diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-and-publish.yaml b/.github/workflows/build-and-publish.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..07568791c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-and-publish.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+# Copyright The FMS HF Tuning Authors
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+name: Build and Publish FMS-hf-tuning Library
+
+on:
+    workflow_dispatch:
+        inputs:
+            release-version:
+              type: string
+              required: true
+              description: 'Version number (for example: 0.0.1)'
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - name: Set up Python 3.9
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        with:
+          python-version: 3.9
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: |
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+          python -m pip install -r setup_requirements.txt
+      - name: Build and test with tox
+        run: tox -e py39
+      - name: Build and check wheel package
+        run:
+          tox -e build,twinecheck
+# Work in progress... need to get a PYPI_TOKEN in the repo
+#      - name: Publish wheel package on PyPI
+#        if: github.event_name == 'release'
+#        uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1
+#        with:
+#          password: ${{ secrets.PYPI_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/setup_requirements.txt b/setup_requirements.txt
index 519d362a1..a1329fac1 100644
--- a/setup_requirements.txt
+++ b/setup_requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 pre-commit>=3.0.4,<4.0
 pylint>=2.16.2,<4.0
 pydeps>=1.12.12,<2
-tox>=4.4.2,<5
\ No newline at end of file
+tox>=4.4.2,<5
+build>=0.10.0,<2.0
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 8485dfc8b..5bbbdc1ee 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ description = run unit tests
 deps =
     pytest>=7
     -r requirements.txt
+    wheel>=0.38.4
 commands =
     pytest {posargs:tests}
 
@@ -20,3 +21,17 @@ deps = pylint>=2.16.2,<=3.1.0
         -r requirements.txt
 commands = pylint tuning scripts/*.py build/*.py
 allowlist_externals = pylint
+
+[testenv:build]
+description = build wheel
+deps =
+    build
+commands = python -m build
+skip_install = True
+
+[testenv:twinecheck]
+description = check wheel
+deps =
+    twine
+commands = twine check dist/*
+skip_install = True