diff --git a/.github/workflows/snapshot.yml b/.github/workflows/snapshot.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2b73f9c8c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/snapshot.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+
+# Copyright (C) 2020 by Tarek BOUCHKATI <tarek.bouchkati@gmail.com>
+
+on: push
+
+name: OpenOCD Snapshot
+
+jobs:
+  package:
+    runs-on: [ubuntu-18.04]
+    env:
+      DL_DIR: ../downloads
+      BUILD_DIR: ../build
+    steps:
+      - name: Install needed packages
+        run: sudo apt-get install autotools-dev autoconf automake libtool pkg-config cmake texinfo texlive g++-mingw-w64-i686
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v1
+      - run: ./bootstrap
+      - name: Prepare libusb1
+        env:
+          LIBUSB1_VER: 1.0.23
+        run: |
+          mkdir -p $DL_DIR && cd $DL_DIR
+          wget "https://github.com/libusb/libusb/releases/download/v${LIBUSB1_VER}/libusb-${LIBUSB1_VER}.tar.bz2"
+          tar -xjf libusb-${LIBUSB1_VER}.tar.bz2
+          echo "::set-env name=LIBUSB1_SRC::$PWD/libusb-${LIBUSB1_VER}"
+      - name: Prepare hidapi
+        env:
+          HIDAPI_VER: 0.9.0
+        run: |
+          mkdir -p $DL_DIR && cd $DL_DIR
+          wget "https://github.com/libusb/hidapi/archive/hidapi-${HIDAPI_VER}.tar.gz"
+          tar -xzf hidapi-${HIDAPI_VER}.tar.gz
+          cd hidapi-hidapi-${HIDAPI_VER}
+          ./bootstrap
+          echo "::set-env name=HIDAPI_SRC::$PWD"
+      - name: Prepare libftdi
+        env:
+          LIBFTDI_VER: 1.4
+        run: |
+          mkdir -p $DL_DIR && cd $DL_DIR
+          wget "http://www.intra2net.com/en/developer/libftdi/download/libftdi1-${LIBFTDI_VER}.tar.bz2"
+          tar -xjf libftdi1-${LIBFTDI_VER}.tar.bz2
+          echo "::set-env name=LIBFTDI_SRC::$PWD/libftdi1-${LIBFTDI_VER}"
+      - name: Package OpenOCD for windows
+        env:
+          MAKE_JOBS: 2
+          HOST: i686-w64-mingw32
+          LIBUSB1_CONFIG: --enable-shared --enable-static
+          HIDAPI_CONFIG: --enable-shared --disable-static --disable-testgui
+          LIBFTDI_CONFIG: "-DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE='${{ env.LIBFTDI_SRC }}/cmake/Toolchain-i686-w64-mingw32.cmake' -DBUILD_TESTS:BOOL=off -DFTDIPP:BOOL=off -DPYTHON_BINDINGS:BOOL=off -DEXAMPLES:BOOL=off -DDOCUMENTATION:BOOL=off -DFTDI_EEPROM:BOOL=off"
+        run: |
+          # set snapshot tag
+          OPENOCD_TAG="`git tag --points-at HEAD`"
+          [ -z $OPENOCD_TAG ] && OPENOCD_TAG="`git rev-parse --short HEAD`"
+          # set env and call cross-build.sh
+          export OPENOCD_TAG=$OPENOCD_TAG
+          export OPENOCD_SRC=$PWD
+          export OPENOCD_CONFIG=""
+          mkdir -p $BUILD_DIR &&  cd $BUILD_DIR
+          bash $OPENOCD_SRC/contrib/cross-build.sh $HOST
+          # add missing dlls
+          cd $HOST-root/usr
+          cp `$HOST-gcc --print-file-name=libwinpthread-1.dll` ./bin/
+          cp `$HOST-gcc --print-file-name=libgcc_s_sjlj-1.dll` ./bin/
+          # prepare the artifact
+          ARTIFACT="openocd-${OPENOCD_TAG}-${HOST}.tar.gz"
+          tar -czf $ARTIFACT *
+          echo "::set-env name=ARTIFACT_NAME::$ARTIFACT"
+          echo "::set-env name=ARTIFACT_PATH::$PWD/$ARTIFACT"
+      - name: Publish OpenOCD packaged for windows
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v1
+        with:
+          name: ${{ env.ARTIFACT_NAME }}
+          path: ${{ env.ARTIFACT_PATH }}
+      - name: Get the upload URL for a release
+        id: get_release
+        if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/')
+        uses: bruceadams/get-release@v1.2.0
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
+      - name: Release OpenOCD packaged for windows
+        if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/')
+        uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        with:
+          upload_url: ${{ steps.get_release.outputs.upload_url }}
+          asset_path: ${{ env.ARTIFACT_PATH }}
+          asset_name: ${{ env.ARTIFACT_NAME }}
+          asset_content_type: application/gzip
diff --git a/contrib/cross-build.sh b/contrib/cross-build.sh
index d508bed47..821d48ec7 100755
--- a/contrib/cross-build.sh
+++ b/contrib/cross-build.sh
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@
 #
 # This script is probably more useful as a reference than as a complete build
 # tool but for some configurations it may be usable as-is. It only cross-
-# builds libusb-1.0 from source, but the script can be extended to build other
-# prerequisites in a similar manner.
+# builds libusb-1.0, hidapi and libftdi from source, but the script can be
+# extended to build other prerequisites in a similar manner.
 #
 # Usage:
 # export LIBUSB1_SRC=/path/to/libusb-1.0
@@ -36,17 +36,20 @@ WORK_DIR=$PWD
 
