diff --git a/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-win.yml b/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-win.yml
index 6fead7c20..3388977e0 100644
--- a/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-win.yml
+++ b/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-win.yml
@@ -146,6 +146,7 @@ script: |
     make ${MAKEOPTS} -C src check-security
     make deploy
     make install DESTDIR=${INSTALLPATH}
+    rename 's/-setup\.exe$/-setup-unsigned.exe/' *-setup.exe
     cp -f bitcoin-*setup*.exe $OUTDIR/
     cd installed
     mv ${DISTNAME}/bin/*.dll ${DISTNAME}/lib/
@@ -159,9 +160,11 @@ script: |
     cd ../../
     rm -rf distsrc-${i}
   done
-  cd $OUTDIR
-  rename 's/-setup\.exe$/-setup-unsigned.exe/' *-setup.exe
-  find . -name "*-setup-unsigned.exe" | sort | tar --no-recursion --mode='u+rw,go+r-w,a+X' --owner=0 --group=0 -c -T - | gzip -9n > ${OUTDIR}/${DISTNAME}-win-unsigned.tar.gz
+  cp -rf contrib/windeploy $BUILD_DIR
+  cd $BUILD_DIR/windeploy
+  mkdir unsigned
+  cp $OUTDIR/bitcoin-*setup-unsigned.exe unsigned/
+  find . | sort | tar --no-recursion --mode='u+rw,go+r-w,a+X' --owner=0 --group=0 -c -T - | gzip -9n > ${OUTDIR}/${DISTNAME}-win-unsigned.tar.gz
   mv ${OUTDIR}/${DISTNAME}-x86_64-*-debug.zip ${OUTDIR}/${DISTNAME}-win64-debug.zip
   mv ${OUTDIR}/${DISTNAME}-i686-*-debug.zip ${OUTDIR}/${DISTNAME}-win32-debug.zip
   mv ${OUTDIR}/${DISTNAME}-x86_64-*.zip ${OUTDIR}/${DISTNAME}-win64.zip
diff --git a/contrib/macdeploy/detached-sig-create.sh b/contrib/macdeploy/detached-sig-create.sh
index 5022ea88b..7f017bb4f 100755
--- a/contrib/macdeploy/detached-sig-create.sh
+++ b/contrib/macdeploy/detached-sig-create.sh
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ BUNDLE="${ROOTDIR}/Bitcoin-Qt.app"
 CODESIGN=codesign
 TEMPDIR=sign.temp
 TEMPLIST=${TEMPDIR}/signatures.txt
-OUT=signature.tar.gz
+OUT=signature-osx.tar.gz
 OUTROOT=osx
 
 if [ ! -n "$1" ]; then
diff --git a/contrib/windeploy/detached-sig-create.sh b/contrib/windeploy/detached-sig-create.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..bf4978d14
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/windeploy/detached-sig-create.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# Copyright (c) 2014-2015 The Bitcoin Core developers
+# Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
+# file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
+
+if [ -z "$OSSLSIGNCODE" ]; then
+  OSSLSIGNCODE=osslsigncode
+fi
+
+if [ ! -n "$1" ]; then
+  echo "usage: $0 <osslcodesign args>"
+  echo "example: $0 -key codesign.key"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+OUT=signature-win.tar.gz
+SRCDIR=unsigned
+WORKDIR=./.tmp
+OUTDIR="${WORKDIR}/out"
+OUTSUBDIR="${OUTDIR}/win"
+TIMESERVER=http://timestamp.comodoca.com
+CERTFILE="win-codesign.cert"
+
+mkdir -p "${OUTSUBDIR}"
+basename -a `ls -1 "${SRCDIR}"/*-unsigned.exe` | while read UNSIGNED; do
+  echo Signing "${UNSIGNED}"
+  "${OSSLSIGNCODE}" sign -certs "${CERTFILE}" -t "${TIMESERVER}" -in "${SRCDIR}/${UNSIGNED}" -out "${WORKDIR}/${UNSIGNED}" "$@"
+  "${OSSLSIGNCODE}" extract-signature -pem -in "${WORKDIR}/${UNSIGNED}" -out "${OUTSUBDIR}/${UNSIGNED}.pem" && rm "${WORKDIR}/${UNSIGNED}"
+done
+
+rm -f "${OUT}"
+tar -C "${OUTDIR}" -czf "${OUT}" .
+rm -rf "${WORKDIR}"
+echo "Created ${OUT}"
diff --git a/contrib/windeploy/win-codesign.cert b/contrib/windeploy/win-codesign.cert
new file mode 100644
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/windeploy/win-codesign.cert
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
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diff --git a/doc/release-process.md b/doc/release-process.md
index 399ed25c9..91ef9e228 100644
--- a/doc/release-process.md
+++ b/doc/release-process.md
@@ -175,7 +175,38 @@ Commit your signature to gitian.sigs:
     git push  # Assuming you can push to the gitian.sigs tree
     popd
 
-Wait for Windows/OS X detached signatures:
+Codesigner only: Create Windows/OS X detached signatures:
+- Only one person handles codesigning. Everyone else should skip to the next step.
+- Only once the Windows/OS X builds each have 3 matching signatures may they be signed with their respective release keys.
+
+Codesigner only: Sign the osx binary:
+
+    transfer bitcoin-osx-unsigned.tar.gz to osx for signing
+    tar xf bitcoin-osx-unsigned.tar.gz
+    ./detached-sig-create.sh -s "Key ID"
+    Enter the keychain password and authorize the signature
+    Move signature-osx.tar.gz back to the gitian host
+
+Codesigner only: Sign the windows binaries:
+
+    tar xf bitcoin-win-unsigned.tar.gz
+    ./detached-sig-create.sh -key /path/to/codesign.key
+    Enter the passphrase for the key when prompted
+    signature-win.tar.gz will be created
+
+Codesigner only: Commit the detached codesign payloads:
+
+    cd ~/bitcoin-detached-sigs
+    checkout the appropriate branch for this release series
+    rm -rf *
+    tar xf signature-osx.tar.gz
+    tar xf signature-win.tar.gz
+    git add -a
+    git commit -m "point to ${VERSION}"
+    git tag -s v${VERSION} HEAD
+    git push the current branch and new tag
+
+Non-codesigners: wait for Windows/OS X detached signatures:
 
 - Once the Windows/OS X builds each have 3 matching signatures, they will be signed with their respective release keys.
 - Detached signatures will then be committed to the [bitcoin-detached-sigs](https://github.com/bitcoin-core/bitcoin-detached-sigs) repository, which can be combined with the unsigned apps to create signed binaries.