diff --git a/.cirrus.yml b/.cirrus.yml
index 221fb5478..e25891f58 100644
--- a/.cirrus.yml
+++ b/.cirrus.yml
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ linux_task:
     - yarn run build:apm
   build_binary_script:
     - yarn dist || yarn dist
+  rename_binary_script:
+    - node script/rename.js "Linux"
   binary_artifacts:
     path: ./binaries/*
   test_script:
@@ -91,6 +93,8 @@ arm_linux_task:
     - yarn run build:apm
   build_binary_script:
     - yarn dist || yarn dist
+  rename_binary_script:
+    - node script/rename.js "ARM.Linux"
   binary_artifacts:
     path: ./binaries/*
   test_script:
@@ -134,6 +138,8 @@ silicon_mac_task:
   build_binary_script:
     - export PATH="/opt/homebrew/bin:/opt/homebrew/opt/node@16/bin:$PATH"
     - yarn dist || yarn dist
+  rename_binary_script:
+    - node script/rename.js "Silicon.Mac"
   binary_artifacts:
     path: ./binaries/*
   test_script:
@@ -182,6 +188,8 @@ intel_mac_task:
   build_binary_script:
     - export PATH="/usr/local/opt/node@16/bin:/usr/local/bin:$PATH"
     - arch -x86_64 npx yarn dist || arch -x86_64 npx yarn dist
+  rename_binary_script:
+    - node script/rename.js "Intel.Mac"
   binary_artifacts:
     path: ./binaries/*
   test_script:
@@ -223,6 +231,8 @@ windows_task:
   build_binary_script:
     - sed -i -e "s/[0-9]*-dev/`date -u +%Y%m%d%H`/g" package.json
     - npx yarn dist || npx yarn dist || npx yarn dist
+  rename_binary_script:
+    - node script\rename.js "Windows"
   binary_artifacts:
     path: .\binaries\*
   test_script:
diff --git a/script/rename.js b/script/rename.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0034af364
--- /dev/null
+++ b/script/rename.js
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+console.log("Starting the binary renaming script...");
+
+const fs = require('fs');
+
+const prefix = process.argv[2];
+
+const pulsarVersion = require('../package.json').version
+
+if (pulsarVersion.endsWith('-dev')) {
+        console.log(`Based on the version string in package.json (${pulsarVersion}),`);
+	console.log('we are not preparing a Regular release, so not renaming any binaries.');
+	console.log('Exiting the binary renaming script.');
+} else {
+
+	// Warn about required prefix as first argument.
+	// If prefix was not provided, print warning and do nothing else, exiting "cleanly" with status 0.
+	if (typeof prefix !== "string" || prefix.length === 0) {
+		console.log("A prefix is required. Pass the desired prefix as the first argument to this script.");
+		console.log('Example usage: "node script/rename.js Windows"');
+		console.log('or: "node script/rename.js ARM.Linux"');
+		console.log("Exiting the binary renaming script.");
+	} else {
+		console.log(`Prefix is: ${prefix}`);
+
+		// Rename files under ./binaries/* that haven't already been renamed
+		const fileNames = fs.readdirSync('./binaries');
+
+		fileNames.forEach((file) => {
+			console.log(`Existing filename is: ${file}`);
+
+			// We use 'starting with "p" or "P"' as the heuristic
+			// for whether or not the file has already been renamed (and thus prefixed) before.
+			if (file.startsWith('p') || file.startsWith('P')) {
+				let dest = `${prefix}.${file}`
+				// Replace any spaces with periods in the resulting filenames
+				dest = dest.replace(/ /g,".");
+				console.log(`Renaming file from "${file}" to "${dest}"`);
+				fs.renameSync(`./binaries/${file}`, `./binaries/${dest}`);
+			} else {
+				console.log('Filename does not start with "p" or "P". Skipping...');
+			};
+		});
+	};
+};