diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index d5496b78a55..afd41ec1a0d 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -1794,6 +1794,7 @@ Maintenance/public_release/announcement/CGAL-3.6-beta1 -text
 Maintenance/public_release/announcement/CGAL-3.6.1 -text
 Maintenance/public_release/announcement/CGAL-3.7-beta -text
 Maintenance/public_release/announcement/CGAL-3.7-beta1 -text
+Maintenance/public_release/scripts/precompiled_demos_zips -text
 Maintenance/public_release/scripts/prepare_release -text
 Maintenance/release_building/BUGFIX_NUMBER -text
 Maintenance/release_building/MAJOR_NUMBER -text
diff --git a/Maintenance/public_release/scripts/precompiled_demos_zips b/Maintenance/public_release/scripts/precompiled_demos_zips
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..628591868c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Maintenance/public_release/scripts/precompiled_demos_zips
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+pushd AABB_tree_Demo;                   zip ../AABB_demo.zip          *    ;      popd
+pushd Alpha_shapes_3_Demo;              zip ../alpha_shape_3.zip      *    ;      popd
+pushd Bounding_volumes_Demo;            zip ../bounding_volumes_2.zip *    ;      popd
+pushd Circular_kernel_2_Demo;           zip ../circular_kernel.zip    *    ;      popd
+pushd Mesh_3_Demo;                      zip ../mesh_3.zip             *    ;      popd
+pushd Periodic_3_triangulation_3_Demo;  zip ../periodic_3_triangulation_3.zip *;  popd
+pushd Periodic_Lloyd_3_Demo;            zip ../periodic_3_triangulation_3.zip *;  popd
+pushd Polygon_Demo;                     zip ../polygon.zip *               ;      popd
+pushd Polyhedron_Demo;                  zip ../polyhedron_3.zip *          ;      popd
+pushd Segment_Delaunay_graph_2_Demo;    zip ../segment_voronoi_diagram_2.zip *;   popd
+pushd Surface_mesher_Demo;              zip ../surface_mesher.zip *;              popd
+pushd Triangulation_2_Demo;
+  zip ../regular_triangulation_2.zip Regular_triangulation_2.exe
+  zip ../constrained_delaunay_triangulation_2.zip Constrained_Delaunay_triangulation_2.exe
+  zip ../delaunay_triangulation_2.zip Delaunay_triangulation_2.exe
+popd