diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 89b8d03..a07da30 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -21,7 +21,11 @@ ubuntu-dev-tools (0.121) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
   * Bump Standards-Version to 3.9.2 (no changes required).
   * Drop transitional qemu-kvm-extras-static from alternative suggests.
 
- -- Benjamin Drung <bdrung@debian.org>  Mon, 18 Apr 2011 14:52:41 +0200
+  [ Ted Gould ]
+  * lp-project-upload: Use a milestone that already exists if there is
+    one to use.
+
+ -- Ted Gould <ted@ubuntu.com>  Mon, 18 Apr 2011 17:52:30 +0200
 
 ubuntu-dev-tools (0.120) unstable; urgency=low
 
diff --git a/lp-project-upload b/lp-project-upload
index 7931f2c..2e1fcb3 100755
--- a/lp-project-upload
+++ b/lp-project-upload
@@ -102,6 +102,11 @@ def main():
             if rel.version == version:
                 release = rel
                 break
+        if not release:
+            for milestone in proj.all_milestones:
+                if milestone.name == version:
+                    today = datetime.date.today().strftime('%Y-%m-%d')
+                    release = milestone.createProductRelease(date_released=today)
         if not release:
             release = create_release(proj, version)