 ## Source code paths, customize as necessary
 : ${OPENOCD_SRC:="`dirname "$0"`/.."}
-: ${LIBUSB1_SRC:=/path/to/libusb}
+: ${LIBUSB1_SRC:=/path/to/libusb1}
 : ${HIDAPI_SRC:=/path/to/hidapi}
+: ${LIBFTDI_SRC:=/path/to/libftdi}
 
 OPENOCD_SRC=`readlink -m $OPENOCD_SRC`
 LIBUSB1_SRC=`readlink -m $LIBUSB1_SRC`
 HIDAPI_SRC=`readlink -m $HIDAPI_SRC`
+LIBFTDI_SRC=`readlink -m $LIBFTDI_SRC`
 
 HOST_TRIPLET=$1
 BUILD_DIR=$WORK_DIR/$HOST_TRIPLET-build
 LIBUSB1_BUILD_DIR=$BUILD_DIR/libusb1
 HIDAPI_BUILD_DIR=$BUILD_DIR/hidapi
+LIBFTDI_BUILD_DIR=$BUILD_DIR/libftdi
 OPENOCD_BUILD_DIR=$BUILD_DIR/openocd
 
 ## Root of host file tree
@@ -55,8 +58,12 @@ SYSROOT=$WORK_DIR/$HOST_TRIPLET-root
 ## Install location within host file tree
 : ${PREFIX=/usr}
 
+## Make parallel jobs
+: ${MAKE_JOBS:=1}
+
 ## OpenOCD-only install dir for packaging
-PACKAGE_DIR=$WORK_DIR/openocd_`git --git-dir=$OPENOCD_SRC/.git describe`_$HOST_TRIPLET
+: ${OPENOCD_TAG:=`git --git-dir=$OPENOCD_SRC/.git describe --tags`}
+PACKAGE_DIR=$WORK_DIR/openocd_${OPENOCD_TAG}_${HOST_TRIPLET}
 
 #######
 
@@ -86,13 +93,15 @@ rm -rf $SYSROOT $BUILD_DIR
 mkdir -p $SYSROOT
 
 # libusb-1.0 build & install into sysroot
-mkdir -p $LIBUSB1_BUILD_DIR
-cd $LIBUSB1_BUILD_DIR
-$LIBUSB1_SRC/configure --build=`$LIBUSB1_SRC/config.guess` --host=$HOST_TRIPLET \
---with-sysroot=$SYSROOT --prefix=$PREFIX \
-$LIBUSB1_CONFIG
-make
-make install DESTDIR=$SYSROOT
+if [ -d $LIBUSB1_SRC ] ; then
+  mkdir -p $LIBUSB1_BUILD_DIR
+  cd $LIBUSB1_BUILD_DIR
+  $LIBUSB1_SRC/configure --build=`$LIBUSB1_SRC/config.guess` --host=$HOST_TRIPLET \
+  --with-sysroot=$SYSROOT --prefix=$PREFIX \
+  $LIBUSB1_CONFIG
+  make -j $MAKE_JOBS
+  make install DESTDIR=$SYSROOT
+fi
 
 # hidapi build & install into sysroot
 if [ -d $HIDAPI_SRC ] ; then
@@ -101,7 +110,22 @@ if [ -d $HIDAPI_SRC ] ; then
   $HIDAPI_SRC/configure --build=`$HIDAPI_SRC/config.guess` --host=$HOST_TRIPLET \
     --with-sysroot=$SYSROOT --prefix=$PREFIX \
     $HIDAPI_CONFIG
-  make
+  make -j $MAKE_JOBS
+  make install DESTDIR=$SYSROOT
+fi
+
+# libftdi build & install into sysroot
+if [ -d $LIBFTDI_SRC ] ; then
+  mkdir -p $LIBFTDI_BUILD_DIR
+  cd $LIBFTDI_BUILD_DIR
+  # libftdi requires libusb1 static libraries, granted by:
+  # export LIBUSB1_CONFIG="--enable-static ..."
+  cmake $LIBFTDI_CONFIG \
+    -DLIBUSB_INCLUDE_DIR=${SYSROOT}${PREFIX}/include/libusb-1.0 \
+    -DLIBUSB_LIBRARIES=${SYSROOT}${PREFIX}/lib/libusb-1.0.a \
+    -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${PREFIX} \
+    -DPKG_CONFIG_EXECUTABLE=`which pkg-config` \
+    $LIBFTDI_SRC
   make install DESTDIR=$SYSROOT
 fi
 
@@ -111,9 +135,10 @@ cd $OPENOCD_BUILD_DIR
 $OPENOCD_SRC/configure --build=`$OPENOCD_SRC/config.guess` --host=$HOST_TRIPLET \
 --with-sysroot=$SYSROOT --prefix=$PREFIX \
 $OPENOCD_CONFIG
-make
-make install DESTDIR=$SYSROOT
+make -j $MAKE_JOBS
+make install-strip DESTDIR=$SYSROOT
 
 # Separate OpenOCD install w/o dependencies. OpenOCD will have to be linked
 # statically or have dependencies packaged/installed separately.
-make install DESTDIR=$PACKAGE_DIR
+make install-strip DESTDIR=$PACKAGE_DIR
+