diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c9fbc5d..399053f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 *.user
 build-*
+FlashMQBuild*
diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..bfb9913
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+thisfile=$(readlink --canonicalize "$0")
+thisdir=$(dirname "$thisfile")
+
+BUILD_TYPE="Release"
+if [[ "$1" == "Debug" ]]; then
+  BUILD_TYPE="Debug"
+fi
+
+BUILD_DIR="FlashMQBuild$BUILD_TYPE"
+
+if [[ -e "$BUILD_DIR" ]]; then
+  echo "$BUILD_DIR already exists. Not doing anything. You can run 'make' in it, if you want."
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+set -e
+set -u
+
+mkdir "$BUILD_DIR"
+cd "$BUILD_DIR"
+
+cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE="$BUILD_TYPE" "$thisdir"
+make