diff --git a/MapnikReleaseSteps.md b/MapnikReleaseSteps.md
index 9c0a930..c7c2b98 100644
--- a/MapnikReleaseSteps.md
+++ b/MapnikReleaseSteps.md
@@ -72,8 +72,19 @@ git push --tags
 * Create a clean tarball:
 
 ```sh
-TARBALL_NAME="mapnik-v`mapnik-config --version`.tar.bz2"
-git archive --format=tar tags/v2.0.2 | bzip2 > ${TARBALL_NAME}
+cd /tmp
+MAPNIK_VERSION=`mapnik-config --version`
+TARBALL_DIR="mapnik-v${MAPNIK_VERSION}"
+git clone git@github.com:mapnik/mapnik.git $TARBALL_DIR
+cd $TARBALL_DIR
+git checkout "tags/v${MAPNIK_VERSION}"
+cd ../
+rm -rf $TARBALL_DIR/.git
+rm -rf $TARBALL_DIR/.gitignore
+tar cjf $TARBALL_DIR.tar.bz2 $TARBALL_DIR/
+
+TARBALL_NAME="mapnik-v`mapnik-config --version`"
+git archive --format=tar tags/v2.0.2 | bzip2 > ${TARBALL_NAME}.tar.bz2
 ```
 
 Then upload that tarball to the [downloads page](https://github.com/mapnik/mapnik/downloads).