diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 4ade63478ab..cce07e87bea 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -88,3 +88,8 @@ bench.html
 
 # I'm unsure how to ignore these generated golden files
 cabal-testsuite/PackageTests/NewUpdate/RejectFutureIndexStates/cabal.out
+
+## Release Scripts
+
+# ignore the downloaded binary files
+scripts/release/binary-downloads/
diff --git a/scripts/release/create-release-metadata-for-ghcup.sh b/scripts/release/create-release-metadata-for-ghcup.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..c8683c2b85c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/release/create-release-metadata-for-ghcup.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,125 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# This script, when passed the cabal release number as the first and only argument
+# generates the metadata in the correct format to be useable as is by GHCup
+# for eg:-
+# $ create-release-metadata-for-ghcup.sh 3.10.2.0 or "3.10.2.0"
+
+# Note:- Please run ./download-cabal-install-release-binaries.sh before running this script.
+set -eu
+set -o pipefail
+
+RELEASE=$1
+## FixMe:// What dir to use here?
+
+if [ -d "binary-downloads/cabal-install-${RELEASE}-binaries" ]; then
+    echo "binary downloads folder for release ${RELEASE} found, starting generating GHCup metadata..."
+else
+    echo "The binary downloads for release ${RELEASE} not found."
+    echo "Please run the script to download them first."
+fi
+
+cd "binary-downloads/cabal-install-${RELEASE}-binaries"
+
+cat <<EOF > /dev/stdout
+    $RELEASE:
+      viTags:
+        - Latest
+      viChangeLog: https://github.com/haskell/cabal/blob/master/release-notes/cabal-install-$RELEASE.md
+      viPostInstall: *cabal-${RELEASE//./}-post-install
+      viArch:
+        A_64:
+          Linux_UnknownLinux:
+            unknown_versioning: &cabal-${RELEASE//./}-64
+            dlUri: https://downloads.haskell.org/~cabal/cabal-install-$RELEASE/cabal-install-$RELEASE-x86_64-linux-alpine3_12.tar.xz
+            dlSubdir: cabal-install-$RELEASE
+            dlHash: $(sha256sum "cabal-install-$RELEASE-x86_64-linux-alpine3_12.tar.xz" | awk '{ print $1 }')
+          Linux_Alpine:
+            unknown_versioning: &cabal-${RELEASE//./}-64
+          Linux_CentOS:
+            unknown_versioning: &cabal-${RELEASE//./}-64-centos7
+            dlUri: https://downloads.haskell.org/~cabal/cabal-install-$RELEASE/cabal-install-$RELEASE-x86_64-linux-centos7.tar.xz
+            dlSubdir: cabal-install-$RELEASE
+            dlHash: $(sha256sum "cabal-install-$RELEASE-x86_64-linux-centos7.tar.xz" | awk '{ print $1 }')
+          Linux_Debian:
+            ' ( >= 9 && < 10)': &cabal-${RELEASE//./}-64-debian
+              dlUri: https://downloads.haskell.org/~cabal/cabal-install-$RELEASE/cabal-install-$RELEASE-x86_64-linux-deb9.tar.xz
+              dlSubdir: cabal-install-$RELEASE
+              dlHash: $(sha256sum "cabal-install-$RELEASE-x86_64-linux-deb9.tar.xz" | awk '{ print $1 }')
+            ' ( == 10 && < 11)':
+              dlUri: https://downloads.haskell.org/~cabal/cabal-install-$RELEASE/cabal-install-$RELEASE-x86_64-linux-deb10.tar.xz
+              dlSubdir: cabal-install-$RELEASE
+              dlHash: $(sha256sum "cabal-install-$RELEASE-x86_64-linux-deb10.tar.xz" | awk '{ print $1 }')
