diff --git a/.github/workflows/snap.yml b/.github/workflows/snap.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..59e00408
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/snap.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+name: Build snap
+
+on:
+  push:
+  pull_request:
+    branches: 'v0.6'
+
+jobs:
+  build-snap:
+
+    runs-on: ubuntu-18.04
+
+    steps:
+    - name: Remove prev tag
+      if: ${{ github.ref == 'refs/heads/ci' }}
+      uses: actions/github-script@v3
+      with:
+        github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        script: |
+          try {
+              await github.git.deleteRef({
+                owner: context.repo.owner,
+                repo: context.repo.repo,
+                ref: "tags/continuous"
+              })
+          } catch (e) {
+            console.log("The continuous doesn't exist yet: " + e)
+          }
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - name: Install apt dependencies
+      run: |
+        sudo apt-get install -yq --no-install-suggests --no-install-recommends \
+        snapcraft
+    - name: Build snap
+      id: snap
+      run: |
+        pushd packages; snapcraft; popd
+        echo "::set-output name=asset_path::packages/*.snap"
+    - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
+      with:
+        name: snap
+        path: ${{ steps.snap.outputs.asset_path }}
+    - name: Release Continuous
+      if: ${{ github.ref == 'refs/heads/ci' }}
+      uses: softprops/action-gh-release@master
+      with:
+        prerelease: true
+        tag_name: continuous
+        target_commitish: ${{ github.sha }}
+        files: |
+          ${{ steps.snap.outputs.asset_path }}
+      env:
+        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/packages/snap/snapcraft.yaml b/packages/snap/snapcraft.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..667d6dc6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/snap/snapcraft.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+name: pybitmessage
+version: '0.6.3'
+base: core18
+grade: devel
+confinement: strict
+summary: Reference client for Bitmessage, a P2P communications protocol
+description: The PyBitmessage
+adopt-info: pybitmessage
+
+apps:
+  pybitmessage:
+    command: pybitmessage
+    plugs: [network, network-bind, home, desktop, desktop-legacy, wayland, unity7]
+    desktop: share/applications/pybitmessage.desktop
+    environment:
+      LANG: C.UTF-8
+
+parts:
+  pybitmessage:
+    source: https://github.com/g1itch/PyBitmessage.git
+    source-branch: snap
+    plugin: python
+    python-version: python2
+    build-packages:
+      - libssl-dev
+      - python-all-dev
+    python-packages:
+      - defusedxml
+      - jsonrpclib
+      - qrcode
+      - stem
+    stage-packages:
+      - python-qt4
+      - python-sip
+      - sni-qt
+    parse-info: [setup.py]
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index f43f3d58..73c11e10 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@ from importlib import import_module
 from setuptools import setup, Extension
 from setuptools.command.install import install
 
-from src.version import softwareVersion
-
 
 EXTRAS_REQUIRE = {
     'docs': ['sphinx', 'sphinx_rtd_theme'],
@@ -49,6 +47,8 @@ class InstallCmd(install):
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
+    from src.version import softwareVersion
+
     here = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
     with open(os.path.join(here, 'README.md')) as f:
         README = f.read()