diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 369d4afe6..a25374672 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -224,3 +224,17 @@ deps =
     -r{toxinidir}/misc/requirements/requirements-sphinx.txt
 commands =
     {envpython} -m sphinx -jauto -W --color {posargs} {toxinidir}/doc/extapi/ {toxinidir}/doc/extapi/_build/
+
+[testenv:build-release]
+basepython = {env:PYTHON:python3}
+pip_version = pip
+passenv = *
+usedevelop = true
+deps =
+    -r{toxinidir}/requirements.txt
+    -r{toxinidir}/misc/requirements/requirements-tox.txt
+    -r{toxinidir}/misc/requirements/requirements-pyqt.txt
+    -r{toxinidir}/misc/requirements/requirements-dev.txt
+    -r{toxinidir}/misc/requirements/requirements-pyinstaller.txt
+commands =
+    {envpython} {toxinidir}/scripts/dev/build_release.py {posargs}