diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 374c87c..02d9678 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -121,6 +121,8 @@ jobs:
                   $GIT_API_URL/$GIT_PATH/releases \
                   --data $CREATE_RELEASE_REQUEST_BODY | jq .
               echo "Building ${ZIPFILENAME}"
+              sudo pip install pyinstaller
+              sudo pip install -r requirements.txt
               make clean
               make $ZIPFILENAME
               if [ -f $ZIPFILENAME ]; then
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3739547..e252c75 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,7 +4,15 @@ All notable changes to this project are documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/)
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## [v1.1.2]
+
+### Added
+
+- Updated release process to utilize [pyinstaller](https://www.pyinstaller.org/)[CUMULUS-1447] to create a pre-package python+CMA release binary compatible with AWS Linux 2, added as the executable `cma` to the release package.
+
+
 ## [v1.1.1] - 2019-10-03
+
 ### Removed
 
 - Removed deprecated function `loadRemoteEvent` and updated tests.
@@ -167,8 +175,10 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.
 ### Added
 - Initial release
 
-[Unreleased]: https://github.com/nasa/cumulus-message-adapter/compare/v1.1.0...HEAD
-[v1.1.0]: https://github.com/nasa/cumulus-message-adapter/compare/v1.0.13...HEAD
+[Unreleased]: https://github.com/nasa/cumulus-message-adapter/compare/v1.1.2...HEAD
+[v1.1.2]: https://github.com/nasa/cumulus-message-adapter/compare/v1.1.1...v1.1.2
+[v1.1.1]: https://github.com/nasa/cumulus-message-adapter/compare/v1.1.1...v1.1.2
+[v1.1.0]: https://github.com/nasa/cumulus-message-adapter/compare/v1.0.13...v1.1.1
 [v1.0.13]: https://github.com/nasa/cumulus-message-adapter/compare/v1.0.12...v1.0.13
 [v1.0.5]: https://github.com/nasa/cumulus-message-adapter/compare/v1.0.4...v1.0.5
 [v1.0.4]: https://github.com/nasa/cumulus-message-adapter/compare/v1.0.3...v1.0.4
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index f936052..6477098 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 clean:
 	rm -rf dist
+	rm -rf dist_package
 	rm -f cumulus-message-adapter.zip
 
 dist:
@@ -13,7 +14,13 @@ requirements: dist requirements.txt
 		xargs rm -rf
 	rm -rf dist/docutils
 
-cumulus-message-adapter.zip: requirements
+packaged_runtime: requirements
+	cp __main__.py ./dist/
+	pip install pyinstaller
+	pyinstaller --distpath dist_package --clean -F -n cma ./dist/__main__.py
+
+cumulus-message-adapter.zip: requirements packaged_runtime
 	cp __main__.py ./dist/
 	cp -R message_adapter ./dist/
+	cp ./dist_package/cma ./dist/
 	(cd dist && zip -r -9 ../cumulus-message-adapter.zip .)
diff --git a/message_adapter/version.py b/message_adapter/version.py
index 538eba2..218644a 100644
--- a/message_adapter/version.py
+++ b/message_adapter/version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = 'v1.1.1'
\ No newline at end of file
+__version__ = 'v1.1.2'
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index 74018f1..210121c 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 nose>=1.3
 mock~=1.3
 pylint>=1.8.2
+pyinstaller~=3.5.0
\ No newline at end of file