diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..139c283599
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+set -e
+set -x
+
+if [ ! -d "csources" ]; then
+	git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/nim-lang/csources.git
+fi
+
+cd "csources"
+sh build.sh
+cd ".."
+
+./bin/nim c koch
+./koch boot -d:release
+
+cp -f install.sh.template install.sh
+chmod +x install.sh
+
+exit 0
diff --git a/install.sh.template b/install.sh.template
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1292abdab5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/install.sh.template
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+#!/bin/sh
+set -e
+set -x
+
+if [ "$1" != "" ]; then
+	exec ./koch install "$1"
+else
+	exec ./koch install
+fi