diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 0ce4930..47a8337 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #*#
 *.db
+*.deb
 *.pyc
 *.conf
 *~
diff --git a/build-binder.sh b/build-binder.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..9d2ed8e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build-binder.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/bin/bash -x
+
+/usr/local/bin/fpm -t deb -s dir -n binder --verbose -v 1.0 \
+  --package binder_trunk-`date '+%Y%m%d'`_all.deb -a all \
+  --prefix /opt \
+  -x '**.git**' \
+  --url http://github.com/jforman/binder binder/
\ No newline at end of file