
 
+gulp.task('publish', ['generic'], function (done) {
+  var version = JSON.parse(
+    fs.readFileSync(BUILD_DIR + 'version.json').toString()).version;
+
+  config.stableVersion = config.betaVersion;
+  config.betaVersion = version;
+
+  createStringSource(CONFIG_FILE, JSON.stringify(config, null, 2))
+    .pipe(gulp.dest('.'))
+    .on('end', function () {
+      var targetName = 'pdfjs-' + version + '-dist.zip';
+      gulp.src(BUILD_DIR + 'generic/**')
+        .pipe(zip(targetName))
+        .pipe(gulp.dest(BUILD_DIR))
+        .on('end', function () {
+          console.log('Built distribution file: ' + targetName);
+          done();
+        });
+    });
+});
+
 gulp.task('server', function (done) {
   console.log();
   console.log('### Starting local server');
diff --git a/make.js b/make.js
index 9272813fa..6ed360457 100644
--- a/make.js
+++ b/make.js
@@ -385,16 +385,7 @@ target.dist = function() {
 };
 
 target.publish = function() {
-  target.generic();
-  var VERSION = getCurrentVersion();
-  config.stableVersion = config.betaVersion;
-  config.betaVersion = VERSION;
-  fs.writeFileSync(CONFIG_FILE, JSON.stringify(config, null, 2));
-  cd(GENERIC_DIR);
-  var distFilename = 'pdfjs-' + VERSION + '-dist.zip';
-  exec('zip -r ' + ROOT_DIR + BUILD_DIR + distFilename + ' *');
-  echo('Built distribution file: ' + distFilename);
-  cd(ROOT_DIR);
+  exec('gulp publish');
 };
 
 //
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 7266e6a8b..bea67b9f1 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
   "devDependencies": {
     "gulp": "^3.9.1",
     "gulp-util": "^3.0.7",
+    "gulp-zip": "^3.2.0",
     "jasmine-core": "^2.4.1",
     "jsdoc": "^3.3.0-alpha9",
     "jshint": "~2.8.0",