+            ' ( >= 11)':
+              dlUri: https://downloads.haskell.org/~cabal/cabal-install-$RELEASE/cabal-install-$RELEASE-x86_64-linux-deb11.tar.xz
+              dlSubdir: cabal-install-$RELEASE
+              dlHash: $(sha256sum "cabal-install-$RELEASE-x86_64-linux-deb11.tar.xz" | awk '{ print $1 }')
+            unknown_versioning: &cabal-${RELEASE//./}-64-debian
+          Linux_Fedora:
+            '>= 33':
+              dlUri: https://downloads.haskell.org/~cabal/cabal-install-$RELEASE/cabal-install-$RELEASE-x86_64-linux-fedora33.tar.xz
+              dlSubdir: cabal-install-$RELEASE
+              dlHash: $(sha256sum "cabal-install-$RELEASE-x86_64-linux-fedora33.tar.xz" | awk '{ print $1 }')
+            unknown_versioning: &cabal-${RELEASE//./}-64-centos7
+          Linux_Ubuntu:
+            '< 20': &cabal-${RELEASE//./}-64-ubuntu18
+              dlUri: https://downloads.haskell.org/~cabal/cabal-install-$RELEASE/cabal-install-$RELEASE-x86_64-linux-ubuntu18_04.tar.xz
+              dlSubdir: cabal-install-$RELEASE
+              dlHash: $(sha256sum "cabal-install-$RELEASE-x86_64-linux-ubuntu18_04.tar.xz" | awk '{ print $1 }')
+            '>= 20': &cabal-${RELEASE//./}-64-ubuntu20
+              dlUri: https://downloads.haskell.org/~cabal/cabal-install-$RELEASE/cabal-install-$RELEASE-x86_64-linux-ubuntu20_04.tar.xz
+              dlSubdir: cabal-install-$RELEASE
+              dlHash: $(sha256sum "cabal-install-$RELEASE-x86_64-linux-ubuntu20_04.tar.xz" | awk '{ print $1 }')
+            unknown_versioning: *cabal-${RELEASE//./}-64-ubuntu18
+          Linux_Mint:
+            '< 20': *cabal-${RELEASE//./}-64-ubuntu18
+            '>= 20': *cabal-${RELEASE//./}-64-ubuntu20
+            unknown_versioning: *cabal-${RELEASE//./}-64-ubuntu18
+          Darwin:
+            unknown_versioning:
+              dlUri: https://downloads.haskell.org/~cabal/cabal-install-$RELEASE/cabal-install-$RELEASE-x86_64-darwin.tar.xz
+              dlSubdir: cabal-install-$RELEASE
+              dlHash: $(sha256sum "cabal-install-$RELEASE-x86_64-darwin.tar.xz" | awk '{ print $1 }')
+          Windows:
+            unknown_versioning:
+              dlUri: https://downloads.haskell.org/~cabal/cabal-install-$RELEASE/cabal-install-$RELEASE-x86_64-windows.zip
+              dlSubdir: cabal-install-$RELEASE
+              dlHash: $(sha256sum "cabal-install-$RELEASE-x86_64-windows.zip" | awk '{ print $1 }')
+          FreeBSD:
+            unknown_versioning:
+              dlUri: https://downloads.haskell.org/~cabal/cabal-install-$RELEASE/cabal-install-$RELEASE-x86_64-freebsd.tar.xz
+              dlSubdir: cabal-install-$RELEASE
+              dlHash: $(sha256sum "cabal-install-$RELEASE-x86_64-freebsd.tar.xz" | awk '{ print $1 }')
+        A_32:
+          Linux_UnknownLinux:
+            unknown_versioning: &cabal-${RELEASE//./}-32
+              dlUri: https://downloads.haskell.org/~cabal/cabal-install-$RELEASE/cabal-install-$RELEASE-i386-linux-alpine3_12.tar.xz
+              dlSubdir: cabal-install-$RELEASE
+              dlHash: $(sha256sum "cabal-install-$RELEASE-i386-linux-alpine3_12.tar.xz" | awk '{ print $1 }')
+          Linux_Alpine:
+            unknown_versioning: *cabal-${RELEASE//./}-32
+          Linux_Debian:
+            '( >= 9 )':
