diff --git a/gitea/release.go b/gitea/release.go
index 3ce204a..3440f1c 100644
--- a/gitea/release.go
+++ b/gitea/release.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
+	"net/http"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 )
@@ -45,11 +46,23 @@ func (c *Client) ListReleases(user, repo string, opt ListReleasesOptions) ([]*Re
 	return releases, resp, err
 }
 
-// GetRelease get a release of a repository
+// GetRelease get a release of a repository by id
 func (c *Client) GetRelease(user, repo string, id int64) (*Release, *Response, error) {
 	r := new(Release)
 	resp, err := c.getParsedResponse("GET",
 		fmt.Sprintf("/repos/%s/%s/releases/%d", user, repo, id),
+		jsonHeader, nil, &r)
+	return r, resp, err
+}
+
+// GetReleaseByTag get a release of a repository by tag
+func (c *Client) GetReleaseByTag(user, repo string, tag string) (*Release, *Response, error) {
+	if c.CheckServerVersionConstraint(">=1.13.0") != nil {
+		return c.fallbackGetReleaseByTag(user, repo, tag)
+	}
+	r := new(Release)
+	resp, err := c.getParsedResponse("GET",
+		fmt.Sprintf("/repos/%s/%s/releases/tags/%s", user, repo, tag),
 		nil, nil, &r)
 	return r, resp, err
 }
@@ -118,3 +131,23 @@ func (c *Client) DeleteRelease(user, repo string, id int64) (*Response, error) {
 		nil, nil)
 	return resp, err
 }
+
+// fallbackGetReleaseByTag is fallback for old gitea installations ( < 1.13.0 )
+func (c *Client) fallbackGetReleaseByTag(user, repo string, tag string) (*Release, *Response, error) {
+	for i := 1; ; i++ {
+		rl, resp, err := c.ListReleases(user, repo, ListReleasesOptions{ListOptions{Page: i}})
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, resp, err
+		}
+		if len(rl) == 0 {
+			return nil,
+				&Response{&http.Response{StatusCode: 404}},
+				fmt.Errorf("release with tag '%s' not found", tag)
+		}
+		for _, r := range rl {
+			if r.TagName == tag {
+				return r, resp, nil
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/gitea/release_test.go b/gitea/release_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..487c568
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gitea/release_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+// Copyright 2020 The Gitea Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a MIT-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+package gitea
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"log"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+func TestRelease(t *testing.T) {
+	log.Println("== TestRelease ==")
+	c := newTestClient()
+
+	repo, _ := createTestRepo(t, "ReleaseTests", c)
+
+	// ListReleases
+	rl, _, err := c.ListReleases(repo.Owner.UserName, repo.Name, ListReleasesOptions{})
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Len(t, rl, 0)
+
+	// CreateRelease
+	r, _, err := c.CreateRelease(repo.Owner.UserName, repo.Name, CreateReleaseOption{
+		TagName:      "awesome",
+		Target:       "master",
+		Title:        "Release 1",
+		Note:         "yes it's awesome",
+		IsDraft:      true,
+		IsPrerelease: true,
+	})
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.EqualValues(t, "awesome", r.TagName)
+	assert.EqualValues(t, true, r.IsPrerelease)
+	assert.EqualValues(t, true, r.IsDraft)
+	assert.EqualValues(t, "Release 1", r.Title)
+	assert.EqualValues(t, fmt.Sprintf("%s/api/v1/repos/%s/releases/%d", c.url, repo.FullName, r.ID), r.URL)
+	assert.EqualValues(t, "master", r.Target)
+	assert.EqualValues(t, "yes it's awesome", r.Note)
+	assert.EqualValues(t, c.username, r.Publisher.UserName)
+	rl, _, _ = c.ListReleases(repo.Owner.UserName, repo.Name, ListReleasesOptions{})
+	assert.Len(t, rl, 1)
+
+	// GetRelease
+	r2, _, err := c.GetRelease(repo.Owner.UserName, repo.Name, r.ID)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.EqualValues(t, r, r2)
+	r2, _, err = c.GetReleaseByTag(repo.Owner.UserName, repo.Name, r.TagName)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.EqualValues(t, r, r2)
+	// test fallback
+	r2, _, err = c.fallbackGetReleaseByTag(repo.Owner.UserName, repo.Name, r.TagName)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.EqualValues(t, r, r2)
+
+	// EditRelease
+	bFalse := false
+	r2, _, err = c.EditRelease(repo.Owner.UserName, repo.Name, r.ID, EditReleaseOption{
+		Title:        "Release Awesome",
+		Note:         "",
+		IsDraft:      &bFalse,
+		IsPrerelease: &bFalse,
+	})
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.EqualValues(t, r.Target, r2.Target)
+	assert.EqualValues(t, bFalse, r2.IsDraft)
+	assert.EqualValues(t, bFalse, r2.IsPrerelease)
+	assert.EqualValues(t, r.Note, r2.Note)
+
+	// DeleteRelease
+	_, err = c.DeleteRelease(repo.Owner.UserName, repo.Name, r.ID)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	rl, _, _ = c.ListReleases(repo.Owner.UserName, repo.Name, ListReleasesOptions{})
+	assert.Len(t, rl, 0)
+
+	// Test Response if try to get not existing release
+	_, resp, err := c.GetRelease(repo.Owner.UserName, repo.Name, 1234)
+	assert.Error(t, err)
+	if assert.NotNil(t, resp) {
+		assert.EqualValues(t, 404, resp.StatusCode)
+	}
+	_, resp, err = c.GetReleaseByTag(repo.Owner.UserName, repo.Name, "not_here")
+	assert.Error(t, err)
+	if assert.NotNil(t, resp) {
+		assert.EqualValues(t, 404, resp.StatusCode)
+	}
+	_, resp, err = c.fallbackGetReleaseByTag(repo.Owner.UserName, repo.Name, "not_here")
+	assert.Error(t, err)
+	if assert.NotNil(t, resp) {
+		assert.EqualValues(t, 404, resp.StatusCode)
+	}
+}