diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3007a0c1..de16e47a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-dist
-bin
-lib
-share
-packages
+/dist
+/bin
+/lib
+/share
+/packages
 *-packages.conf.d
 cabal-dev
 add-source-timestamps
diff --git a/scripts/bump-versions.sh b/scripts/bump-versions.sh
index 43391d35..f75a3d5e 100755
--- a/scripts/bump-versions.sh
+++ b/scripts/bump-versions.sh
@@ -16,33 +16,16 @@
 set -o nounset
 set -o errexit
 
-DIR=$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )
-DRY_RUN=false
-POSITION="none"
-SOURCES_TXT="$( dirname $DIR)/sources.txt"
-
-declare -a SOURCES
-readarray -t SOURCES < "$SOURCES_TXT"
+. lib/common.sh
 
 usage () {
-    echo " bump-versions <POSITION> [-d|--dry-run]"
+    echo " bump-versions.sh <POSITION> [-d|--dry-run]"
     echo "             | [-h|--help]"
     echo "    Bumps the specified positional version of all servant packages."
     echo "    POSITION is a number between 0 and 3, inclusive."
     exit 0
 }
 
-join () { local IFS="$1"; shift; echo "$*"; }
-
-versions_equal () {
-    local NUM=$(find . -name 'servant*.cabal' | xargs grep "^version:" | awk '{ print $2 }' | uniq -c | wc -l)
-    if [ 1 -eq $NUM ] ; then
-        return 0
-    else
-        echo "versions of packages are not all the same!" && exit 1
-    fi
-}
-
 if [ $# -eq 0 ] ; then
     echo "expecting one or more arguments. Got 0"
     usage
diff --git a/scripts/lib/common.sh b/scripts/lib/common.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d41a8988
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/lib/common.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+#!/bin/bash -
+#===============================================================================
+#
+#          FILE: lib/common.sh
+#
+#   DESCRIPTION: Common functions for servant's shell scripts
+#                Meant to be sourced rather than run.
+#
+#  REQUIREMENTS: bash >= 4
+#===============================================================================
+
+
+DIR=$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )
+DRY_RUN=false
+POSITION="none"
+SOURCES_TXT="$( dirname $DIR)/sources.txt"
+CABAL=${CABAL:-cabal}
+
+declare -a SOURCES
+readarray -t SOURCES < "$SOURCES_TXT"
+
+join () { local IFS="$1"; shift; echo "$*"; }
+
+versions_equal () {
+    local NUM=$(find . -name 'servant*.cabal' | xargs grep "^version:" | awk '{ print $2 }' | uniq -c | wc -l)
+    if [ 1 -eq $NUM ] ; then
+        return 0
+    else
+        echo "versions of packages are not all the same!" && exit 1
+    fi
+}
diff --git a/scripts/start-sandbox.sh b/scripts/start-sandbox.sh
index 7d042bd2..1c1cab5a 100755
--- a/scripts/start-sandbox.sh
+++ b/scripts/start-sandbox.sh
@@ -13,12 +13,7 @@
 set -o nounset
 set -o errexit
 
-DIR=$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )
-SOURCES_TXT="$( dirname $DIR)/sources.txt"
-CABAL=${CABAL:-cabal}
-
-declare -a SOURCES
-readarray -t SOURCES < "$SOURCES_TXT"
+. lib/common.sh
 
 prepare_sandbox () {
     $CABAL sandbox init
diff --git a/scripts/test-all.sh b/scripts/test-all.sh
index 3e7d0465..111e4e9d 100755
--- a/scripts/test-all.sh
+++ b/scripts/test-all.sh
@@ -14,14 +14,7 @@
 set -o nounset
 set -o errexit
 
-DIR=$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )
-GHC_FLAGS="-Werror"
-SOURCES_TXT="$( dirname $DIR)/sources.txt"
-CABAL=${CABAL:-cabal}
-
-declare -a SOURCES
-readarray -t SOURCES < "$SOURCES_TXT"
-
+. lib/common.sh
 
 prepare_sandbox () {
     $CABAL sandbox init
diff --git a/scripts/update-defaults-nix.sh b/scripts/update-defaults-nix.sh
index 7e85c98a..4ad7a291 100755
--- a/scripts/update-defaults-nix.sh
+++ b/scripts/update-defaults-nix.sh
@@ -11,12 +11,7 @@
 set -o nounset
 set -o errexit
 
-DIR=$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )
-BASE_DIR="$( dirname $DIR)"
-SOURCES_TXT="$BASE_DIR/sources.txt"
-
-declare -a SOURCES
-readarray -t SOURCES < "$SOURCES_TXT"
+. lib/common.sh
 
 for s in ${SOURCES[@]} ; do
     echo $s
diff --git a/scripts/upload.sh b/scripts/upload.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..fc0219f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/upload.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+#!/bin/bash -
+#===============================================================================
+#
+#          FILE: upload.sh
+#
+#         USAGE: ./upload.sh <USER> <PASSWORD>
+#
+#   DESCRIPTION: Uploads all servant packages to Hackage
+#
+#  REQUIREMENTS: cabal, bash >= 4
+#        AUTHOR: Julian K. Arni
+#       CREATED: 05.06.2015 13:05
+#===============================================================================
+
+set -o nounset
+set -o errexit
+
+. lib/common.sh
+
+usage () {
+    echo " upload.sh <USER> <PASSWORD>"
+    echo "    Uploads all servant packages to Hackage"
+    exit 0
+}
+
+
+upload_package () {
+    local package="$0"
+    local cabalFile="$0.cabal"
+    pushd "$package"
+    local version=$(grep -i '^version:' $cabalFile | awk '{ print $2 }')
+    local sdist="${package}-${version}.tar.gz"
+    cabal sdist
+    cabal upload --user="$USER" --password="$PASS" "$sdist"
+    popd
+}
+
+
+if [ $# -ne 2 ] ; then
+    echo "expecting two arguments."
+    usage
+else
+    USER="$0"
+    PASS="$1"
+fi
+
+versions_equal
+
+for s in ${SOURCES[@]} ; do
+    upload_package "$s"
+done