diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 276ee159..b9d618a1 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 2.1.4.dev0
+ * #1266: Add a stand-alone borgmatic binary to the release downloads to serve as another way to
+   install borgmatic. Consider this binary a beta feature.
  * When Borg exits with a warning exit code, show a description of it, so you don't have to lookup
    the code.
  * Split out borgmatic installation documentation to its own page, so it's easier to find.
diff --git a/binary_requirements.txt b/binary_requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3a08c369
--- /dev/null
+++ b/binary_requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+.
+apprise==1.9.8
+attrs==26.1.0
+certifi==2026.2.25
+charset-normalizer==3.4.6
+click==8.3.1
+idna==3.11
+jsonschema==4.26.0
+jsonschema-specifications==2025.9.1
+markdown==3.10.2
+oauthlib==3.3.1
+packaging==26.0
+pyyaml==6.0.3
+referencing==0.37.0
+requests==2.32.5
+requests-oauthlib==2.0.0
+rpds-py==0.30.0
+ruamel-yaml==0.19.1
+urllib3==2.6.3
diff --git a/borgmatic/commands/borgmatic.py b/borgmatic/commands/borgmatic.py
index 267d23c1..f2cf8b7f 100644
--- a/borgmatic/commands/borgmatic.py
+++ b/borgmatic/commands/borgmatic.py
@@ -1202,3 +1202,7 @@ def main(extra_summary_logs=()):  # pragma: no cover
     )
 
     display_summary(summary_logs, log_json)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':  # pragma: no cover
+    main()
diff --git a/scripts/release b/scripts/release
index 50f4a801..19b05ea4 100755
--- a/scripts/release
+++ b/scripts/release
@@ -43,6 +43,16 @@ twine upload -r pypi --username __token__ "$wheel_path"
 scripts/export-docs-from-image
 docs_path=dist/borgmatic-docs.tar.gz
 
+# Build stand-alone binary.
+uv venv --clear binary
+source binary/bin/activate
+uv pip install -r binary_requirements.txt
+nuitka --show-modules --mode=onefile --enable-plugin=upx --include-package-data=borgmatic --include-data-dir=borgmatic.egg-info=borgmatic.egg-info --include-package=borgmatic.hooks --include-package=apprise --no-deployment-flag=self-execution borgmatic/commands/borgmatic.py
+deactivate
+rm -fr binary
+standalone_binary_path=dist/borgmatic-${version}-linux-glibc-x86_64
+mv borgmatic.bin "$standalone_binary_path"
+
 # Set release changelogs on projects.torsion.org and GitHub.
 release_changelog="$(cat NEWS | sed '/^$/q' | grep -v '^\S')"
 escaped_release_changelog="$(echo "$release_changelog" | sed -z 's/\n/\\n/g' | sed -z 's/\"/\\"/g')"
@@ -68,6 +78,11 @@ curl --silent --request POST \
     --header "Authorization: token $projects_token" \
     --header "Accept: application/json" \
     --form attachment=@"$docs_path"
+curl --silent --request POST \
+    "https://projects.torsion.org/api/v1/repos/borgmatic-collective/borgmatic/releases/$release_id/assets?name=$(basename $standalone_binary_path)" \
+    --header "Authorization: token $projects_token" \
+    --header "Accept: application/json" \
+    --form attachment=@"$standalone_binary_path"
 
 github-release create --token="$github_token" --owner=witten --repo=borgmatic --tag="$version" --target_commit="main" \
     --name="borgmatic $version" --body="$release_changelog"