diff --git a/contrib/git-stats.sh b/contrib/git-stats.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..735817a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/git-stats.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -e
+set -o pipefail
+
+columns="Author,Commits,Changed Files,Insertions,Deletions"
+
+git shortlog -sn "$@" |
+while read -r commits author; do
+	git log --author="$author" --pretty=tformat: --numstat "$@" | {
+		adds=0
+		subs=0
+		files=0
+		while read -r a s f; do
+			adds=$((adds + a))
+			subs=$((subs + s))
+			files=$((files + 1))
+		done
+		printf '%s;%d;%d;%+d;%+d;\n' \
+			"$author" "$commits" "$files" "$adds" "-$subs"
+	}
+done |
+column -t -s ';' -N "$columns" -R "${columns#*,}"
diff --git a/contrib/release.sh b/contrib/release.sh
index 65f5d7b..464eaad 100755
--- a/contrib/release.sh
+++ b/contrib/release.sh
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ git -c core.commentchar='%' tag --edit --sign \
 	-m "Release $next_tag highlights:" \
 	-m "$changes" \
 	-m "Thanks to all contributors!" \
-	-m "~\$ git shortlog -sn $prev_tag..$next_tag
-$(git shortlog -sn $prev_tag..)" \
+	-m "~\$ contrib/git-stats.sh $prev_tag..$next_tag
+$(contrib/git-stats.sh $prev_tag..)" \
 	"$next_tag"
 
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