diff --git a/RELEASE.txt b/RELEASE.txt
index 90e830b9..78f2d0b2 100644
--- a/RELEASE.txt
+++ b/RELEASE.txt
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ How to make a new release of ``skimage``
     place.  Double check ``random.js``, otherwise the skimage.org front
     page gets broken!
   - Build using ``make gh-pages``.
+  - Update the symlink to ``stable``.
   - Push upstream: ``git push origin gh-pages`` in ``doc/gh-pages``.
 
 - Add the version number as a tag in git::
@@ -41,6 +42,15 @@ How to make a new release of ``skimage``
    python setup.py register
    python setup.py sdist upload
 
+  Go to https://travis-ci.org/scikit-image/scikit-image-wheels, select the
+  "Current" tab, and click (on the right) on the "Restart Build" icon.  After
+  the wheels become available at http://wheels.scikit-image.org/ (approx 15
+  mins), execute ``tools/osx_wheel_upload.sh``.  Note that, if you rebuild the
+  same wheels, it can take up to 15 minutes for the the files in the http
+  directory to update to the versions that Travis-CI uploaded. You may want to
+  check the timestamps in the http directory listing to check that you will get
+  the latest version.
+
 - Increase the version number
 
   - In ``setup.py``, set to ``0.Xdev``.
diff --git a/tools/osx_wheel_upload.sh b/tools/osx_wheel_upload.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..7d757379
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/osx_wheel_upload.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# Script to download / check and upload scikit_image wheels for release
+RACKSPACE_URL=http://wheels.scikit-image.org
+if [ "`which twine`" == "" ]; then
+    echo "twine not on path; need to pip install twine?"
+    exit 1
+fi
+SK_VERSION=`git describe --tags`
+if [ "${SK_VERSION:0:1}" != 'v' ]; then
+    echo "scikit image version $SK_VERSION does not start with 'v'"
+    exit 1
+fi
+WHEEL_HEAD="scikit_image-${SK_VERSION:1}"
+WHEEL_TAIL="macosx_10_6_intel.macosx_10_9_intel.macosx_10_9_x86_64.whl"
+mkdir -p wheels
+cd wheels
+rm -rf *.whl
+for py_tag in cp27-none cp33-cp33m cp34-cp34m
+do
+    wheel_name="$WHEEL_HEAD-$py_tag-$WHEEL_TAIL"
+    wheel_url="${RACKSPACE_URL}/${wheel_name}"
+    echo "Fetching $wheel_url"
+    curl -O $wheel_url
+    if [ "$?" != "0" ]; then
+        echo "Failed downloading $wheel_url; check travis build?"
+        exit $?
+    fi
+done
+cd ..
+twine upload wheels/*.whl