diff --git a/.github/workflows/nightly.yml b/.github/workflows/nightly.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5431ea3774
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/nightly.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,129 @@
+name: Nightly Build
+
+on:
+  schedule:
+    - cron: "0 1 * * *" # 1 AM UTC daily
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+  nightly:
+    runs-on: larger-runners
+    environment: gpg
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      id-token: write
+      packages: write
+    steps:
+      - name: Set up QEMU cross build support
+        uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@53851d14592bedcffcf25ea515637cff71ef929a # v3.3.0
+
+      - name: Set up Docker Buildx
+        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@6524bf65af31da8d45b59e8c27de4bd072b392f5 # v3.8.0
+
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
+        with:
+          ref: main
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: Set up Go
+        uses: actions/setup-go@v5
+        with:
+          go-version-file: "go.mod"
+
+      - name: Install cosign
+        uses: sigstore/cosign-installer@main
+        with:
+          cosign-release: v2.2.0
+
+      - name: Import GPG key
+        run: |
+          GPG_KEY_FILE=/tmp/signing-key.gpg
+          echo "${{ secrets.GPG_PRIVATE_KEY }}" | base64 --decode > "${GPG_KEY_FILE}"
+
+          echo "${{ secrets.GPG_PRIVATE_KEY }}" | base64 --decode | gpg --import
+          GPG_FINGERPRINT=$(gpg --list-secret-keys --keyid-format LONG | awk '/^sec/{sub(/.*\//, "", $2); print $2; exit}')
+
+          echo "GPG_FINGERPRINT=${GPG_FINGERPRINT}" >>"${GITHUB_ENV}"
+          echo "GPG_KEY_FILE=${GPG_KEY_FILE}" >> "${GITHUB_ENV}"
+        env:
+          GPG_TTY: /dev/ttys000
+
+      - name: Run GoReleaser
+        uses: goreleaser/goreleaser-action@5742e2a039330cbb23ebf35f046f814d4c6ff811 # v5.1.0
+        with:
+          version: v1.21.2
+          args: release --nightly --clean --timeout=60m
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: Remove GPG key
+        if: always()
+        run: |
+          rm -rf ~/.gnupg
+          if [ -n "${GPG_KEY_FILE}" ]; then
+            rm -rf "${GPG_KEY_FILE}"
+          fi
+
+      - name: Upload artifacts
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: nightly-dist
+          path: dist
+          retention-days: 7
+
+      - name: Setup dependencies
+        run: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install rclone jq
+
+      - name: Prepare nightly artifacts
+        run: |
+          # Get today's date in YYYYMMDD format
+          DATE=$(date +%Y%m%d)
+          VERSION=$(grep -E '"version":' dist/metadata.json | cut -d'"' -f4)
+          COMMIT=$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)
+
+          # Create a staging directory for upload
+          mkdir -p ./upload/nightlies/${DATE}
+
+          # Copy relevant artifacts
+          cp dist/*.tar.gz ./upload/nightlies/${DATE}/ 2>/dev/null || true
+          cp dist/*.zip ./upload/nightlies/${DATE}/ 2>/dev/null || true
+          cp dist/*SHA256SUMS* ./upload/nightlies/${DATE}/ 2>/dev/null || true
+          cp dist/*.sig ./upload/nightlies/${DATE}/ 2>/dev/null || true
+          cp dist/*.pem ./upload/nightlies/${DATE}/ 2>/dev/null || true
+          cp dist/*.gpgsig ./upload/nightlies/${DATE}/ 2>/dev/null || true
+
+          # Create latest.json
+          cat > ./upload/nightlies/latest.json <<EOF
+          {
+            "version": "${VERSION}",
+            "date": "${DATE}",
+            "commit": "${COMMIT}",
+            "path": "/nightlies/${DATE}/",
+            "artifacts": $(ls -1 ./upload/nightlies/${DATE}/*.{tar.gz,zip} 2>/dev/null | xargs -n1 basename | jq -R -s -c 'split("\n")[:-1]')
+          }
+          EOF
+
+          echo "nightly build artifacts for ${DATE} ready to upload"
+          echo "Version: ${VERSION}"
+          echo "Commit: ${COMMIT}"
+
+      - name: Sync to R2
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+
+          # Use high parallelism for faster uploads
+          echo "Starting upload to R2..."
+          if ! rclone copy --checkers=512 --transfers=512 --checksum --no-traverse --verbose ./upload/ R2:${{ secrets.R2_BUCKET_NAME }}; then
+            echo "ERROR: Failed to upload artifacts to R2"
+            exit 1
+          fi
+
+          echo "Successfully uploaded nightly build artifacts to R2"
+        env:
+          RCLONE_CONFIG_R2_TYPE: s3
+          RCLONE_CONFIG_R2_PROVIDER: Cloudflare
+          RCLONE_CONFIG_R2_ACCESS_KEY_ID: ${{ secrets.R2_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}
+          RCLONE_CONFIG_R2_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: ${{ secrets.R2_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
+          RCLONE_CONFIG_R2_ENDPOINT: ${{ secrets.R2_ENDPOINT }}
+          RCLONE_CONFIG_R2_ACL: public-read
diff --git a/.goreleaser.yaml b/.goreleaser.yaml
index ed9fefa5cb..09b9216797 100644
--- a/.goreleaser.yaml
+++ b/.goreleaser.yaml
@@ -349,6 +349,12 @@ docker_signs:
 snapshot:
   name_template: "{{ .Version }}-next"
 
+nightly:
+  # Version format: 1.9.0-20250806-nightly-c5fd934
+  version_template: "{{ .Version }}-{{ .Now.Format \"20060102\" }}-nightly-{{ .ShortCommit }}"
+  publish_release: false
+  name_template: "{{ .ProjectName }}_{{ .Version }}_{{ .Os }}_{{ .Arch }}"
+
 changelog:
   use: github-native
 
diff --git a/RELEASE.md b/RELEASE.md
index ef6c4ac26c..a3d48e7960 100644
--- a/RELEASE.md
+++ b/RELEASE.md
@@ -12,3 +12,6 @@
 
 ## **Compatibility**
 -	To check the compatibility of OpenTofu with Terraform, refer to the ([Migration guide](https://opentofu.org/docs/intro/migration/))
+
+## **Nightly Builds**
+- Nightly builds are currently being trialled experimentally, these builds will be removed after 30 days and are not intended for usage in production environments ever.
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