diff --git a/options/locale/locale_en-US.ini b/options/locale/locale_en-US.ini
index f3da8dd53..3495afe85 100644
--- a/options/locale/locale_en-US.ini
+++ b/options/locale/locale_en-US.ini
@@ -1870,6 +1870,7 @@ settings.pulls.allow_manual_merge = Enable Mark PR as manually merged
 settings.pulls.enable_autodetect_manual_merge = Enable autodetect manual merge (Note: In some special cases, misjudgments can occur)
 settings.pulls.allow_rebase_update = Enable updating pull request branch by rebase
 settings.pulls.default_delete_branch_after_merge = Delete pull request branch after merge by default
+settings.releases_desc = Enable Repository Releases
 settings.packages_desc = Enable Repository Packages Registry
 settings.projects_desc = Enable Repository Projects
 settings.actions_desc = Enable Repository Actions
diff --git a/routers/web/repo/setting.go b/routers/web/repo/setting.go
index d2d15537a..73887195e 100644
--- a/routers/web/repo/setting.go
+++ b/routers/web/repo/setting.go
@@ -488,6 +488,15 @@ func SettingsPost(ctx *context.Context) {
 			deleteUnitTypes = append(deleteUnitTypes, unit_model.TypeProjects)
 		}
 
+		if form.EnableReleases && !unit_model.TypeReleases.UnitGlobalDisabled() {
+			units = append(units, repo_model.RepoUnit{
+				RepoID: repo.ID,
+				Type:   unit_model.TypeReleases,
+			})
+		} else if !unit_model.TypeReleases.UnitGlobalDisabled() {
+			deleteUnitTypes = append(deleteUnitTypes, unit_model.TypeReleases)
+		}
+
 		if form.EnablePackages && !unit_model.TypePackages.UnitGlobalDisabled() {
 			units = append(units, repo_model.RepoUnit{
 				RepoID: repo.ID,
diff --git a/services/forms/repo_form.go b/services/forms/repo_form.go
index c084e6560..436d79df6 100644
--- a/services/forms/repo_form.go
+++ b/services/forms/repo_form.go
@@ -146,6 +146,7 @@ type RepoSettingForm struct {
 	ExternalTrackerRegexpPattern          string
 	EnableCloseIssuesViaCommitInAnyBranch bool
 	EnableProjects                        bool
+	EnableReleases                        bool
 	EnablePackages                        bool
 	EnablePulls                           bool
 	EnableActions                         bool
diff --git a/templates/repo/settings/options.tmpl b/templates/repo/settings/options.tmpl
index 5b7b9ec5f..038336427 100644
--- a/templates/repo/settings/options.tmpl
+++ b/templates/repo/settings/options.tmpl
@@ -420,6 +420,19 @@
 					</div>
 				</div>
 
+				{{$isReleasesEnabled := .Repository.UnitEnabled $.Context $.UnitTypeReleases}}
+				<div class="inline field">
+					<label>{{.locale.Tr "repo.releases"}}</label>
+					{{if .UnitTypeReleases.UnitGlobalDisabled}}
+					<div class="ui checkbox tooltip disabled" data-content="{{.locale.Tr "repo.unit_disabled"}}">
+					{{else}}
+					<div class="ui checkbox">
+					{{end}}
+						<input class="enable-system" name="enable_releases" type="checkbox" {{if $isReleasesEnabled}}checked{{end}}>
+						<label>{{.locale.Tr "repo.settings.releases_desc"}}</label>
+					</div>
+				</div>
+
 				{{$isPackagesEnabled := .Repository.UnitEnabled $.Context $.UnitTypePackages}}
 				<div class="inline field">
 					<label>{{.locale.Tr "repo.packages"}}</label>