diff --git a/playbooks/python/sdist.yaml b/playbooks/python/sdist.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f157dea3f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/playbooks/python/sdist.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+- hosts: all
+  roles:
+    - build-python-sdist
diff --git a/roles/build-python-sdist/defaults/main.yaml b/roles/build-python-sdist/defaults/main.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..484656152
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/build-python-sdist/defaults/main.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+python_sdist_chdir: "src/{{ zuul.project.canonical_name }}"
diff --git a/roles/build-python-sdist/tasks/main.yaml b/roles/build-python-sdist/tasks/main.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c428ac15e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/build-python-sdist/tasks/main.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+- name: Build a tarball and wheel
+  command: python setup.py sdist bdist_wheel
+  args:
+    chdir: "{{ python_sdist_chdir }}"
diff --git a/zuul.yaml b/zuul.yaml
index 52f2d7e20..b6ff80364 100644
--- a/zuul.yaml
+++ b/zuul.yaml
@@ -117,6 +117,13 @@
     vars:
       tox_envlist: cover
 
+- job:
+    name: python-sdist
+    description: |
+      Build a source tarball and wheel for uploading
+    run: playbooks/python/sdist.yaml
+    post-run: playbooks/python/tarball-post
+
 - job:
     name: tox-tarball
     parent: tox