diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 09bfaeddf61afdd27fd560d843a7c3ea3ceb9f92_LmdpdGlnbm9yZQ==..b78246a7500fba0c5f794a8164798cf56b0e7b6d_LmdpdGlnbm9yZQ== 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -32,3 +32,4 @@
 stamp-h1
 test-*
 !config/config.h.in
+/packaging
diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 09bfaeddf61afdd27fd560d843a7c3ea3ceb9f92_TWFrZWZpbGUuYW0=..b78246a7500fba0c5f794a8164798cf56b0e7b6d_TWFrZWZpbGUuYW0= 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 	-find ${builddir} -name Makefile.in -exec rm -f '{}' ';'
 
 distclean-local:
-	rm -fr tests/run-test-suite
+	rm -fr tests/run-test-suite packaging
 	-git worktree prune
 
 .PHONY: bootstrap
@@ -34,3 +34,13 @@
 	-git branch --track run-test-suite origin/run-test-suite
 	-git worktree prune
 	git worktree add $@ run-test-suite
+
+packaging:
+	git branch --track $@ origin/$@
+	git worktree add --force $@ $@
+
+docker-dist: packaging
+	make -C $</docker libyaml-dist
+
+docker-test-pyyaml: packaging
+	make -C $</docker test-pyyaml