diff --git a/.github/workflows/cd-badger.yml b/.github/workflows/cd-badger.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d66ad08c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/cd-badger.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+name: cd-badger
+on: workflow_dispatch
+jobs:
+  badger-build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - name: Get Go Version
+        run: |
+          #!/bin/bash
+          GOVERSION=$({ [ -f .go-version ] && cat .go-version; })
+          echo "GOVERSION=$GOVERSION" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+      - name: Set up Go
+        uses: actions/setup-go@v3
+        with:
+          go-version: ${{ env.GOVERSION }}
+      - name: Set Badger Release Version
+        run: |
+          #!/bin/bash
+          GIT_BRANCH_NAME=$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)
+          if [[ "$GIT_BRANCH_NAME" == "release/v"* ]]; 
+          then
+            echo "this is a release branch"
+          else
+            echo "this is NOT a release branch"
+            exit 1
+          fi
+          BADGER_RELEASE_VERSION=$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD | sed  's/release\///')
+          echo "making a new release for "$BADGER_RELEASE_VERSION
+          echo "BADGER_RELEASE_VERSION=$BADGER_RELEASE_VERSION" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+      - name: Fetch dependencies
+        run: sudo apt-get -y install build-essential
+      - name: Build badger linux/amd64
+        run: make badger
+      - name: Generate SHA for Linux Build
+        run: cd badger && sha256sum badger-linux-amd64 | cut -c-64 > badger-checksum-linux-amd64.sha256
+      - name: Tar Archive for Linux Build
+        run: cd badger && tar -zcvf badger-linux-amd64.tar.gz badger-linux-amd64
+      - name: Upload Badger Binary Build Artifacts
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        with:
+          path: |
+            badger/badger-checksum-linux-amd64.sha256
+            badger/badger-linux-amd64.tar.gz
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 070b66afa..b3e2ac122 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -19,7 +19,12 @@ HAS_JEMALLOC = $(shell test -f /usr/local/lib/libjemalloc.a && echo "jemalloc")
 JEMALLOC_URL = "https://github.com/jemalloc/jemalloc/releases/download/5.2.1/jemalloc-5.2.1.tar.bz2"
 
 
-.PHONY: all test jemalloc dependency
+.PHONY: all badger test jemalloc dependency
+
+badger: jemalloc
+	@echo "Compiling Badger binary..."
+	@$(MAKE) -C badger badger
+	@echo "Badger binary located in badger directory."
 
 test: jemalloc
 	@echo "Running Badger tests..."
diff --git a/badger/Makefile b/badger/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..811498b7c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/badger/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#
+# Copyright 2022 Dgraph Labs, Inc. and Contributors
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+
+GOOS          ?= $(shell go env GOOS)
+GOARCH        ?= $(shell go env GOARCH)
+
+.PHONY: badger
+
+all: badger
+
+badger: 
+# 	build badger binary
+	@go build --tags=jemalloc -o badger-$(GOOS)-$(GOARCH) .