diff --git a/Tools/release-clipper.js b/Tools/release-clipper.js
index bcd834dabf..45ab39df95 100644
--- a/Tools/release-clipper.js
+++ b/Tools/release-clipper.js
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 const fs = require('fs-extra');
 const { execCommand } = require('./tool-utils.js');
 
-const clipperDir = __dirname + '/../Clipper/joplin-webclipper';
+const clipperDir   = __dirname + '/../Clipper/joplin-webclipper';
+const tmpSourceDir = __dirname + '/../Clipper/joplin-webclipper-source';
 
 async function copyDir(baseSourceDir, sourcePath, baseDestDir) {
 	await fs.mkdirp(baseDestDir + '/' + sourcePath);
@@ -76,6 +77,12 @@ async function main() {
 		console.info(await execCommand('mv ' + dist.name + '.zip ..'));
 	}
 
+	console.info('Creating source tarball for code validation...');
+	process.chdir(clipperDir + '/../');
+	console.info(await execCommand("rsync -a --delete --exclude 'node_modules/' --exclude 'build/' --exclude 'dist/' " + clipperDir + '/ ' + tmpSourceDir + '/'));
+	console.info(await execCommand('7z a -tzip joplin-webclipper-source.zip joplin-webclipper-source'));
+	console.info(await execCommand('mv joplin-webclipper-source.zip ' + clipperDir + '/dist/ && rm -rf joplin-webclipper-source'));
+
 	console.info(await execCommand('git pull'));
 	console.info(await execCommand('git add -A'));
 	console.info(await execCommand('git commit -m "Clipper release v' + newVersion + '"'));