+              dlUri: https://downloads.haskell.org/~cabal/cabal-install-$RELEASE/cabal-install-$RELEASE-i386-linux-deb9.tar.xz
+              dlSubdir: cabal-install-$RELEASE
+              dlHash: $(sha256sum "cabal-install-$RELEASE-i386-linux-deb9.tar.xz" | awk '{ print $1 }')
+            unknown_versioning: *cabal-${RELEASE//./}-32
+        A_ARM64:
+          Darwin:
+            unknown_versioning:
+              dlUri: https://downloads.haskell.org/~cabal/cabal-install-$RELEASE/cabal-install-$RELEASE-aarch64-darwin.tar.xz
+              dlSubdir: cabal-install-$RELEASE
+              dlHash: $(sha256sum "cabal-install-$RELEASE-aarch64-darwin.tar.xz" | awk '{ print $1 }')
+          Linux_Debian:
+            '( >= 10 && < 11)': &cabal-31020-arm64
+              dlUri: https://downloads.haskell.org/~cabal/cabal-install-$RELEASE/cabal-install-$RELEASE-aarch64-linux-deb10.tar.xz
+              dlSubdir: cabal-install-$RELEASE
+              dlHash: $(sha256sum "cabal-install-$RELEASE-aarch64-linux-deb10.tar.xz" | awk '{ print $1 }')
+            '( >= 11)':
+              dlUri: https://downloads.haskell.org/~cabal/cabal-install-$RELEASE/cabal-install-$RELEASE-aarch64-linux-deb11.tar.xz
+              dlSubdir: cabal-install-$RELEASE
+              dlHash: $(sha256sum "cabal-install-$RELEASE-aarch64-linux-deb11.tar.xz" | awk '{ print $1 }')
+            unknown_versioning: *cabal-${RELEASE//./}-arm64
+          Linux_UnknownLinux:
+            unknown_versioning: *cabal-${RELEASE//./}-arm64
+EOF
diff --git a/scripts/release/download-cabal-install-release-binaries.sh b/scripts/release/download-cabal-install-release-binaries.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..4547fd910e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/release/download-cabal-install-release-binaries.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# A script to download the release binary files for a given cabal release
+# from upstream "downlods.haskell.org".
+# It accepts the first and only argument as the release number.
+#
+# useage:-
+#   $ download-cabal-install-release-binaries.sh "3.10.1.0"
+#
+# This was initally made to be used with ./create-release-metadata-for-ghcup.sh
+
+set -eu
+set -o pipefail
+
+RELEASE=$1
+
+echo "RELEASE: $RELEASE"
+
+for com in wget sha256sum ; do
+        command -V ${com} >/dev/null 2>&1
+done
+
+[ ! -d "binary-downloads/cabal-install-${RELEASE}-binaries" ]
+
+mkdir -p "binary-downloads/cabal-install-${RELEASE}-binaries"
+
+cd "binary-downloads/cabal-install-${RELEASE}-binaries"
+
+## Download release files
+echo "Downloading form: \"https://downloads.haskell.org/~cabal/cabal-install-${RELEASE}/\""
+wget --no-parent -r --reject "index.html*" --no-directories "https://downloads.haskell.org/~cabal/cabal-install-${RELEASE}/"
+
+## Verify that sha256 sums of downloaded files match the ones mentioned in the upstream SHA256SUMS file
+echo "verifying checksums for downloaded files..."
+
+if sha256sum --check ./SHA256SUMS; then
+    echo "All checksums match!"
+    echo "Successfully downloaded binaries for release: ${RELEASE}"
+else
+    echo "checksums of downloaded files do no match the ones listed in upstream SHA256SUMS file."
+    echo "please try deleting \"binary-downloads/cabal-install-${RELEASE}-binaries\" folder and downloading again."
+fi