diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 08ab46ecf..b209c7dcd 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
 
 You can find official releases of `runc` on the [release](https://github.com/opencontainers/runc/releases) page.
 
+All releases are signed by one of the keys listed in the [`runc.keyring` file in the root of this repository](runc.keyring).
+
 ## Security
 
 The reporting process and disclosure communications are outlined [here](https://github.com/opencontainers/org/blob/master/SECURITY.md).
diff --git a/runc.keyring b/runc.keyring
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/script/keyring_addkey.sh b/script/keyring_addkey.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..bb319218f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/script/keyring_addkey.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# Copyright (C) 2023 SUSE LLC.
+# Copyright (C) 2023 Open Containers 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.
+
+set -Eeuxo pipefail
+
+root="$(readlink -f "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/..")"
+keyring_file="$root/runc.keyring"
+
+function bail() {
+	echo "$@" >&2
+	exit 1
+}
+
+[[ "$#" -eq 2 ]] || bail "usage: $0 <github-handle> <keyid>"
+
+github_handle="${1}"
+gpg_keyid="${2}"
+
+cat >>"$keyring_file" <<EOF
+$(gpg --list-keys "$gpg_keyid")
+
+$(gpg --armor --comment="github=$github_handle" --export --export-options=export-minimal,export-clean "$gpg_keyid")
+
+EOF