diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..296810f46
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+src
+etcd
diff --git a/build b/build
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..1b29875aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+ETCD_PACKAGE=github.com/coreos/etcd
+GOPATH=${PWD}
+SRC_DIR=$GOPATH/src
+ETCD_DIR=$SRC_DIR/$ETCD_PACKAGE
+
+ETCD_BASE=$(dirname ${ETCD_DIR})
+if [ ! -d ${ETCD_BASE} ]; then
+	mkdir -p ${ETCD_BASE}
+fi
+
+if [ ! -h ${ETCD_DIR} ]; then
+	ln -s ../../../ ${ETCD_DIR}
+fi
+
+go get -d ./...
+go build ${ETCD_PACKAGE}