diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index abeed51201..c9a0538853 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ env:
   # /.travis.yml
   # /Dockerfile
   # /dev.Dockerfile
+  # /make/builder.Dockerfile
   # /.github/workflows/release.yml
   GO_VERSION: 1.15.6
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index c2240598f4..e40deccd6e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ env:
   # /.travis.yml
   # /Dockerfile
   # /dev.Dockerfile
+  # /make/builder.Dockerfile
   # /.github/workflows/main.yml
   GO_VERSION: 1.15.6
 
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index cd1c1cb729..eb4243f6cb 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ go:
   # If you change this value, please change it in the following files as well:
   # /Dockerfile
   # /dev.Dockerfile
+  # /make/builder.Dockerfile
   # /.github/workflows/main.yml
   # /.github/workflows/release.yml
   - "1.15.6"
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index b544c0b84b..9fdcb4a3db 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+# If you change this value, please change it in the following files as well:
+# /.travis.yml
+# /dev.Dockerfile
+# /make/builder.Dockerfile
+# /.github/workflows/main.yml
+# /.github/workflows/release.yml
 FROM golang:1.15.6-alpine as builder
 
 # Force Go to use the cgo based DNS resolver. This is required to ensure DNS
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 1bffec5908..cfe1de3457 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -156,6 +156,14 @@ release:
 	$(VERSION_CHECK)
 	./scripts/release.sh build-release "$(VERSION_TAG)" "$(BUILD_SYSTEM)" "$(RELEASE_TAGS)" "$(RELEASE_LDFLAGS)"
 
+docker-release:
+	@$(call print, "Building release helper docker image.")
+	if [ "$(tag)" = "" ]; then echo "Must specify tag=<commit_or_tag>!"; exit 1; fi
+
+	docker build -t lnd-release-helper -f make/builder.Dockerfile make/
+	$(DOCKER_RELEASE_HELPER) scripts/release.sh check-tag "$(VERSION_TAG)"
+	$(DOCKER_RELEASE_HELPER) scripts/release.sh build-release "$(VERSION_TAG)" "$(BUILD_SYSTEM)" "$(RELEASE_TAGS)" "$(RELEASE_LDFLAGS)"
+
 scratch: build
 
 
diff --git a/dev.Dockerfile b/dev.Dockerfile
index cd3be28aee..f876febca4 100644
--- a/dev.Dockerfile
+++ b/dev.Dockerfile
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+# If you change this value, please change it in the following files as well:
+# /.travis.yml
+# /Dockerfile
+# /make/builder.Dockerfile
+# /.github/workflows/main.yml
+# /.github/workflows/release.yml
 FROM golang:1.15.6-alpine as builder
 
 LABEL maintainer="Olaoluwa Osuntokun <laolu@lightning.engineering>"
diff --git a/docs/release.md b/docs/release.md
index e6591ea471..58d82d8455 100644
--- a/docs/release.md
+++ b/docs/release.md
@@ -10,7 +10,23 @@ utilize a work around needed until `go1.13.2`.
 
 ## Building a New Release
 
-### macOS/Linux/Windows (WSL)
+### MacOS
+
+The first requirement is to have [`docker`](https://www.docker.com/)
+installed locally and running. The second requirement is to have `make`
+installed. Everything else (including `golang`) is included in the release
+helper image.
+
+To build a release, run the following commands:
+
+1. `git clone https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd.git`
+2. `cd lnd`
+3. `git checkout <TAG> # <TAG> is the name of the next release/tag`
+4. `make docker-release tag=<TAG>`
+
+Where `<TAG>` is the name of the next release of `lnd`.
+
+### Linux/Windows (WSL)
 
 No prior set up is needed on Linux or macOS is required in order to build the
 release binaries. However, on Windows, the only way to build the release
@@ -19,7 +35,8 @@ the release binaries following these steps:
 
 1. `git clone https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd.git`
 2. `cd lnd`
-3. `make release tag=<TAG> # <TAG> is the name of the next release/tag`
+3. `git checkout <TAG> # <TAG> is the name of the next release/tag`
+4. `make release tag=<TAG>`
 
 This will then create a directory of the form `lnd-<TAG>` containing archives
 of the release binaries for each supported operating system and architecture,
diff --git a/make/builder.Dockerfile b/make/builder.Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..08ba05c604
--- /dev/null
+++ b/make/builder.Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+# If you change this value, please change it in the following files as well:
+# /.travis.yml
+# /Dockerfile
+# /dev.Dockerfile
+# /.github/workflows/main.yml
+# /.github/workflows/release.yml
+FROM golang:1.15.6-buster
+
+MAINTAINER Olaoluwa Osuntokun <laolu@lightning.engineering>
+
+# Golang build related environment variables that are static and used for all
+# architectures/OSes.
+ENV GODEBUG netdns=cgo
+ENV GO111MODULE=auto
+ENV CGO_ENABLED=0
+
+# Set up cache directories. Those will be mounted from the host system to speed
+# up builds. If go isn't installed on the host system, those will fall back to
+# temp directories during the build (see make/release_flags.mk).
+ENV GOCACHE=/tmp/build/.cache
+ENV GOMODCACHE=/tmp/build/.modcache
+
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
+    git \
+    make \
+    tar \
+    zip \
+    bash \
+  && mkdir -p /tmp/build/lnd \
+  && mkdir -p /tmp/build/.cache \
+  && mkdir -p /tmp/build/.modcache \
+  && chmod -R 777 /tmp/build/
+
+WORKDIR /tmp/build/lnd
diff --git a/make/release_flags.mk b/make/release_flags.mk
index e0058133e6..8a00f0898e 100644
--- a/make/release_flags.mk
+++ b/make/release_flags.mk
@@ -1,6 +1,16 @@
 VERSION_TAG = $(shell date +%Y%m%d)-01
 VERSION_CHECK = @$(call print, "Building master with date version tag")
 
+DOCKER_RELEASE_HELPER = docker run \
+  -it \
+  --rm \
+  --user $(shell id -u):$(shell id -g) \
+  -v $(shell pwd):/tmp/build/lnd \
+  -v $(shell bash -c "go env GOCACHE || (mkdir -p /tmp/go-cache; echo /tmp/go-cache)"):/tmp/build/.cache \
+  -v $(shell bash -c "go env GOMODCACHE || (mkdir -p /tmp/go-modcache; echo /tmp/go-modcache)"):/tmp/build/.modcache \
+  -e SKIP_VERSION_CHECK \
+  lnd-release-helper
+
 BUILD_SYSTEM = darwin-amd64 \
 dragonfly-amd64 \
 freebsd-386 \