diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index c934fb0..82d7804 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ jobs:
         os: [ubuntu-latest, windows-latest, macos-latest]
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-    - name: Make test release
+    - name: Make test pre-release
       uses: ./
       with:
         repo_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ jobs:
             ...context.repo,
             tag: "ci-test-${{ matrix.os }}",
           })
-          assert.deepStrictEqual(release.data.name, "ci-test-${{ matrix.os }}")
           assert.deepStrictEqual(release.data.prerelease, true)
           assert.deepStrictEqual(release.data.body, "rofl lol test")
           const actual = child_process.execSync(`curl -Ls ${release.data.assets[0].browser_download_url}`)
@@ -69,3 +68,49 @@ jobs:
             ...context.repo,
             ref: "tags/ci-test-${{ matrix.os }}",
           })
+    - name: Make test draft release
+      uses: ./
+      with:
+        repo_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        file: README.md
+        asset_name: TEST.md
+        tag: ci-test-${{ matrix.os }}
+        overwrite: true
+        draft: true
+        prerelease: false
+        release_name: "ci-test-${{ matrix.os }} release name"
+        body: "some other text"
+    - name: Check that the uploaded asset is readable
+      uses: actions/github-script@v2
+      with:
+        github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        script: |
+          const fs = require('fs')
+          const child_process = require('child_process');
+          const assert = require('assert').strict;
+
+          const expected = fs.readFileSync("README.md")
+          const release = await github.repos.getReleaseByTag({
+            ...context.repo,
+            tag: "ci-test-${{ matrix.os }}",
+          })
+          assert.deepStrictEqual(release.data.name, "ci-test-${{ matrix.os }} release name")
+          assert.deepStrictEqual(release.data.draft, true)
+          assert.deepStrictEqual(release.data.prerelease, false)
+          assert.deepStrictEqual(release.data.body, "rofl lol test")
+          const actual = child_process.execSync(`curl -Ls ${release.data.assets[0].browser_download_url}`)
+          assert.deepStrictEqual(expected, actual)
+    - name: Clean up
+      if: ${{ always() }}
+      uses: actions/github-script@v2
+      with:
+        github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        script: |
+          const release = await github.repos.getReleaseByTag({
+            ...context.repo,
+            tag: "ci-test-${{ matrix.os }}",
+          })
+          await github.repos.deleteRelease({
+            ...context.repo,
+            release_id: release.data.id,
+          })
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 68959e6..8cd02ae 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # Changelog
 
 ## [2.0.0] - 2020-07-03
+- Add `draft` input parameter. Setting this marks the created release as a draft.
 - Add `prerelease` input parameter. Setting this marks the created release as a pre-release.
 - Add `release_name` input parameter. Setting this explicitly sets the title of the release.
 - Add `body` input parameter. Setting this sets the text content of the created release.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 342fc42..0a45d0f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -17,8 +17,10 @@ Optional Arguments
                 This is not used if `file_glob` is set to `true`.
 - `file_glob`: If set to true, the file argument can be a glob pattern (`asset_name` is ignored in this case) (Default: `false`)
 - `overwrite`: If an asset with the same name already exists, overwrite it (Default: `false`).
+- `draft`: Mark the release as a draft (Default: `false`). If this is set to `true` then the release won't receive automatically receice a name as the
+           Github API only matches the tag upon final release.
 - `prerelease`: Mark the release as a pre-release (Default: `false`).
-- `release_name`: Explicitly set a release name. (Defaults: same as `tag`).
+- `release_name`: Explicitly set a release name. (Defaults: implicitly same as `tag` via GitHub API).
 - `body`: Content of the release text (Defaut: `""`).
 
 ## Output variables
diff --git a/dist/index.js b/dist/index.js
index 0980dd4..d919572 100644
--- a/dist/index.js
+++ b/dist/index.js
@@ -2201,7 +2201,7 @@ const core = __importStar(__webpack_require__(470));
 const github = __importStar(__webpack_require__(469));
 const path = __importStar(__webpack_require__(622));
 const glob = __importStar(__webpack_require__(402));
-function get_release_by_tag(tag, prerelease, release_name, body, octokit) {
+function get_release_by_tag(tag, draft, prerelease, release_name, body, octokit) {
     return __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
         try {
             core.debug(`Getting release by tag ${tag}.`);
@@ -2211,7 +2211,7 @@ function get_release_by_tag(tag, prerelease, release_name, body, octokit) {
             // If this returns 404, we need to create the release first.
             if (error.status === 404) {
                 core.debug(`Release for tag ${tag} doesn't exist yet so we'll create it now.`);
-                return yield octokit.repos.createRelease(Object.assign(Object.assign({}, github.context.repo), { tag_name: tag, prerelease: prerelease, release_name: release_name, body: body }));
+                return yield octokit.repos.createRelease(Object.assign(Object.assign({}, github.context.repo), { tag_name: tag, draft: draft, prerelease: prerelease, release_name: release_name, body: body }));
             }
             else {
                 throw error;
@@ -2266,11 +2266,12 @@ function run() {
             const tag = core.getInput('tag', { required: true }).replace('refs/tags/', '');
             const file_glob = core.getInput('file_glob') == 'true' ? true : false;
             const overwrite = core.getInput('overwrite') == 'true' ? true : false;
+            const draft = core.getInput('draft') == 'true' ? true : false;
             const prerelease = core.getInput('prerelease') == 'true' ? true : false;
             const release_name = core.getInput('release_name');
             const body = core.getInput('body');
             const octokit = github.getOctokit(token);
-            const release = yield get_release_by_tag(tag, prerelease, release_name, body, octokit);
+            const release = yield get_release_by_tag(tag, draft, prerelease, release_name, body, octokit);
             if (file_glob) {
                 const files = glob.sync(file);
                 if (files.length > 0) {
diff --git a/src/main.ts b/src/main.ts
index 0ec155e..abc1e27 100644
--- a/src/main.ts
+++ b/src/main.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ type UploadAssetResp = Endpoints['POST /repos/:owner/:repo/releases/:release_id/
 
 async function get_release_by_tag(
   tag: string,
+  draft: boolean,
   prerelease: boolean,
   release_name: string,
   body: string,
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@ async function get_release_by_tag(
       return await octokit.repos.createRelease({
         ...github.context.repo,
         tag_name: tag,
+        draft: draft,
         prerelease: prerelease,
         release_name: release_name,
         body: body
@@ -108,6 +110,7 @@ async function run(): Promise<void> {
 
     const file_glob = core.getInput('file_glob') == 'true' ? true : false
     const overwrite = core.getInput('overwrite') == 'true' ? true : false
+    const draft = core.getInput('draft') == 'true' ? true : false
     const prerelease = core.getInput('prerelease') == 'true' ? true : false
     const release_name = core.getInput('release_name')
     const body = core.getInput('body')
@@ -115,6 +118,7 @@ async function run(): Promise<void> {
     const octokit: Octokit = github.getOctokit(token)
     const release = await get_release_by_tag(
       tag,
+      draft,
       prerelease,
       release_name,
       body,