diff --git a/.github/workflows/clusterloader2-release.yml b/.github/workflows/clusterloader2-release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5c131a8d54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/clusterloader2-release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+name: Build and Push Docker Image for clusterloader2
+
+on:
+  push:
+    paths:
+      - "clusterloader2/**"
+    tags:
+      - "v*"
+
+jobs:
+  build-and-push:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      packages: write
+      contents: read
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Log in to GitHub Container Registry
+        uses: docker/login-action@v3
+        with:
+          registry: ghcr.io
+          username: ${{ github.actor }}
+          password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: Build and push image
+        run: |
+          cd clusterloader2
+          make build-image
+          make push-image
+        env:
+          IMAGE_REPO: ghcr.io/${{ github.repository_owner }}
+          IMAGE_TAG: ${{ github.ref_name }}
diff --git a/clusterloader2/Makefile b/clusterloader2/Makefile
index 7410a840bc..c6399f63f8 100644
--- a/clusterloader2/Makefile
+++ b/clusterloader2/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 DOCKERFILE = Dockerfile
 IMAGE_REPO ?= localhost:5000
+IMAGE_REPO := $(shell echo $(IMAGE_REPO) | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')
 IMAGE_TAG ?= latest
 IMAGE_NAME = $(IMAGE_REPO)/clusterloader2:$(IMAGE_TAG)