diff --git a/cargo-dist/src/backend/ci/github.rs b/cargo-dist/src/backend/ci/github.rs
index 5a8652e0e..faffa033b 100644
--- a/cargo-dist/src/backend/ci/github.rs
+++ b/cargo-dist/src/backend/ci/github.rs
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ pub struct GithubCiInfo {
     pub tap: Option<String>,
     /// publish jobs
     pub publish_jobs: Vec<String>,
+    /// user-specified publish jobs
+    pub user_publish_jobs: Vec<String>,
     /// whether to create the release or assume an existing one
     pub create_release: bool,
 }
@@ -90,6 +92,7 @@ impl GithubCiInfo {
 
         let tap = dist.tap.clone();
         let publish_jobs = dist.publish_jobs.iter().map(|j| j.to_string()).collect();
+        let user_publish_jobs = dist.user_publish_jobs.clone();
 
         // Figure out what Local Artifact tasks we need
         let local_runs = if dist.merge_tasks {
@@ -119,6 +122,7 @@ impl GithubCiInfo {
             fail_fast,
             tap,
             publish_jobs,
+            user_publish_jobs,
             artifacts_matrix: GithubMatrix { include: tasks },
             pr_run_mode,
             global_task,
diff --git a/cargo-dist/src/config.rs b/cargo-dist/src/config.rs
index d14c827c1..cfe52b5f5 100644
--- a/cargo-dist/src/config.rs
+++ b/cargo-dist/src/config.rs
@@ -243,6 +243,11 @@ pub struct DistMetadata {
     #[serde(rename = "publish-jobs")]
     pub publish_jobs: Option<Vec<PublishStyle>>,
 
+    /// User-supplied extra publish jobs to run in CI
+    #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
+    #[serde(rename = "user-publish-jobs")]
+    pub user_publish_jobs: Option<Vec<String>>,
+
     /// Whether to publish prereleases to package managers
     ///
     /// (defaults to false)
@@ -289,6 +294,7 @@ impl DistMetadata {
             default_features: _,
             all_features: _,
             publish_jobs: _,
+            user_publish_jobs: _,
             publish_prereleases: _,
             create_release: _,
             pr_run_mode: _,
@@ -330,6 +336,7 @@ impl DistMetadata {
             default_features,
             all_features,
             publish_jobs,
+            user_publish_jobs,
             publish_prereleases,
             create_release,
             pr_run_mode: _,
@@ -410,6 +417,9 @@ impl DistMetadata {
         if publish_jobs.is_none() {
             *publish_jobs = workspace_config.publish_jobs.clone();
         }
+        if user_publish_jobs.is_none() {
+            *user_publish_jobs = workspace_config.user_publish_jobs.clone();
+        }
 
         // This was historically implemented as extend, but I'm not convinced the
         // inconsistency is worth the inconvenience...
diff --git a/cargo-dist/src/init.rs b/cargo-dist/src/init.rs
index d8b41ed28..d0b7e9f91 100644
--- a/cargo-dist/src/init.rs
+++ b/cargo-dist/src/init.rs
@@ -221,6 +221,7 @@ fn get_new_dist_metadata(
             default_features: None,
             all_features: None,
             publish_jobs: None,
+            user_publish_jobs: None,
             publish_prereleases: None,
             create_release: None,
             pr_run_mode: None,
@@ -680,6 +681,7 @@ fn apply_dist_to_metadata(metadata: &mut toml_edit::Item, meta: &DistMetadata) {
         all_features,
         default_features,
         publish_jobs,
+        user_publish_jobs,
         publish_prereleases,
         create_release,
         pr_run_mode,
@@ -840,6 +842,13 @@ fn apply_dist_to_metadata(metadata: &mut toml_edit::Item, meta: &DistMetadata) {
         publish_jobs.as_ref(),
     );
 
+    apply_string_list(
+        table,
+        "user-publish-jobs",
+        "# User-defined publish jobs to run in CI\n",
+        user_publish_jobs.as_ref(),
+    );
+
     apply_optional_value(
         table,
         "publish-prereleases",
diff --git a/cargo-dist/src/tasks.rs b/cargo-dist/src/tasks.rs
index a7ec40519..3addb46be 100644
--- a/cargo-dist/src/tasks.rs
+++ b/cargo-dist/src/tasks.rs
@@ -199,6 +199,8 @@ pub struct DistGraph {
     pub ci: CiInfo,
     /// List of publish jobs to run
     pub publish_jobs: Vec<PublishStyle>,
+    /// Extra user-specified publish jobs to run
+    pub user_publish_jobs: Vec<String>,
     /// Whether to publish prerelease builds to package managers
     pub publish_prereleases: bool,
     /// A GitHub repo to publish the Homebrew formula to
@@ -648,6 +650,8 @@ impl<'pkg_graph> DistGraphBuilder<'pkg_graph> {
             install_path: _,
             // Only the final value merged into a package_config matters
             publish_jobs: _,
+            // Only the final value merged into a package_config matters
+            user_publish_jobs: _,
             publish_prereleases,
             features,
             default_features: no_default_features,
@@ -702,6 +706,10 @@ impl<'pkg_graph> DistGraphBuilder<'pkg_graph> {
 
         let templates = Templates::new()?;
         let publish_jobs = workspace_metadata.publish_jobs.clone().unwrap_or(vec![]);
+        let user_publish_jobs = workspace_metadata
+            .user_publish_jobs
+            .clone()
+            .unwrap_or(vec![]);
         let publish_prereleases = publish_prereleases.unwrap_or(false);
 
         let allow_dirty = if allow_all_dirty {
@@ -740,6 +748,7 @@ impl<'pkg_graph> DistGraphBuilder<'pkg_graph> {
                 pr_run_mode: workspace_metadata.pr_run_mode.unwrap_or_default(),
                 tap: workspace_metadata.tap.clone(),
                 publish_jobs,
+                user_publish_jobs,
                 publish_prereleases,
                 allow_dirty,
             },
diff --git a/cargo-dist/templates/ci/github_ci.yml.j2 b/cargo-dist/templates/ci/github_ci.yml.j2
index fc73ccb6f..458f71bf0 100644
--- a/cargo-dist/templates/ci/github_ci.yml.j2
+++ b/cargo-dist/templates/ci/github_ci.yml.j2
@@ -229,6 +229,17 @@ jobs:
 
 {{%- endif %}}
 
+{{%- for job in user_publish_jobs %}}
+
+  user-publish-job-{{{ job|safe }}}:
+    needs: [plan, should-publish]
+    if: ${{ !fromJson(needs.plan.outputs.val).announcement_is_prerelease || fromJson(needs.plan.outputs.val).publish_prereleases }}
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/publish-{{{ job|safe }}}.yml
+    with:
+      plan: ${{ needs.plan.outputs.val }}
+    secrets: inherit
+{{%- endfor %}}
+
   # Create a Github Release with all the results once everything is done,
   publish-release:
     needs: [plan, should-publish]